Community Vote Announcement

Vote for the SEED20 Participants Who Inspire You! We are in awe of the dedication, hard work, and passion that our nonprofit leaders demonstrate. Now, we want to hear from you: who inspires you the most? Participate in our online daily voting and give your favorite SEED20 class members a chance to win the $1,000…

Meet Our 2024 OnStage Hosts

Two Community Leaders to Host SEED20 OnStage Social Venture Partners Charlotte is pleased continue our new format for the SEED20 OnStage event. Just like last year, our audience and nonprofit participants will be guided through the OnStage program by hosts rather than an MC and judges. We are excited to announce this year’s OnStage event…

2024 SEED20 Tickets on Sale!

SEED20 OnStage Returns! Tickets On Sale Now! Social Venture Partners Charlotte is thrilled to announce the return of SEED20 OnStage with 10 new innovative nonprofits competing for cash awards and prizes. Join us for this high-energy event on Tuesday, March 26th, at Central Piedmont’s New Theater where the Class of 2024 will compete to win by…

Meet Our OnStage Hosts

SEED20 Alum and The Pitch Prof to Host SEED20 OnStage Social Venture Partners Charlotte is pleased to announced a new format for the SEED20 OnStage event. You heard it here first…we are evolving away from the MC and judge model we have had in the past. This year, our audience and nonprofit participants will be…

SVP Charlotte’s Work Beyond SEED20

SVP Charlotte’s Work Beyond SEED20 On Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, Social Venture Partners Charlotte (SVP Charlotte) held our first quarterly Partner meeting of 2023 with a packed agenda at the new Program Center of Families Forward Charlotte (FFC), an organization that partners with local families experiencing poverty by providing educational opportunities, essential support, and individualized mentoring. FFC is a 2018…

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…

Where are they now? Foster Village Charlotte

2019 SEED20 Wells Fargo Grand Prize winner, Foster Village Charlotte, has had an amazing journey this year! Last year, Executive Director Becky Santoro hoped to “build awareness in our city around foster care and learn from the incredible group of nonprofits, leaders and coaches in SEED20.” Additional funds from her SEED20 experience allowed Foster Village Charlotte…

Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Welcomes SVP and SEED20 Alumni

On September 12, Social Venture Partners and five SEED20 Alumni were invited to present to the 2019 All Employee Leadership Conference for Cardinal Innovations Healthcare.   The participants were selected from SEED20 Alumni who had previously participated in SVP’s annual program to identify, highlight, and connect the community to the region’s most promising social entrepreneurs…

Applications Now Open

We are looking for social entrepreneurs and innovators who are working to make change happen. They are leaders of organizations and programs with an exciting and creative social focus. Who should apply? Whether an individual or start up with a well-formed idea, an emerging nonprofit, or a well-established nonprofit with a new program, SEED20 applicants should… – have…

Meet Our Winner: INTech Camp for Girls

INTech Camp for Girls is the winner of our second annual SEED20 Community Vote! For fourteen days, the community-at-large was invited to cast a vote of confidence for one of the organizations in the SEED20 Class of 2018! At SEED20 OnStage, we announced that INTech Camp for Girls was the winner of the $1,000 SEED20 Community Vote!…