Windward Fund

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| formation = {{start date and age|2015}}

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| type = 501(c)(3) nonprofit

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| headquarters = Washington, D.C.

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

| budget = $158,611,799 (revenue)

| budget_year = 2020

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

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The Windward Fund is a 501(c)(3) 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 Windward 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}} The Windward Fund had over $158 million in revenue in 2020.{{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}}

In October 2023, after a Washington Examiner investigation revealed that the New Venture Fund and the Windward Fund had given $473,000 between 2020 and 2021 to the Alliance for Global Justice, a group with Palestinian terrorism ties, the New Venture Fund and Windward Fund announced they would discontinue funding of the group.{{Cite web |last=Kaminsky |first=Gabe |date=2023-10-30 |title=Left-wing Arabella Advisors dark money groups cut ties with Palestinian terror-tied charity |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arabella-advisors-dark-money-groups-cut-ties-palestinian-terror-tied |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en}}{{Progressivism sidebar}}