Thursday, June 4th the SVP team held a fun, seasonal get-together at Margaret and Harrison Marshall’s home to welcome the SEED20 Class of 2015 to the Alumni Network. Megan Guhl, SEED20 Alumni Network Lead Partner, organized the barbecue supper for the members of all four classes of Seed20 to date and SVP Partners. Along with…
Register now for our SVP conference on October 22-24, 2015 in Seattle! The SVP Network will be offering a myriad of classes in addition to Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as keynote speakers on Saturday morning. Head to https://www.socialventurepartners.org/conference/register-2/ to register ahead of time for this exciting weekend.
Volunteer tutors give students enrolled in Heart Math Tutoring skills and encouragement critical to students’ success. This year, eight volunteers reached a milestone with five years of service (and five of these tutors – noted in bold – are SVP Partners!): Mike Burnett, Andy Cooney, Minna Elliott, Martha Eubank, Reid Leggett, Margaret Marshall, Missy Miller and Lisa Warren.
We’re pleased and proud to spend this spring and summer celebrating SVP’s 10-year anniversary of venture philanthropy and service in the Charlotte community. As part of this celebration, we are curating a series of #SVPCLT10 lists, and this piece is on our 10 (really 11!) Investees who’ve collectively received over $1,000,000 and thousands of volunteer…
Carley Porter, a rising senior at Davidson College, joins SVP Charlotte this summer as an intern for three months. Carley’s main responsibilities are writing articles for the SVP newsletter, keeping up with administrative duties, and helping plan the SVP 10th anniversary party scheduled for this fall. Two days a week, Carley works directly with Sil Ganzo at…
In 2015, SVP has welcomed a record new number of Partners — and we’re not even halfway through the year! Our membership is its largest to date, with 129 Partners working shoulder to shoulder to bring SVP into its 10th year in Charlotte. Please join us in welcoming each of these unique individuals who’ve chosen our tried-and-true model of venture philanthropy as their way to support and invest into their city and community.
We’re pleased and proud to spend this year celebrating SVP’s 10-year anniversary of venture philanthropy and service to the Charlotte community. As part of this celebration, we’re creating a series of top 10 lists and special stories — starting with 10 reasons founding partner Will Miller started SVP in Charlotte. Tune in next month for another #SVPCLT10!
As part of SVP’s 10th anniversary celebration, we’ll be sharing stories from several community champions–past and present–who have worked with SVP locally and committed themselves to our global mission in deep and meaningful ways over the years. This month, SVP Board member Marinn Bengel interviewed Partner Margaret Marshall.
Happy New Year and Welcome to the 10-year anniversary of our Charlotte SVP affiliate! We’ve come a long way in the last decade and have much to reflect upon and celebrate – which we plan to do throughout the year. Read some of the highlights!
Did you know that SVP has over 100 Partners in Charlotte and more than 3000 worldwide? New Partners are joining all the time! In 2014, 15 new Partners joined our work in Charlotte. Please join us in welcoming our first new Partners of 2015, Sarah and Allen Shifflet!