Helen Flannery

Helen Flannery is Director of Research at the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute for Policy Studies. She has written extensively on charitable sector trends including donor-advised funds, private foundations, billionaire giving, and the macroeconomic factors affecting donor behavior. Her recent pieces include 'Revealing The True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy', 'Foundation-to-DAF Conversions: Is It a Thing?', and 'Donor-Advised Funds Now Consume a Quarter of Charitable Giving'.

DAFs channel huge amounts of cash to ‘culture war’ groups – anonymously. Why do people get tax breaks for using them?

By Chuck Collins and Helen Flannery

/ 15 Mar 2024