Fundraising Strategies, Insights, and Resources for Nonprofits
At Avalon Consulting, we believe nonprofits thrive when they have the right strategies, tools, and inspiration at their fingertips. Our News & Ideas hub brings together expert advice, proven fundraising tactics, and real-world success stories—so you can connect with donors, strengthen relationships, and grow your impact.
Whether you’re looking for practical how-tos, creative campaign ideas, or the latest trends in donor engagement, you’ll find it here.
Avalon Blog
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Year-End Fundraising: What 2025 Digital Performance Reveals About What’s Next
Year-end fundraising remains the most consequential moment in the digital calendar, not only because of its revenue impact, but because it offers a clear lens into how donor behavior, channel dynamics…
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Future-Proofing Advertising
As the digital landscape evolves, driven by privacy shifts, AI-powered search, and changing donor behaviors, questions naturally arise about the future effectiveness of advertising. While evolutions t…
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Avalon’s 2026 Digital Outlook
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape defined by fierce attention competition, nonprofits will need integrated, adaptive, data-driven strategies to stay ahead. Paid media remains a powerful growth e…
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Matching Gift and Challenge Grant Guide
Matching Gifts and Challenge Grants play a key role in boosting response in direct mail, telemarketing, and online campaigns. Yet, the execution of a matching gift campaign must be very deliberate, an…
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Avalon’s POV on Meta’s decision to discontinue fact-checking
In early January 2025 Meta announced that it will be discontinuing its fact-checking efforts and will instead move towards a Community Notes process, allowing users to moderate posts directly rather t…
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Telling the Whole Story with Nonprofit KPIs
Key performance indicators, or KPIs, aren’t one-size-fits-all. These data nuggets are a valuable way to see if your nonprofit is striking the right balance between thinking big and driving impact. K…
Avalon Dispatch
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Avalon Dispatch 03.10.2026
A special report on major donors, Avalon at NTC, how AI transforms work, copy techniques, good habits, a website reveal, and more. Read it here!
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Avalon Dispatch 03.03.2026
In today’s @AvalonConsultingGroup dispatch, you’ll find our 2026 fundraising outlook, where nonprofits stand with AI adoption, an important lawsuit, a very special Times Square billboard, the Aval…
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Avalon Dispatch 02.17.2026
In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, discover Allison Porter’s favorite Super Bowl ads, a conference update, emotional skills for leaders, a powerful lesson in perseverance, and more. Read it here! Dea…
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Avalon Dispatch 02.10.2026
In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you will discover an urgent action alert, the “Journey of Black History Month,” effective DAF processing, optimism in challenging times, and exciting elephan…
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Avalon Dispatch 02.03.2026
In today’s @AvalonFYI dispatch, you’ll find communication guidance for fraught times, ethical AI, better RFPs, meaningful work, and Super Bowl ad trends to watch. Read more here: Dear friends, The…
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Avalon Dispatch 01.27.2026
The @AvalonFYI dispatch is full of snow-day reading for our DC-area friends (and everyone!). Discover how to compete for donors’ attention, the future of paid search, psychological safety, leadershi…
