Cohort Stories & Updates
The Magic Cabinet Board of Directors has selected C’Ardiss “CC” Gardner Gleser as the organization’s new CEO. CC brings deep experience in philanthropy, education, and social impact to the foundation.
We are excited to announce the launch of our first cohorts of power-building organizations in Santa Clara, California. Over five years, each cohort will manage a $3.2 million pool of capacity-building funding, paving the way for increased collaboration and self-determined impact.
We are excited to announce the launch of our first cohorts of rural power-building organizations, expanding our grantmaking to include organizations that are building rural community power and poised for outsized impact.
As we prepare to launch our next Magic Cabinet cohorts, we're leveling up our model and setting a new standard for how we enter and engage with communities.
Sometimes, getting to yes means rewriting the rules. When our capacity-building model became too limiting, we trusted the expertise of our partners—seeding an idea that took root among multiple Magic Cabinet cohorts.
Several of our nonprofit partners are redefining what innovation looks like—using multi-year, capacity-building funding from Magic Cabinet to build critical infrastructure within their organizations and explore new revenue streams, setting them on a sustainable path for the future.