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helenofips.bsky.social
Helen Flannery
@helenofips.bsky.social
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Queen of Charts. Researching the relationship between charity and inequality at the US Institute for Policy Studies.
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thefarce.org
Everybody gets that Bloomberg is the main reason Cuomo is still afloat, right?

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Donors opposing Mamdani Name Amount Donated Group(s) Supported Net Worth Michael Bloomberg $8.3 million Fix the City $110 billion Joseph Gebbia $3 million Fix the City · Defend NYC · Put NYC First $7.9 billion Lauder family $2.6 million Fix the City · Sensible City $25.9 billion Bill Ackman $1.75 million Fix the City · Defend NYC $9.2 billion Tisch family $1.2 million Fix the City $10.1 billion John Hess & family $1 million Fix the City $2.4 billion Daniel Loeb $775,000 Fix the City · Defend NYC · NYers for a Better Future $3.8 billion Barry Diller $500,000 Fix the City $5.1 billion Steve Wynn $500,000 Fix the City $3.9 billion Marcella Guarino Hymowitz $400,000 Fix the City · Put NYC First $2 billion David Walentas $350,000 Fix the City · Empower NYC $2.3 billion Reed Hastings $250,000 Fix the City $6.5 billion John Fish $250,000 Fix the City $2.3 billion David Lichtenstein $250,000 Fix the City · NYers for a Better Future $2 billion Alice Walton $200,000 Fix the City $115 billion Deborah Simon $200,000 Fix the City $11.6 billion Jerry Speyer $150,000 Fix the City $2.2 billion Stephanie Coleman $150,000 Fix the City $7.1 billion (family)
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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banditelli.org
This is it. It ain't easy but it's how we win. The only way out is through. ❤️
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13d
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
friends 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.
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
helenofips.bsky.social
What 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.org
An Open Letter to the Boss
You’re a billionaire now, Mr. Springsteen. Please don’t stay one.
inequality.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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ips-dc.org
NEW: 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:
The Giving Pledge at 15
15 years on, the Giving Pledge is unfulfilled, unfulfillable, and not our ticket to a fairer, better future.
ips-dc.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
This 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/
July 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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sgp.bsky.social
An 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...
Yes, America Is an Oligarchy
Over the past dozen or so years, about half the concentration of wealth in the U.S. has benefited just 19 families.
www.rollingstone.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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ips-dc.org
🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380
July 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Holy 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...
I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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npquarterly.bsky.social
New 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 #nonprofits
New Study Shines a Light on the Impact of Donor-Advised Funds - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Where 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.
nonprofitquarterly.org
June 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
helenofips.bsky.social
For #nonprofitsky 🤝
May 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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jamielevdan.bsky.social
Insightful conversation here from @eotaxprof.bsky.social and @countingcharity.bsky.social #nonprofitsky
theconversation.com/can-trump-st...
Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way
The IRS would need to conduct an audit first. And presidents aren’t allowed to make the IRS do that.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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propublica.org
Earlier 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.)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since 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…
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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celestelabedz.bsky.social
The average American has three friends
Three rocks: granite, schist, and sandstone
May 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
helenofips.bsky.social
Tagging 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!
countingcharity.bsky.social Brian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · Apr 30
New research with @helenofips.bsky.social on donor-advised funds (DAFs) now in NVSQ:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A short thread. 1/4
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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countingcharity.bsky.social
New research with @helenofips.bsky.social on donor-advised funds (DAFs) now in NVSQ:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A short thread. 1/4
April 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Or — 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.
April 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
helenofips.bsky.social
I never thought I'd say this but Michigan 🤝 OSU
#GoBlue #GoBucs
countingcharity.bsky.social Brian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · Apr 24
OSU faculty senate votes in favor of B1G Mutual Defense Compact (76% voted yes).

OSU 🤝 Michigan
countingcharity.bsky.social Brian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · Apr 24
Productive meeting and thoughtful deliberation. I’m proud of my senate colleagues. More to come.
April 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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countingcharity.bsky.social
I don’t have words…
Doctors: We've been warned criticism of OSU's dangerous DEI decision will be squashed |Letter
Ohio State's anti-DEI decisions will directly impact the health and well-being of students, staff and patients at the Wexner Medical Center.
www.dispatch.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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countingcharity.bsky.social
OSU student Ahwar Sultan discusses his visa revocation and the case filed against the Trump administration.
April 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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countingcharity.bsky.social
OSU faculty senate votes in favor of B1G Mutual Defense Compact (76% voted yes).

OSU 🤝 Michigan
countingcharity.bsky.social Brian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · Apr 24
Productive meeting and thoughtful deliberation. I’m proud of my senate colleagues. More to come.
countingcharity.bsky.social Brian Mittendorf @countingcharity.bsky.social · Apr 24
Happening now: OSU Faculty Senate meeting on Big 10 mutual defense compact. Joining the meeting to see the vibes, hoping for a unified front.
April 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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kendrawrites.com
Columbia has signed. Dartmouth remains the lone ivy league hold out
jfallows.bsky.social James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Apr 23
Now it's nearly 270 university presidents who have signed onto this "unprecedented government overreach" public letter. It was less than 180 this morning.

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

Universities, and judges, taking the lead in standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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thefarce.org
"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..."
If fear is the goal, then solidarity is the antidote
As nonprofits become Trump's next target, the lesson so far is that standing together is the only way forward.
wagingnonviolence.org
April 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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sbagen.bsky.social
Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.
Motion 1: Resolution to Establish a Mutual Defense Compact for the Universities of the Big Ten Academic Alliance in Defense of Academic Freedom, Institutional Integrity, and the Research Enterprise Option Votes Yes 2761 (92.8%) No 214 (7.2%)
April 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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countingcharity.bsky.social
Another class of nonprofits slated for political targeting.
April 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM