Arabella Advisors

Arabella Advisors operates as a philanthropic consulting firm, providing services primarily to individual donors, foundations, and institutional investors seeking to maximize the impact of their charitable giving and mission-related investments. The organization offers strategic guidance, manages charitable funds, and facilitates complex philanthropic projects, acting as an intermediary between donors and nonprofit organizations or social enterprises. Its core activities involve advising clients on effective giving strategies, managing donor-advised funds and fiscal sponsorship arrangements, and providing operational support for large-scale philanthropic initiatives. Arabella Advisors serves clients across the United States, focusing on facilitating significant philanthropic capital flow towards various social and environmental causes.

The firm's operations place it within the broader landscape of progressive and liberal-leaning philanthropic organizations in the United States. A notable incident highlighting its position and associated risks occurred in early 2017. On March 6, 2017, reports emerged detailing a new wave of cyberattacks by Russian hackers specifically targeting U.S. progressive groups, including Arabella Advisors. These attacks involved extortion attempts where hackers demanded ransom payments. To substantiate their threats and demonstrate possession of compromised data, the hackers provided samples of sensitive information they had stolen from the targeted organizations. This incident underscored the cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by entities within this sector during that period, particularly following the heightened political tensions after the U.S. presidential election. Arabella Advisors was identified as one of at least a dozen groups subjected to these coordinated ransom demands by the Russian actors.