SEED2020 Winners!

The 9th Annual SEED20 was a huge success! Our transition to SEED20 OnLine due to the COVID-19 crisis featured many firsts. With the shift to an online platform, the audience had the opportunity to select all three winners from the comfort of their own homes and computers. The viewing and voting window was expanded to…

Urgent SEED20 OnStage Updates!

Our Social Venture Partners Board of Directors and our SEED20 Steering Committee recognize the need to do our part in prioritizing public health and containment of the Coronavirus. In weighing the best options against the impact to the nonprofit participants and community, we decided to proactively curtail our March 31st SEED20 OnStage event to eliminate…

Meet our SEED20 2020 Finalists

At selection night, all twenty participants in the SEED20 Class of 2020 gave their three-minute pitches in hopes of being selected as one of the ten finalists. It is always a challenge to select only ten and this year was no exception. All twenty organizations deserve the community’s support and are meeting pressing social needs.…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: Attach Families Inc.

Representative: Katherine Noto Developmental trauma may negatively impact a child’s emotional, psychological, and physical health throughout childhood and adulthood. Attach Families provides foster and adoptive families with the specialized knowledge and training to understand developmental trauma and how to recognize signs and symptoms, and also help children heal from it by providing access to neurofeedback…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation

Representative: John Searby The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation educates and advocates to protect the Catawba-Wateree River Basin for all who depend on and enjoy it. An experienced network of diverse community members, engaged volunteers and professional staff provides dedicated talent and resources to protect and enhance our river today and for future generations. The Catawba Riverkeeper…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: City Startup Labs

Representative: Henry Rock City Startup Labs aims to create a skilled class of entrepreneurs among the formerly incarcerated while exploring how entrepreneurship can be a tool of restorative justice for communities in need of reconciliation and returnees needing to have trust restored. Entrepreneurship can be twenty-first century workforce development for returning citizens who build businesses…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: El Puente Hispano

Representative: Natalie Marles El Puente Hispano’s mission is to connect and integrate the Hispanic community in Cabarrus by providing information, education, resources and guidance to foster self-sufficiency and productivity. All El Puente Hispano programs are free and include a diverse range of classes for adults and children and programs focusing on connecting the Latino community…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: Emerge – The Art of Leadership

Representative: Ryan McGill The mission of Emerge is to develop Charlotte’s youth into confident, powerful, and compassionate leaders. The focus of Emerge is to teach students “leadership in life” skills through the practice of martial arts. Through martial arts, meditation, and project-based leadership training, Emerge teaches the tools needed to prepare and expand the development…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: Feeding Charlotte

Representative: Kim Aprill Feeding Charlotte strives to relieve hunger while reducing waste by connecting surplus, freshly prepared meals with members of our community experiencing food insecurity. This is accomplished through partnerships with restaurants, institutions and caterers that have leftover fresh meals, which are then delivered to local nonprofits that feed our hungry neighbors in Charlotte.…

Meet the SEED20 Class of 2020: Hope to Home

Representative: Janice Hinton The Hope to Home program provides lasting solutions to housing instability through a network of collaborative partners who believe that all people possess the capability to make transformative life choices. Hope to Home is committed to the power of “client voice, client choice” and believes all relationships should be guided by compassion,…