Reposted by Helen FlanneryAlan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026This is worth an hour watching with your family on how to spot and avoid malign psychological manipulation. 316770
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBella DeVaan @bdevaan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026fab visualization by @helenofips.bsky.social of the top 20 U.S. charities over the last 34 years: the most important story in 21st century philanthropy is the rise and (concerning) dominance of donor-advised funds, which don't have payout or adequate transparency requirements 041
Reposted by Helen FlanneryRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out. 379112384936
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInside Philanthropy @insidephilanthropy.com · 12/05/2026Donor-advised fund awards are famously non-transparent, but only a few people on earth can make a $30-million-plus donation. Here’s what DAF megatransfers reveal. Michael Kavate(@kavate.bsky.social) Reports: tinyurl.com/mwpr56kr #DonorAdvisedFunds #Philanthropy #Billionaires #Nonprofitstinyurl.comWhere Are Billionaires with DAFs Sending Their Money? A Hidden-in-Plain-Sight GuideDonor-advised fund awards are famously non-transparent, but only a few people on earth can make a $30-million-plus donation. Here’s what DAF megatransfers reveal. 021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 21/04/2026Wondering where your 2025 tax dollars are going? IPS policy experts Lindsay Koshgarian and @hannahomestead.bsky.social break down some of those numbers—including why the average American taxpayer paid over $4,000 this year for weapons and war.ips-dc.orgThe Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year - Institute for Policy StudiesThe Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year 084
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInequality.org @inequality.org · 21/04/2026Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social in conversation with the great Janine Jackson at FAIR. 075
Reposted by Helen FlanneryAlt-IRS @alt-irs.altgov.info · 07/04/2026You cant collect revenue if no one is trained, or even present to do the job. Our former, the last competent Commissioner of the IRS explains.bloomberg.comWatch IRS Cutbacks: US Revenue at Risk - BloombergAs President Trump has made cutting government bloat a priority for his second term in office, the IRS has been one of the hardest hit agencies. How will personnel and funding cuts affect the IRS? For... 4379
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInequality.org @inequality.org · 07/04/2026Our co-editor @sarahanderson.bsky.social on solving the wage suppression factor in the affordability crisis through: ⬆️ federal minimum wage 💪 union rights ⬆️ taxes on corporations with big CEO-worker pay gaps www.marketwatch.com/story/multim...marketwatch.comMultimillion-dollar CEO pay at these 20 low-wage companies is costing you. This is now the only fix.CEO pay at the “low-wage 20” averages $18.6 million, while many of their median workers rely on taxpayer-supported Medicaid and SNAP. 066
Reposted by Helen Flannerydpetegorsky.bsky.social @dpetegorsky.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Get ready for a shakeup in the world of donor-advised funds www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/the-com...insidephilanthropy.comThe Coming DAFpocalypseThe Policy Director of IPS's Charity Reform Initiative predicts the number of donor-advised funds will shrink in the years to come. 021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay freeyoutu.beBruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen 42569709540549
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 16/01/2026U.S. billionaires made record-breaking extreme wealth gains last year. But "Average taxpayers like you and I," says IPS @inequality.org researcher @ocampomar.bsky.social in @truthout.org, "still pay income tax at triple the rate of the wealthiest Americans."truthout.orgTop 15 US Billionaires Gained Nearly $1 Trillion in Wealth in Trump’s First YearThe US has 935 billionaires, roughly a dozen of whom have jobs within the Trump administration. 6207114
Reposted by Helen FlanneryJonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026One of the reasons to believe smartphones and social media are bad for kids and teens is the fact that the people who make these technologies forbid them to their own kids. Thank you @neildegrassetyson.com for having me on StarTalk! Full episode in their pod feeds. 03513
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 06/01/2026NEW: Not only is there "certainly no fentanyl involved" between Venezuela and the U.S., but the region's most prolific drug traffickers have often in fact been U.S. allies. In a new BBC interview, IPS drug policy scholar @sanho.bsky.social dismantles Trump admin claims. Watch:ips-dc.orgVIDEO: The Worst Drug Traffickers Are Often U.S. Allies - Institute for Policy StudiesVIDEO: The Worst Drug Traffickers Are Often U.S. Allies 03418
Reposted by Helen FlanneryNathan Yau @flowingdata.com · 31/12/2025Best Data Visualization Projects of 2025, a.k.a. my favorites flowingdata.com/2025/12/31/b...flowingdata.comBest Data Visualization Projects of 2025Many data things were made this year. These are my favorites. 1378
