Our SVP Investees are gearing up for another exciting year! SVP Charlotte welcomed The ROC (Rebuilding Opportunities in Construction) as its new 2019 Investee, and partners voted to reinvest in ourBRIDGE for KIDS for another two year grant cycle. The mission of The ROC is to recruit, educate and mentor high school Youth Apprentices in…
SVP and the investment team are excited to announce the new investee for 2019!
2018 brought many changes for SVP Investee, GenOne. GenOne partners with talented, first-generation students from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping them successfully navigate to and through college. Along with inducting 20 new eighth grade scholars, GenOne welcomed its inaugural class of 34 Navigators. Navigators are an integral part of the GenOne program, committed to working with their scholars 2…
Over 50 partners gathered at Byron’s South End on November 15th for an evening of good food and great conversation. Lead Partners from each Investee shared stories of impact including Heart Math Tutoring, Commonwealth Charlotte, Digi-Bridge, ourBRIDGE for KIDS, Profound Gentlemen, GenOne, Fashion and Compassion, and PlateShare. The ROC (Rebuilding Opportunities in Construction) was also…
On a wonderful fall evening, the E3 (Explore, Educate, Engage) Committee hosted over 30 partners and guests at the Mint Museum on Randolph. The evening’s focus was discussing the ongoing housing crisis in Charlotte. SVP partner Ben Hill moderated the discussion and panel which included three informative panelists: Judy Seldin-Cohen, board chair of A Way Home,…
After weeks of coaching, practice and an unbelievable evening, the awards go to…
Over the past few months 20 local organizations have received coaching and mentorship. SEED20 recently hosted Selection Night where all twenty participants in the SEED20 Class of 2018 gave their three minute pitches in hopes of being selected as one of the 10 to present on the stage of Knight Theater on April 16th…
SVP Charlotte is excited to announce our newest deep, multi-year Investments! Thanks to generous contributions of both time and money from our network of Partners, SVP is investing in three high impact nonprofits for 2018. We look forward to working with them to make our community a better place!
Engage, Explore, and Educate Through E3, by: SVP Partner, Patti Weber Starting in early 2018, the newly formed E3 (Engage, Explore, Educate) Committee will host a robust series of monthly engagement offerings designed to bring Partners together. The goal of this series is to provide you with new opportunities to engage with nonprofit organizations and…
Lead Partners, Meredith Jolly and Denise Ratchford had a wonderful idea sitting around the table at SVP for a Fashion and Compassion meeting over the summer. That idea became the first SVP Ladies Night event for SVP Charlotte! Ladies enjoyed light refreshments while browsing the beautiful jewelry and heard a presentation from Executive Director, Michele…