What Is the North Fund, Anyway?
In 2019, a new member of Arabella Advisors’ $1.7 billion “dark money” network appeared: the North Fund. Unlike the Arabella network’s other nonprofits, North Fund doesn’t share Arabella’s L Street…
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Sixteen Thirty Fund’s “Dark Money” Boosting Democrats in Midterms
To no one’s surprise, the Arabella network’s advocacy arms are spending heavily to boost Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. Since the beginning of the midterm cycle in January 2021,…
Hayden Ludwig on the Schiffer Report
CRC senior investigative researcher Hayden Ludwig pulls back the curtain on the lobbying power of the huge, left-wing network Arabella Advisors in an interview with radio host Paul Schiffer of…
The For-Profit DC Firm Staging America’s ‘Grassroots’ Movements
Behind the closed doors of an unassuming philanthropic consultancy in Washington, D.C., is one of the most powerful lobbying forces in the United States. The Atlantic has called it “the massive progressive dark-money…
Who Are Arabella’s Big-Dollar Donors?
The “dark money” network created and run by Arabella Advisors is perhaps the most powerful and, until recently, the least-reported-on player in Washington politics. Tracing the Arabella network’s donors is…
What’s the North Fund and How Did It Muck Up the 2020 Election?
The enigmatic North Fund is perhaps the biggest bankroller of left-wing state ballot initiatives you’ve never heard of. This little-known giant is behind the campaign for DC statehood (“51 for…
The Left’s Top “Dark Money” Empires Brought in $1.7 Billion in 2019
In 2019 alone, the Left's the four biggest, most influential pass-through funders brought in $1.7 Billion. These “dark money” empires are Arabella Advisors, the Tides Nexus, NEO Philanthropy, and the…
Arabella Advisors: Democrats’ Darkest “Dark Money”
While most Americans were hooked on the 2020 electoral battle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, Washington’s biggest “dark money” network was quietly funneling tens of millions of dollars into…