As the pandemic persisted throughout 2021, challenges and needs in our community continued to arise. Social Venture Partners Charlotte (SVP Charlotte) adapted our programs and deployed our financial, human, and social capital to virtually support nonprofit leaders and organizations rising to meet and respond to the region’s critical needs and challenges. We modified our signature…
As we reflect on 2020, innovation and flexibility were foundational to enabling Social Venture Partners (SVP) to expand our impact on the Charlotte community. Along with more than 100 Partners, we shifted all of our programming to a virtual format, launched a new, innovative project-based consulting program called Spark Teams, and hosted 12 community workshops…
By: Kim Aprill, Second Place Prize Winner, SEED20 2020 When the COVID-19 outbreak hit North Carolina and residents were instructed to shelter in place, life changed drastically for institutions and businesses, both large and small. Feeding Charlotte, an organization dedicated to relieving hunger while reducing food waste, started with a simple model: “Rescue” fresh, leftover…
Congrats to The ROC Graduates! Congratulations to the twelve graduating seniors from The ROC’s first pilot Cohort completing their programs in Electrical, HVAC, or Carpentry tracts. Eight of these graduates will go back to work for the companies they interned with last year and complete their Associates Degree starting Fall 2020 tuition free via Central…
Harrison Marshall, long time SVP Partner and SEED20 Steering Committee member, shared his inspiring thoughts during the SEED20 Selection night earlier in March. Please take a minute to read his thoughtful words below: You do so much for our community. Some of you focus on the needs of children and youth: You know that leadership…
Over the last nine years, SVP has had the opportunity to foster social entrepreneurship in Charlotte. We are thrilled to announce the SEED20 Class of 2020! Attach Families, Inc. Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation City Startup Labs El Puente Hispano Emerge-The Art of Leadership Feeding Charlotte Galilee Ministries of East Charlotte The Hope House Foundation iSpeak…
Past SVP Investee, Commonwealth Charlotte, has published its first annual report. Click the link below to read more! 2019annualreportfinal (1) CWC
Social Venture Partners (SVP) welcomed over 55 guests to its new office in the WeWork facility at The Railyard for the SVP Pathways to Partnership + Education panel last night. The evening opened with Board member and SVP Partner Scott Leo sharing about what makes the SVP Partner process unique including engagement opportunities with nonprofits…
Thank you to the Fischers for hosting our first E3 book discussion on September 23rd! Evicted, written by Matthew Desmond, follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Guests Adrienne and Emmanuel Threat of Hope Vibes joined in the discussion to share their prospective of how lack of…
Emmanuel Threatt of Hope Vibes will be joining the conversation as we discuss Evicted by Matthew Desmond. In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of…