Policies

Certification Expiration Policy

CFRE International awards certification as a CFRE for a period of three (3) years.  At the end of this period, the individual may recertify for another three years upon meeting the recertification requirements, completing the application, and paying the recertification fees.

If the certified individual allows his/her certification to lapse six (6) months beyond the certification expiration date, the candidate may no longer use the recertification process.  The candidate’s certification will expire at the end of the six (6) month grace period.  He/she may become certified again only through the initial certification process.

The candidate must meet all current eligibility requirements (including education and practice) for initial certification as stipulated in the current certification application and/or candidate handbook. 

The candidate must sit for, and pass, the current form of the written certification examination.

It is the personal and professional responsibility of each Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) to monitor his or her certification expiration and submit all necessary materials by the stipulated deadline.  CFRE International does send a remider notice six (6) months in advance of the date of expiration to the last known address of the certificant.