Greater Good Blog

The philanthropic sector has arrived at a moment of urgent opportunity. The challenges facing our society are systemic in nature—from climate change to disinformation—and more complex than ever before. Even so, we at Arabella Advisors are optimistic about the future. We are privileged to support the ambitious, inspiring changemakers who are advancing transformative solutions to the most vexing issues of our time. The philanthropists and nonprofits we serve are creating impact at scale every single day, and we are profoundly proud of their work, as well as our role in enabling it.

In addition to large-scale societal challenges, the last two years have been a period of growth and change within Arabella, in large part driven by our exciting acquisitions of Kiwi Partners and Redstone Strategy Group. As a result, we’ve welcomed new colleagues into our fold, doubled down on the services we offer to funders and nonprofits, and continued to strengthen the Arabella platform’s ability to amplify the creative, highly impactful efforts happening across the philanthropic sector.

As we evolve, we remain committed to reflecting on our work and elevating stories of impact to share with our community as inspiration. In that spirit, and in recognition of the expansion of our team, we are excited to share a series of impact reports this year, each of which will highlight a different aspect of our business. We’ll delve deeply into each team, giving each its due attention. We hope this approach will illuminate the activities of our lines of business in greater detail while honoring the impactful work of our many partners.

Each report will take a somewhat different approach—we’ll tell stories of impact in ways that are appropriate to the nature of each team’s work. But there will be several throughlines, as well. For one, our shared values. Whether we’re implementing more secure accounting systems for a small nonprofit in New York or advising a Midwestern foundation on how best to give to grassroots groups abroad, our teams are driven by the desire to be bold, to do good better, to create together, and to find a way. We adhere to these values in our approaches to engaging with one another, in our work with clients, and throughout our decision-making process as we look to continually enrich our support for changemakers.

And, across the reports, you’ll see that what unites our teams—regardless of the work we do—is a staunch commitment to protect the planet, defend democracy, strengthen communities, and enhance equity. As a mission-driven company, we believe it is our duty and moral obligation to pursue solutions to what we see as the gravest challenges facing our world.

We are fortunate to partner with clients who have similar priorities. This can look like supporting a civic engagement initiative hosted at one of the fiscal sponsor organizations that has hired Arabella to provide back-office operational support, or it may mean evaluating a family foundation’s grantmaking portfolio focused on building pathways to greater economic opportunity in their community. Regardless of the services we’re providing, we remain steadfast in our determination to help the social sector deliver needed change—and to do so more effectively, efficiently, and equitably.

We’re excited to publish and share the first report: How Arabella Advisors Supports Fiscal Sponsors Driving Global Impact, which looks at the outcomes of our partnerships with several independent nonprofit organizations that host charitable initiatives. We hope you will find these stories as inspiring as we do.

We look forward to sharing additional impact reports in the months to come; we’ll update this page with links once they are available. We are grateful for your support and partnership, and please be in touch if these stories spark ideas for you. We’d love to support you to turn those ideas into life-changing impact.