Fruitvale / Eastlake Cohort, CA
Together for 5 years
Each Cohort lasts up to five years so relationships can strengthen, processes can develop, and internal structures can be built. Together, Street Level Health Project, Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, and EastSide Arts Alliance and Cultural Center meet quarterly to present grant proposals to each other, vote on new grants, share progress updates, and seek advice on new challenges as they build capacity and grow.
The mission of Street Level Health Project is to improve the wellbeing of underinsured, uninsured, and recently arrived immigrants in Alameda County.
Founded 2002
The mission of CERI is to improve the social, emotional, psychological, economic, and physical health of refugees and immigrants affected by war, torture, genocide or other forms of extreme trauma.
Founded 2005
The mission of Eastside Cultural Center is to unite art with activism for community empowerment, cultural development, and to build bridges between the disenfranchised, racially divided communities in Oakland.
Founded 2003
Long-Term Community Investment
Magic Cabinet prioritizes community-born, led, and serving organizations to build their capacity and accelerate their impact. We believe if given the time, tools, and resources they ask for, the organizations and the communities they serve will flourish.
Capacity Building Projects Overview
An effective nonprofit is more than its programs. Each Cohort has access up to $2.5m through collectively approved capacity-building grants— approximately $500k available each year. Every Cohort member faces unique challenges and opportunities for their organization; that’s why they determine how to leverage Magic Cabinet funds.
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.
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.