The Shape-Shifting DC Dark Money Group Disguising Liberal Campaigns Across Country

They are all registered trade names for the North Fund, a shape-shifting nonprofit group that uses aliases to push an array of left-wing causes from a shell office in Washington, D.C., according to corporate records.

While "Astroturf" groups are nothing new in politics, critics say the North Fund is part of a new breed-moving away from specific policy advocacy and delving into electoral politics.

Through another alias, the "Democracy Docket Action Fund," the nonprofit has helped finance state-level redistricting lawsuits that favor Democrats across the country.

"From trying to make D.C. a state to funding Marc Elias's politicized lawsuits, North Fund's presence is often felt but their very existence is virtually unknown," Caitlin Sutherland, the executive director of the Americans for Public Trust watchdog group, told the Washington Free Beacon.

"If untraceable money is flooding the latest policy or legislative fight under the guise of grassroots activism, chances are, North Fund is behind it."

The Sixteen Thirty Fund and the New Venture Fund don't disclose their donors either, leading to a dead end in the money trail.

The North Fund is managed by a Democratic consulting firm called Arabella Advisors, which also keeps the copies of the fund's public financial documents, according to the fund's tax disclosure records.

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