First the eclipse, now this. #Vermont #Auroraborealis

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 Institute for Policy Studies 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…

New report by my colleagues @ArepasYLibertad and Chuck Collins at Institute for Policy Studies 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."

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. Chuck Collins of Inequality.org in Boston Herald: bostonherald.com/2024/05/04/col…

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. Helen Flannery in Inequality.org: inequality.org/great-divide/t…

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

Are Donor-Advised Funds Facilitating Anonymous Giving To Politically Engaged Charities? bit.ly/3RanfI3 by Helen Flannery (Institute for Policy Studies) & Brian Mittendorf (Ohio State)

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

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.

Who are the Black Box Billionaires? Discover America's most secretive mega-donors and their impact on philanthropy. Michael Kavate reports: insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/7/10… Tagging Helen Flannery Institute for Policy Studies #MegaDonors #AnonymousGiving #SocialImpact #BlackBoxBillionaires

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 Helen Flannery. New from Michael Kavate in Inside Philanthropy: insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024/7/10…

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

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

Donor-advised funds are channeling significant $ to Heritage/Project 2025. Why? "Appealing design for those wishing to avoid public scrutiny." katya schwenk, Helen Santoro, & Freddy Brewster The Lever ft. Helen Flannery, Alan Cantor, @CountingCharity, & me: levernews.com/dark-money-jus…

Wall Street is warping charity into dark-money funds. This distorts philanthropy itself, says IPS scholar Helen Flannery. “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.”

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. Robert Lord in Inequality.org: inequality.org/great-divide/t…

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. Inequality.org Bella Chuck Collins Institute for Policy Studies

You want to make dark money darker? Schwab is in the game. How One Donor-Advised Fund Helps Leonard Leo Weaponize Philanthropy - via Inequality.org inequality.org/great-divide/l… Emily Birnbaum Heidi Przybyla 🌺 Kenneth P. Vogel David Fahrenthold @armiak.bsky.social Andrew Perez

This is a great new piece by my colleague Dan Petegorsky. 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 Institute for Policy Studies