North Fund

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| formation = {{start date and age|2018}}

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| type = 501(c)(4) nonprofit

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| headquarters = Washington, D.C.

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| affiliations = Arabella Advisors
Sixteen Thirty Fund
Hopewell Fund
New Venture Fund
Windward Fund

| budget = $43 million (revenue)

| budget_year = 2021

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| website = {{url|https://www.northfund.org/}}

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The North Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization managed by Arabella Advisors, a for-profit consulting company that advises left-leaning donors and nonprofits about where to give money and serves as the hub of a politically liberal "dark money" network in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Massoglia |first1=Anna |title=Liberal 'dark money' groups' revenue soared ahead of 2020 elections |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/12/liberal-dark-money-groups-revenue-soared-ahead-of-2020-elections/ |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=OpenSecrets |date=December 23, 2021}} The North Fund serves as the fiscal sponsor for various left-leaning political projects.{{cite news |title=The Inside Philanthropy Power List |url=https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2021/7/21/the-inside-philanthropy-power-list |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=Inside Philanthropy |date=21 July 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Kenneth |last2=Goldmacher |first2=Shane |title=Democrats Decried Dark Money. Then They Won With It in 2020. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/politics/democrats-dark-money-donors.html |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=New York Times |date=January 29, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Birnbaum |first1=Emily |title=US 'Dark Money' Donor Groups Accuse Each Other of Abusing System |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/liberal-dark-money-advisers-228-million-in-fees-questioned#xj4y7vzkg |access-date=12 September 2023 |publisher=Bloomberg |date=August 15, 2023}} The North Fund spends significantly on progressive ballot measures.{{cite news |last1=Bland |first1=Scott |title=Liberal 'dark-money' behemoth funneled more than $400M in 2020 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/dark-money-sixteen-thirty-fund-522781 |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Politico |date=November 17, 2021}} It does not disclose its donors and has fought efforts by government officials to require disclosure of its donors.{{cite news |last1=Slanger |first1=Addie |title=Progressive-leaning D.C. nonprofit spends nearly $5 million for marijuana legalization |url=https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/politics/progressive-leaning-d-c-nonprofit-spends-nearly-5-million-for-marijuana-legalization/article_90fded5b-1e86-5ea8-a98e-3e6949430993.html |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Bozeman Daily Chronicle |date=October 26, 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Ambarian |first1=Jonathon |title=Group that spent $5M on Montana marijuana legalization measures won't have to reveal donors |url=https://www.ktvh.com/news/group-that-spent-5m-on-montana-marijuana-legalization-measures-wont-have-to-reveal-donors |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=KTVH |date=March 11, 2021}}

According to Axios, which described the North Fund as "shadowy even by the standards of D.C. advocacy groups," the organization's structure and lack of financial transparency "make it the latest progressive nonprofit to operate in ways that obscure key financial information from the public, even as it pushes for legislation to limit the role of so-called dark money in politics."{{cite news |last1=Markay |first1=Lachlan |title=Dark money fights dark money |url=https://www.axios.com/2021/07/13/dark-money-fights-dark-money |access-date=12 September 2023 |work=Axios |date=July 12, 2021}}