Suzette Davis

VeraData Holdings announced the integration of its agency, Faircom New York, into its lead agency, Avalon Consulting Group. The integration brings together two of the nonprofit sector’s most experienced, mission-focused, and female-led fundraising agencies under one Avalon brand. The move is designed to create a stronger, smarter agency for nonprofit organizations navigating a continuously changing sector. Donor behavior is shifting. Budgets are under pressure.

The Generosity Roundtable opened its Host Network to the public, giving nonprofit leaders a shared way to work through the decisions they usually face alone. The card-based educational gaming system lets a Host gather a small group and move through a real scenario in about half an hour, surfacing the instincts and assumptions behind a decision before it has to be made for real.

Fundraising looked better in the first quarter of 2026 — dollars up, donor losses slowing — but that recovery is resting on a narrower base of existing and, in some cases, recaptured donors rather than on growth driven by new-donor acquisition and first-year donor conversions.