Reposted by Helen FlanneryVermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Core faculty Juniper Lovato recently joined Across the Fence to discuss artificial intelligence. Check out the episode "What Does a Computer Scientist (and Philosopher) think of A.I.?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5V8...youtube.com11/05/25 What Does a Computer Scientist (and Philosopher) think of A.I.?YouTube video by Across the Fence 031
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 02/12/2025In addition to profiting from shoppers, Amazon is profiteering from ICE's mass deportations this year by powering government surveillance systems. This holiday, shop local and help wrangle power back from billionaires. Ab West on @inequality.orginequality.orgThis Black Friday Weekend, Skip AmazonThe e-commerce giant is powering ICE’s deportation raids while profiting handsomely from Trump administration contracts. 042
Reposted by Helen Flannery🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Everybody gets that Bloomberg is the main reason Cuomo is still afloat, right? archive.ph/4sE8g 691033324
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 05/11/2025This is it. It ain't easy but it's how we win. The only way out is through. ❤️ 214021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2025friends with large accounts, I'm not going to pester you personally but just generally speaking, I would sure appreciate a signal boost on this thing. We seem to have leveled out, and since this is a one-shot (won't be in bookstores) I'd like to get it out there as much as possible.kickstarter.comOur Long National Nightmare by Tom TomorrowRelive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow. 12385272
Helen Flannery @helenofips.bsky.social · 16/09/2025What do you do when you work on wealth inequality and your childhood hero becomes a billionaire? You write them a letter. inequality.org/article/an-o... #Springsteen #Billionaire @inequality.orginequality.orgAn Open Letter to the BossYou’re a billionaire now, Mr. Springsteen. Please don’t stay one. 020
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 30/07/2025NEW: Hundreds of rich people have signed the Giving Pledge to donate half of their wealth. 15 years on, their lack of progress shows our critical need to fix philanthropy — and tax them more. REPORT by @chuck77.bsky.social, @bdevaan.bsky.social, @helenofips.bsky.social and @dpetegorsky.bsky.social:ips-dc.orgThe Giving Pledge at 1515 years on, the Giving Pledge is unfulfilled, unfulfillable, and not our ticket to a fairer, better future. 01411
Reposted by Helen FlanneryJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/07/2025This link between privilege dependence and rule breaking is also why private charity can't substitute for a tax-funded social safety net. Because, like with the public school example, even well-meaning nonprofits can end up reproducing inequalities when they have to cater to wealthy donors. 4/ 212414
Reposted by Helen FlannerySam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 26/07/2025An insightful new statistical analysis of American #inequality from Bob Lord of @ips-dc.org and @patrioticmillionaires.org: “Since 2012, the concentration in our country’s wealth has almost entirely been limited to just our richest 0.01 percent.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comYes, America Is an OligarchyOver the past dozen or so years, about half the concentration of wealth in the U.S. has benefited just 19 families. 021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 17/07/2025🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380 021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Holy shit, a real masks-off moment. Trump's IRS says churches can continue to claim tax benefits as a nonprofit even while explicitly endorsing candidates. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...nytimes.comI.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit 701266439
Reposted by Helen FlanneryNPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly) @npquarterly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025New Study Shines a Light on the Impact of Donor-Advised Funds nonprofitquarterly.org/new-study-sh... @chuck77.bsky.social @helenofips.bsky.social @ips-dc.org #nonprofitsnonprofitquarterly.orgNew Study Shines a Light on the Impact of Donor-Advised Funds - Non Profit News | Nonprofit QuarterlyWhere do DAF dollars go—and how quickly do these donor dollars actually arrive at operating nonprofits? The answers, derived from a new study, may be surprising. 066
Reposted by Helen FlanneryJamie Levine Daniel @jamielevdan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Insightful conversation here from @eotaxprof.bsky.social and @countingcharity.bsky.social #nonprofitsky theconversation.com/can-trump-st...theconversation.comCan Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his wayThe IRS would need to conduct an audit first. And presidents aren’t allowed to make the IRS do that. 2119
Reposted by Helen FlanneryProPublica @propublica.org · 06/05/2025Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb.)propublica.orgTexas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We DidSince Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and… 19775083681
Reposted by Helen FlanneryCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The average American has three friends 615015
