An Interview With the Center for Family Representation's John Linder

FS: Any major difficulties or setbacks you've faced along the way as far as fundraising is concerned?
JL: The largest difficulty CFR faces is the limited size of our fundraising team. There are more opportunities than staff can follow up on, and simultaneously, the development plan that our board approved is very ambitious and needs more hands on deck to achieve its goals. While we are in the process of adding some additional horsepower to our team, finding the time to hire a quality team is tough given all of the competing priorities and deadlines. Additionally, finding the “right person” that will fit into the organization is always the hardest part of hiring, and it is this part of the process that I try and spend the most time on, which inevitably slows the hiring process down.