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Our History
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Our History
In 1980,
Susan
Gross and
Karl
Mathiasen founded the Management Assistance
Group. Their vision was to create a social
justice organization that did its work by
strengthening groups working on the front lines
of change.
Since its founding, MAG has
worked with thousands of organizations,
including the American Civil Liberties Union,
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Asian American
Justice Center, Atlantic Philanthropies, Center
for Reproductive Rights, Democracy Now!,
Economic Policy Institute, Equality Maryland,
Ford Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Global
Rights, Innocence Project, La Clinica del
Pueblo, Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center,
National Council of La Raza, National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force, Natural Resources Defense
Council, Save Darfur, SisterSong, Southern
Regional Council, Wisconsin Council on Children
and Families, Young Women's Project, and
countless others.
Susan and Karl were
pioneers in the adaptation of rigorous
management thinking to social change and
advocacy, and they quickly became well-known
for their insightful, seminal articles on
nonprofit management.
Passages: Organizational Life Cycles,
Board Maxims, The Board of
Directors Is A Problem, and
The Power of
Purpose were breakthrough articles that
are still cited today. In these works, and in
one-on-one engagements with nonprofit clients,
Susan and Karl developed and refined a
holistic, rigorous approach to building
powerful organizations that lives on to this
day.
Since its founding, MAG has carried
on its commitment to creating a just world. Our
consultants have worked with thousands of
social justice organizations, spanning the
country and globe, and crossing the entire
spectrum of issues and approaches.
In
2004,
Inca
A. Mohamed became MAG’s second Executive
Director. A former MAG senior consultant and
Ford Foundation program officer, Inca deeply
understands the power – and challenges – of the
nonprofit sector. Under her leadership, MAG has
expanded its work beyond one-on-one consulting
to offer a range of products, services, and
publications designed to contribute to the
strength and vitality of the nonprofit sector.
To find out more about our latest offerings,
check out
What’s
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