Stories & Updates
Magic Cabinet Appoints Karen Toering as Director of Advocacy
Shifting from her role as Seattle Program Director, Toering will work closely with the Magic Cabinet leadership team, setting the intention to use its positional power and resources to strengthen advocacy within the sector and with non-profit partners and philanthropic partner networks.
Finding Communities: How do we select communities and organizations to fund?
Selecting communities and organizations to fund is a critical process for Magic Cabinet, a philanthropic organization focused on long-term capacity-building grants for nonprofits in underresourced communities.
A Look Inside Magic Cabinet’s Approach to Participatory Grantmaking
In this blog series, we’ll dive into each of the engagement phases described above our continuous learnings, and how Magic Cabinet works tirelessly to ensure and improve our process so that communities are the loudest voice in shaping their own future.
Magic Cabinet Engagement Series
Join us for one of our quarterly events to learn more about our process, connect with our engagement staff, and engage in conversations about what we’re learning along the way!
Engagement Summary – Solano County
This report summarizes Magic Cabinet’s research and engagement in funding Solano County nonprofit organizations. In addition, we highlight opportunities, challenges, and recommendations for future philanthropic initiatives in Solano county as well as a framework for engagement for alike regions.
The Nonprofit Iceberg
When you see an iceberg, the portion visible above water is only a tiny part of a larger whole. You can think of nonprofits in the same way.