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An emerging donor-advised fund payment processing firm called Chariot is advertising itself as a frictionless one-click philanthropy aid. Users should hold their horses, writes Dan Petegorsky, until we better understand fee structures + privacy concerns: inequality.org/great-divide/n…

An attorney’s letter warning of possible unauthorized data scraping by a new DAF payment processing app should have reporters investigating. @AlexDanielsCOP Andrew Perez Jesse Eisinger Noah Buhayar Benjamin Soskis Inequality.org inequality.org/great-divide/n…

As foundations wait on federal DAF legislation, some are taking matters into their own hands and taking back control from donors. Not Waiting Around: The Foundations Transforming DAFs from Within proximate.press/latest-stories…

NEW: Billionaires invested in fossil fuels are quietly funding groups actively spreading climate misinformation — and getting massive tax breaks for doing so. It's time to end this abuse of philanthropy. REPORT: ips-dc.org/report-fossil-…

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

thegivingreview.com/a-conversation… In 1st part of 2-part conversation with Institute for Policy Studies’s Bella and The Giving Review’s Michael E. Hartmann, The American Prospect founder and co-editor Robert Kuttner talks about his important recent article on “The Left’s Fragile Foundations;” #philanthropy and politics in

A big day for the Waltons, as Jimmy joins big brother Rob in the $100 billion club. They’re both so deserving. We face many choices in life, and choosing your parents is the most important choice a newborn American must make. Well done, Jim. Congrats.

NEW: Lobbyists are gearing up for a big tax fight in 2025. Several have had business dealings w/ Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal’s son Brendan.   One of them is Blackstone’s tax lobbyist, who Brendan calls his mentor.    My investigation ⬇️ politico.com/news/2024/10/2…

Great timing, given the extraordinary amount of money the crypto industry poured into the election and the unprecedented influence they'll have in the new administration.

thegivingreview.com/red-sky-at-mor… In The Giving Review, Dean Zerbe contemplates the morning of a new day for the nonprofit sector, surveying its possibilities … “According to an age-old rhyme, often used by mariners, ‘Red sky at night, sailors' delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take

Since 2016, our Gilded Giving reports have explained how wealth inequality distorts charitable giving. Our 4th edition — "Saving Philanthropy from Wall Street" by Chuck Collins, Helen Flannery, & Bella — is out TODAY, Giving Tuesday! The Lever' Helen Santoro on their findings:

Benevity donations grew by 14%, while giving to donor-advised funds at community foundations and affiliates of Vanguard, Fidelity and Schwab dropped 22% last year. “[D]onations by rank and file workers aren’t usually driven by tax considerations.” forbes.com/sites/mariagra…

thegivingreview.com/updated-list-o… The Giving Review lists various extant ideas to reform #philanthropy and entire nonprofit sector …

thegivingreview.com/stinking-rich-… The Giving Review co-editor Michael E. Hartmann reviews Carl Rhodes’ forthcoming Stinking Rich … The book “is among the better of several recent aggressive, populist, progressive critiques of, well, billionairehood, in and of itself,” Hartmann writes. “More

NEW: For the 3rd year in a row, Elon Musk’s foundation gave away less money than it was supposed to. New filings show its donations in 2023 were $421 million below the minimum for a charity of its size. nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/…

"Philanthropic cakeism" is changing how the wealthy give axios.com/2024/12/16/phi…

It might seem obvious now, but maybe having a prominent donor-advised fund (DAF) sponsor be the authoritative voice on DAF trends was a mistake. inequality.org/article/daf-tr…

Thirty years ago, donor-advised funds (DAFs) were obscure giving vehicles. DAFs now take in a sixth of all individual giving each year. Our new report lays out the numbers. ips-dc.org/independent-re…

See this Instagram post by @ips_dc instagram.com/p/DIMA00Igwa9/…

the Giving Pledge billionaires just cannot stop getting richer... and we estimate 80% of what they *have* "given away" has gone to private foundations, often their own. new research w/ Chuck Collins Helen Flannery Dan Petegorsky Institute for Policy Studies: ips-dc.org/report-giving-…