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December 30, 2025

Systems Thinking for Nonprofit Strategic Planning

Contributed by T. Clay Buck, Founder & Principal of Next River Fundraising Strategies We tend to think of fundraising as a linear process—find a donor, ask for a gift, send a receipt. Even our standard Donor Lifecycle reads like a cause-and-effect proce...

Nonprofit Strategic Planning in December? With Everything Else You Have To Do?

Contributed by T. Clay Buck, Founder & Principal of Next River Fundraising Strategies December arrives with the energy of someone who has had too much coffee and too little self-awareness. It’s loud. It’s crowded. It demands your attention whether you...

How to Use The Donor Score In Your Nonprofit CRM

Imagine starting your workday on a single screen that instantly tells you which donors are ready to engage with your mission. If your nonprofit CRM has a built-in Donor Score, you can! Here, you’ll learn how to interpret the Donor Score and integrate it int...