A Legacy of Resistance and Resilience: Announcing Our Santa Clara Power-building Cohorts
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.
Advancing Grassroots Impact: Launching Magic Cabinet’s First Rural Power-building Cohorts
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.
Setting a New Standard: Leveling Up Our Community Engagement Model
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.
Native Voices Rising Launches 2025 Grant Cycle: Supporting Indigenous-Led Initiatives
Native Voices Rising has launched their 2025 Grantmaking Cycle, which will provide general operating support to strengthen Native-led groups that have a membership base in the community, work to develop leadership, and take collective action to win progressive social change.
Move Fast and Trust in Community: Rewriting Our Capacity-Building Rules
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.
From Grants to Growth: Capacity-Building Investments for Nonprofit Impact
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.
A New Chapter of Magic Cabinet’s Grantmaking: Introducing Our First Fiscally-Sponsored Cohorts
We’re excited to announce Magic Cabinet’s first cohorts of fiscally-sponsored organizations. Ushering in a new evolution of our grantmaking, we’re eager to shift power to a new group of nonprofits to help them catalyze impact within the communities they serve.
New Horizons: Reflecting on Five Years with Magic Cabinet
As our first Magic Cabinet cohorts adjourn after five years together, cohort members share lessons learned, surprising moments, capacity-building projects, and what’s on the horizon for their organizations.
Seeding Collaboration: Unscripted Moments from Magic Cabinet Cohorts
Of the many benefits we’ve seen from our Cohort Model, there’s one unique aspect that defines its success: nonprofits resourcing each other to build stronger organizations through collaboration and connection.
A New Vision of Fiscal Sponsorship
A new survey on fiscal sponsorship explores the current state and future state of the field, including opportunities to introduce greater equity to the model.