For more information, see Arabella Advisors
Note: This profile will be updated regularly as more information emerges on Arabella Advisors’ acquisition by Sunflower Services.
Arabella Acquisition LLC is a private Illinois corporation listed as the controlling entity for Arabella Advisors, a consultancy to left-of-center foundations and donors based in Washington, D.C. 1 Arabella Advisors in turn manages a network of nonprofits whose collective revenues totaled nearly $1.7 billion in 2020 alone. 2 This “dark money” network in turn controls a vast collection of activist groups and websites working on center- and far-left political causes. However, few details about Arabella Acquisition are known.
A related corporation, Arabella Advisors Holdings, is also listed as the controlling entity for Arabella Advisors in Illinois; the relationship between the two holding companies is unknown, but the former is believed to be a holding company for Arabella Advisors. 1 3
As of November 2025, Arabella Advisors announced that it would be ceasing operations after being acquired by a newly formed public benefit corporation (PBC) named Sunflower Services. A press release announcing the acquisition stared that Sunflower Services was owned by New Venture Fund, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund. 4
References
- Illinois Secretary of State. Corporation/LLC Search. “Arabella Advisors, LLC.” Sept. 8, 2022. Archived: https://www.influencewatch.org/app/uploads/2022/03/arabella-advisors-Illinois-secretary-of-state-screencap-03.10.22.png
- See Arabella Advisors: Network Financial Overview: https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/arabella-advisors/#network-financial-overview
- Hayden Ludwig. “What Is Arabella Advisors Holdings? And What Is It Hiding?” Capital Research Center. March 11, 2022. Accessed Sept. 8, 2022. https://capitalresearch.org/article/what-is-arabella-advisors-holdings-and-what-is-it-hiding/
- “New Entity Sunflower Services Purchasing Fiscal Sponsorship Services Business from Arabella Advisors.” Arabella Advisors, November 17, 2025. https://www.arabellaadvisors.com/