So, I was offered, and took the job yesterday. Future upward mobility with the organization may not be as realistic as I was led to believe though.
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In that there isn't a single full-time position within the organization; I did plant the idea of me working closer to full time hours to which they responded they'd be open to that but would make that decision at a later date, after I'd started and had been there for a short time; doing so would allow them to be open M-F, which they aren't right now, and that seemed to be something they've wanted to be able to do.
The organizational structure seems to be a mess. There are two women (older, retired/widows who started, and run the organization, and appear to put in 100+ hours a week. They have 5 contract workers who work at most two days a week, everyone else (about 10 people, including my mothers-in-law) are volunteers. And there seems to be a lot of bickering, and, pardon the pun, catty behavior, amongst them; the lady I interviewed with specifically told me she was looking to hire a male because she was tired of the gossiping and drama, my military background was a plus to her. So it looks like part of my job will be people wrangling, as well as cat wrangling.
I'll also be helping them rebuild their website. Funny story, and where something I was told a long time ago came in handy: always do a little research into the company/organization you're interviewing for. Doing so, I found that their website wasn't functioning, like they had forgotten to pay their hosting bill, so it was just a placeholder page. When she was telling me about how bad their website was I said "it's worse than you think..." and then told her what I'd found... All in all they have a very small social media presence, something I will be responsible for changing from day 1.
In the midst of all this chaos they're trying to break ground on a new facility (on land donated to them) that will quadruple the size of the existing building (the current building is only slightly bigger than my living room).
If this had been anything other than a non-profit (and debt free) organization I'd probably have asked for at least twice what they offered for all the work that needs to be done, and she seemed to know that, as she said several times during the interview "you're far too over qualified for this job" So, we'll see how it goes. Maybe once I work my organization magic they'll see how much easier my particular set of skills can make their lives and I can turn this into something more in line with what I want/need. If not, at the very least I'll get them on track with where they need to be and then start looking for something else.
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