We’re Opening Up
New Paths
for Philanthropy
What We Do
Our approach helps nonprofits and donors make a lasting impact.
We open doors
to better resources
We give nonprofits access to the people, places, and things they need to work more effectively and expand their reach, instead of just connecting them to donors with open wallets.
We open new possibilities
through collaboration
Our process enables nonprofits to work together and share their experiences, as opposed to working alone and straining their limited resources.
We’re open to hearing
what nonprofits have to say
We focus on listening to nonprofits and their leaders so we can understand what they need to make an impact, rather than telling them what they should do.
We open up a nonprofit’s
capacity for growth
By tying our funding to long-term partnerships more than yearly program support, we become part of a nonprofit’s process to support their decisions on how to serve their communities.
We’re open to making
a future impact
We prefer investing in a vision over insisting on immediate results, so everyone involved can focus on the impact they set out to make.
We’re open to
working with you
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Our Mission
Magic Cabinet champions communities’ work by partnering with nonprofits and other philanthropists to achieve the nonprofits’ missions. We do this by providing long-term capacity-building grants, access to peer networks, and advocating for the broader adoption of collaborative, trust-based philanthropic practice.
Our Vision
Magic Cabinet and PolicyLink invest $3.6 million in a four-year partnership for community-led solutions in Puerto Rico. The initiative, sparked by a roundtable during the Biden-Harris Administration's Puerto Rico Economic Dialogue, focuses on strengthening local governance, fostering transparency, and supporting grassroots organizations.
Amidst a changing world, nonprofits feel the pressing need to adapt. However, within this challenge exists an opportunity to redefine their visual identity. Discover the intentional process our nonprofit partners took as they navigated change, embraced transformation, and paved the way for a fresh chapter.
In this episode of the Future of Smart podcast, host Ulcca Joshi Hansen speaks with Christina Engel and Tiffany Johnson of Magic Cabinet, a philanthropic organization that seeks to shift power dynamics in philanthropy by championing community-driven grantmaking.
