What should philanthropy look like in 5 to 10 years?
John Long, chairman of akoyaGO and founder of the Emergency Activation Network, sat down with community foundation leaders from across the country to talk about where philanthropy is headed.
A few things we covered:
- The $124 trillion generational wealth transfer underway through 2048, and what it means for foundations that adapt now.
- Why younger donors are asking harder questions before they give: measurable impact, visibility into outcomes, and proof the money did what it was supposed to do.
- How direct cash assistance is already working at scale, and how EAN clears the IRS, tracking, and staff capacity barriers that have kept many foundations from trying it.
- A live demo of EAN moving real money from a donor to a foundation to a nonprofit to a recipient in a matter of minutes, with a full audit trail at every step.
- How EAN has already put dollars directly into the hands of people recovering from ice storms, floods, and fires, often within hours of a disaster instead of days or weeks.
The Erie Community Foundation is rethinking what it means to support grantees...and it’s paying off.
Recently, we shared a conversation with The Erie Community Foundation about how real-time data and process improvements are transforming the way they work with community needs at the center.
In this interactive webinar, we explored how Erie has shifted from traditional grant reporting to post-grant meetings, enabling deeper alignment between grantee intent and foundation outcomes. You’ll hear how they’re leveraging technology through akoyaGO to streamline internal processes, gather meaningful outputs, and focus on collaboration.
Whether you’re exploring ways to reduce burden on grantees or seeking more responsive, data-driven decision-making tools, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Ameliea Dulaney brings more than seven years of marketing experience rooted entirely in the philanthropic sector. Her career began at a small nonprofit in her hometown, where a lifelong passion for mission-driven work and a natural gift for storytelling found their professional home. Over the years she built her expertise across multiple nonprofit organizations before transitioning into the foundation world, where she led marketing for a community foundation. That experience gave her a deep, firsthand understanding of how foundations operate, what they need, and how to communicate their impact. She joined akoyaGO to bring that perspective to the technology side of philanthropy, helping foundations do good better.
