• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    Why isn’t media asking who funds the Children’s Health Defense Fund, which paid RFK $500k/yr.

    Primarily Vanguard and Fidelity. CHDF takes in $15M a year now to fund anti vaccine efforts.

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      It’s probably donor advised funds that vanguard and fidelity are directing towards that org, not of their own volition, just a clarification. Those 2 don’t really spend any major amounts of money on discretionary causes, compared to the literal hundreds of billions they use on behalf of their clients.

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        donor advised funds that vanguard and fidelity are directing towards that org

        Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $1.1M

        Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $2.2M

        Selz Foundation $500K

        So…antivax is funded partially by taxpayers as these donations are a tax write off.

        Donations went up 500% since Trump took power, so we can assume these donations are at the request of Trump.

        Fucking media needs to follow the money. Antivax is only about money.

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        When I worked at Fidelity it was 3.9 Trillion dollars in assets under management. It has risen since then by a couple trillion

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          Sure, but that’s what they are managing. If you order a burger for delivery, it’s not like Uber/doordash are purchasing a burger, they’re just managing your order.