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.

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

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:

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/

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...

🔴 Watch the Henry Wallace Symposium LIVE: us02web.zoom.us/j/85433611380

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...

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

For #nonprofitsky 🤝

Insightful conversation here from @eotaxprof.bsky.social and @countingcharity.bsky.social #nonprofitsky theconversation.com/can-trump-st...

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.)

The average American has three friends

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!

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

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.

I never thought I'd say this but Michigan 🤝 OSU #GoBlue #GoBucs

I don’t have words…

OSU student Ahwar Sultan discusses his visa revocation and the case filed against the Trump administration.

OSU faculty senate votes in favor of B1G Mutual Defense Compact (76% voted yes). OSU 🤝 Michigan

Columbia has signed. Dartmouth remains the lone ivy league hold out

"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..."

Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.

Another class of nonprofits slated for political targeting.

Full statement of support for international scholars by the Ohio State chapter of @aaup.bsky.social (@osuaaup.bsky.social), including specific commitments to action steps: 👇

Absolutely my reaction

It's okay, men. You chop those onions. flowingdata.com/2025/04/17/a...

For 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.

It'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-...

I'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

Excited 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-...

Nearer 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.

The 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.

Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. 🧵

#HandsOff all 50 states …LFG….FDT

#Handsoff #Poutine #Vermont ❤️ #Canada

Great turnout today in rainy Montpelier, VT #Handsoff #Vermont #VTPoli #Poutine

#GVerse Huge turnout in Columbus, Ohio! #HandsOff! Rally!

Massive crowd at Boston’s city hall plaza for the #HandsOff protest against Trump and Musk

So proud to be a part of this @inequality.org research team!

Follow the team behind the research and advocacy of Inequality.org here! go.bsky.app/P5UaoYB

Last week I was lamenting the lack of graffiti etc speaking to the moment in NYC. Today on the subway

Today's Bugbear Dispatch is the first part of new two-part series on the fundamental fiction of being apolitical. In it, I address the types of lies people tell themselves and others in order to avoid conflict and/or grab power: www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/the-fundam...

Claims to be apolitical are always fiction. The question is, what does that fiction do for the people making the claim? Sometimes it’s just the path of least resistance, and it upholds the unjust status quo. Sometimes, it’s an active power grab: www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/the-fundam...

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of topics in my *accounting* class over the last few years that I may need guidance about whether they’re controversial topics: - finances at the NRA - finances at Planned Parenthood - organizational structure of ACLU - organizational structure of NRA 1/3

"Take a one-way trip to Mars / We don't want your Nazi cars"

40 degrees and drizzling in Boston. People really don't like you, Elon! #TeslaTakedown

Today is #EqualPayDay, a reminder of the gender pay gap. In 2024, women were paid 18% less than men per hour, on average. Black & Hispanic women experience even larger pay gaps. The Trump admin's recent actions will worsen this gap and harm women & workers of color. www.epi.org/blog/gender-...

Googling "did Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland generate great educational outcomes by removing their Departments of Education, or is there some other lesson the US could learn from them?"

I can’t believe this has to be said, but: You cannot tell the story of Jackie Robinson—as a ballplayer, serviceman, or human—without discussing our country’s history of racism. From Around the Horn: