• Has the Board of Directors been over all fund raising priorities for the association?
• Did the Board of Directors establish an adequate budget for fundraising?
• Did the entire Board identify appropriate prospects to support the event?
• Was there a team approach (Board and staff) to approach major donors?
• Did the Board play a role in thanking donors?
• Did each Board member make a gift commensurate with their resources?
• Was the event well supported by Board members (80-90% in attendance)?
• Was a final financial report provided to the Board?

• Were there clearly written job descriptions for the committee?
• Were there enough volunteers on the committee?
• Were there target dates?
• Every person on the committee followed through with job assignments?
• Was there a staff person assigned to provide staff support to the committee?
• Did the staff person follow through with tasks in a timely manner?
• Was there a process in place to monitor progress of committee?
• Were committee reports made to the Board of Directors?

• Were costs for the event projected into the fund raising goal?
• How did the cost of the ticket compare to similar events in the community?
• What percentage of the cost of the event was covered by the ticket price?
• Were sponsorships solicited to cover the cost of the event? 100% 75% 50% 25%
• Were levels of support available?
• If this is an on-going event, have sponsorships continued to increase over time?
• If not why have they not increased?
• Did the event generate the anticipated income?
• If not why?

• Was there good media coverage before the event?
• Was there good media coverage after the event?
• Was a press kit prepared?
• Was it clear in the materials where the funds will be used?
• Was the YWCA mission clearly stated in the materials?
• Was there consistency in all the materials?
• Were sponsors clearly identified in the materials?
• Were there in-kind services provided? What was provided?
• Were invitations sent out by the deadline?

• Was the event held in a centrally located venue?
• Were the food and beverage services adequate?
• Was parking available?
• Was the audio equipment adequate?
• Were the facilities adequate for the event?
• Was there room for all the activities? check-in? displays? registration?
• Was the site large enough for the event?

• Did the event begin on time?
• Did the event end on time?
• Were special guests publicly recognized from the podium?
• Did attendance meet expectations?
• Were sponsors and donors recognized?
• If there was a speaker, was the speaker well received?
• Did the speaker understand the YWCA mission and services?
• Did participants have the opportunity to evaluate the event?
• Did the event meet expectations?

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