Helen Flannery @helenofips.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Tagging for #nonprofitsky 🤝... #ARNOVA ... #NVSQ ... And my team at @inequality.org @ips-dc.org @dpetegorsky.bsky.social @bdevaan.bsky.social @chuck77.bsky.social @rachelleighcash.bsky.social! 251
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 30/04/2025New research with @helenofips.bsky.social on donor-advised funds (DAFs) now in NVSQ: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... A short thread. 1/4 143
Reposted by Helen FlanneryMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Or — hear me out — we could all pool our money together and hire experts to do the research for us, thus creating a "center" for disease control and prevention. 1074456812
Helen Flannery @helenofips.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I never thought I'd say this but Michigan 🤝 OSU #GoBlue #GoBucs 000
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I don’t have words…dispatch.comDoctors: We've been warned criticism of OSU's dangerous DEI decision will be squashed |LetterOhio State's anti-DEI decisions will directly impact the health and well-being of students, staff and patients at the Wexner Medical Center. 0115
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 24/04/2025OSU student Ahwar Sultan discusses his visa revocation and the case filed against the Trump administration. 021
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 24/04/2025OSU faculty senate votes in favor of B1G Mutual Defense Compact (76% voted yes). OSU 🤝 Michigan 031
Reposted by Helen FlanneryKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 23/04/2025Columbia has signed. Dartmouth remains the lone ivy league hold out 829069
Reposted by Helen Flannery🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 23/04/2025"He may declare 'I’m revoking the IRS status of your organization!' Right away, you should not just cave and comply. Instead, hear it as: 'Trump wants us to believe he can revoke the IRS status.' This flies in the face of 26 U.S. Code § 7217..."wagingnonviolence.orgIf fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidoteAs nonprofits become Trump's next target, the lesson so far is that standing together is the only way forward. 430599
Reposted by Helen FlannerySam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes. 353687660
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Another class of nonprofits slated for political targeting. 032
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBrian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Full statement of support for international scholars by the Ohio State chapter of @aaup.bsky.social (@osuaaup.bsky.social), including specific commitments to action steps: 👇 1208
Reposted by Helen FlanneryNathan Yau @flowingdata.com · 17/04/2025It's okay, men. You chop those onions. flowingdata.com/2025/04/17/a...flowingdata.comAmerican CryingPeople cry for different reasons and some tend to cry more than others. What makes people cry the most? 191
Reposted by Helen FlannerySanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 02/12/2024For those who are curious how Nixon weaponized the IRS against his critics, here are a few pages of background on how he did it to my office. The IRS considers it one of the most embarrassing episodes in its institutional history. Let’s see if they remember their lesson. 511433
Reposted by Helen FlanneryAlan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It's out! The 1st-ever independent rep't on donor-advised funds, w. REAL percentages for what goes out in grants (not much) & the REAL average size of individual DAFs (huge!). Well done, @chuckcollins.bsky.social @helenofips.bsky.social Dan Petegorsky & Bella DeVaan! inequality.org/article/the-...inequality.orgThe Independent Report on DAFsDemystifying donor-advised funds and their impacts on charitable giving, fair taxation, and our democracy itself. 183
Helen Flannery @helenofips.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I'm immensely proud of our brand-new donor-advised fund report. Did you know that the 3 biggest charities in the US are DAFs? That DAFs have no payout requirement at all? And that DAFs are one of the biggest conduits for dark money? Find out more at @inequality.org! 🤝 #DAFs #nonprofits #charity 062
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBella DeVaan @bdevaan.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Excited to share our Charity Reform Initiative's first Independent Report on DAFs! @chuck77.bsky.social @helenofips.bsky.social @dpetegorsky.bsky.social and I seek to shed a little more light on the flow of these tax-benefited billions... @ips-dc.org @inequality.org inequality.org/article/the-...inequality.orgThe Independent Report on DAFsDemystifying donor-advised funds and their impacts on charitable giving, fair taxation, and our democracy itself. 054
Reposted by Helen FlanneryHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 07/04/2025Nearer June, I would like to see updated info showing how much USAID medicine and food aid could be bought by what he's spending on a fascist military parade. He's trading lives for pomp. 1520253
Reposted by Helen FlanneryBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/04/2025The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people. We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets. 656245624837