Helen Flannery

You want to make dark money darker? Schwab is in the game. How One Donor-Advised Fund Helps Leonard Leo Weaponize Philanthropy - via @inequalityorg inequality.org/great-divide/l… @birnbaum_e @HeidiReports @kenvogel @Fahrenthold @duboo @andrewperezdc

This is a great new piece by my colleague @DanPetegorsky. Conservative dark money kingpin Leonard Leo is "weaponizing" U.S. philanthropy to achieve his goals, and Schwab Charitable helps by laundering the money stream. #DAFs #DarkMoney @IPS_DC

Welcome to the world of Fossil Fuel Philanthropy! Where donors pour hundreds of millions in taxpayer-subsidized dollars into US nonprofits to spread #climate disinformation. @inequalityorg @bdevaan @Chuck99to1 @IPS_DC

Billionaires aren’t only avoiding fair taxes by tipping elections — they’re weakening enforcement by watering down tax policies and underfunding the IRS. The sooner we tax them, the sooner we can break this cycle. @AZBobLord in @inequalityorg: inequality.org/great-divide/t…

Wall Street is warping charity into dark-money funds. This distorts philanthropy itself, says IPS scholar @HelenofIPS. “The reason we have agreed to give tax deductions for charitable giving is because, in exchange, that money is supposed to be used for a common public benefit.”

Donor-advised funds are channeling significant $ to Heritage/Project 2025. Why? "Appealing design for those wishing to avoid public scrutiny." @ktyschwnk, Helen Santoro, & @freddy_brewster @LeverNews ft. @HelenofIPS, @Al_Cantor, @CountingCharity, & me: levernews.com/dark-money-jus…

@Al_Cantor @thelever Retweeted by @JaneMayerNYer: x.com/JaneMayerNYer/…

This! From @thelever. Pleased to be quoted. levernews.com/dark-money-jus…

Proud to have my study with @CountingCharity cited in this @LeverNews story about how Wall Street helped fund Project 2025...through charitable giving.

Billionaires are molding philanthropy into a web of private donor-advised funds — eating into the revenue that working nonprofits rely on. “This sort of transfer shouldn’t count as charity,” says @HelenofIPS. New from @michaelkavate in @InsidePhilanthr: insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/7/10…

Who are the Black Box Billionaires? Discover America's most secretive mega-donors and their impact on philanthropy. @michaelkavate reports: insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/7/10… Tagging @HelenofIPS @IPS_DC #MegaDonors #AnonymousGiving #SocialImpact #BlackBoxBillionaires

How Big Donors hide their fingerprints: New Report says Wall Street Helped Fund Project 2025 levernews.com/dark-money-jus…

Earlier this year a wave of articles claimed that Millennials are actually the wealthiest generation. That's only true if you ignore that just a few 30 somethings are hoarding almost all of that wealth.

Looking forward to testifying next week before @SenateBudget with @JosephEStiglitz on the topic of: "Making Wall Street Pay Its Fair Share: Raising Revenue, Strengthening Our Economy" Details: budget.senate.gov/hearings/makin…

Are Donor-Advised Funds Facilitating Anonymous Giving To Politically Engaged Charities? bit.ly/3RanfI3 by @HelenofIPS (@IPS_DC) & Brian Mittendorf (@OhioState)

It’s time to move billions out of DAFs into the hands of many people who need it. The IPS @inequalityorg team has found a number of changes we can advocate for. Join in, urges @HelenofIPS, whether you have a DAF or not: inequality.org/great-divide/t…

Donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular philanthropic vehicle among the ultra-wealthy, have no requirement to move funds to actual charities in a timely way. They now make up ten of the U.S.'s top 20 public charities. @HelenofIPS in @inequalityorg: inequality.org/great-divide/t…

Private jet travel may be the single most carbon-intensive form of travel. Developers claim they can curb this — by building MORE private jet hangars. This blatant greenwashing is a danger to our climate. @Chuck99to1 of @inequalityorg in @bostonherald: bostonherald.com/2024/05/04/col…

New report by my colleagues @ArepasYLibertad and @Chuck99to1 at @IPS_DC shows how the jet industry uses claims about Sustainable Aviation Fuel to quash concerns about emissions. "Any new moves to subsidize private jet travel on a warming planet would be absolutely indefensible."

New report confirms it: magic doesn't exist 🦄🙃 Hopes that so-called sustainable aviation fuels will cut emissions are misguided #greenwashing and support for them could even worsen the climate crisis. 1/ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

New report by my colleagues at @IPS_DC shows how the jet industry is using claims about Sustainable Aviation Fuel to quash concerns about emissions. "Any new moves to subsidize private jet travel on a warming planet would be absolutely indefensible." ips-dc.org/report-greenwa…