Liberal politicians and pundits frequently complain about the dark-money activism of the Koch brothers, but few ever mention a leviathan left-wing dark money group which rivals the Koch network in both the scale of its activity and the size of its pocketbook.
According to an April 17 report by nonprofit watchdog Capital Research Center (CRC), a group of four nonprofits operated by Arabella Advisors LLC raised $600 million in 2017 alone. Arabella deals in “strategic philanthropy,” which largely means funneling funds to leftist causes while masking the identity of the donors, the report found.