Blog – SEED20 presented by Social Venture Partners Charlotte

Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Welcomes SVP and SEED20 Alumni

Corri Smith — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:18:55 +0000

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 tackling pressing social challenges. Through this

program, nonprofit leaders compete to win cash awards by making

three-minute “pitches” to a panel of judges and a community

audience. Cardinal selected the nonprofits based on their connection to

Cardinal’s mission of bringing services and support to people with

mental and behavioral health needs.

Each of the five nonprofit participants gave their SEED20 “pitch” to the

Cardinal audience of 900, who then voted for the organization they

found most compelling. Congratulations to Hope Vibes for winning 1st

place and $10,000! Camp Blue Skies received $7,500, Philips Academy

won $5,000, and ZABs Place and Charlotte Rescue Mission each

received $1,500. All prize money was awarded from Cardinal’s

community investment fund.

This year, SEED20 OnStage is on March 31, 2020, and tickets will go on sale December 5, 2019.

Click here to watch a special video looking back at the first 5 years of SEED20.

Social Venture Partners announces Wells Fargo as the SEED20 2020 Presenting Sponsor!

Corri Smith — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:16:48 +0000

Social Venture Partners is pleased to announce Wells Fargo as the Presenting Sponsor of SEED20 2020! SEED20 is the annual program of SVP to identify, highlight, and connect the community to the region’s most promising social entrepreneurs tackling pressing challenges.

“The support of Wells Fargo has been the foundation of the SEED20 program since its inception nine years ago,” says Bleema Bershad, SVP’s Lead Partner for SEED20 2020, “and has allowed us to build and refine SEED20 into a program with deep impact that the community embraces.”

Each year during the SEED20 program, a class of twenty participants receives two months of coaching and mentoring on how to succinctly and powerfully “tell their story”—who they are and why they matter. These efforts culminate in SEED20 OnStage, a high-energy event where ten members of the class compete to win cash awards by making three-minute “pitches” to a panel of judges and a community audience. SEED20 OnStage also includes a celebration following the presentations where the audience can interact and network with all twenty nonprofits to learn more about their missions and opportunities for support and engagement.

At last year’s OnStage event, Wells Fargo surprised each of the ten presenting nonprofits with an additional $5,000 award! The generosity of Wells Fargo proved to be the impetus for increased giving from the SEED20 audience, as all twenty nonprofits received substantive donations.

This year, SEED20 OnStage is on March 31, 2020, and tickets will go on sale December 5, 2019.

Click here to watch a special video looking back at the first 5 years of SEED20.

Applications Now Open

Corri Smith — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:09:56 +0000

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 a vision for tackling pressing social challenges

– be innovative and resourceful

Where:
SEED20.org/apply

Application Window:
September 17 – October 31

Join in one of our webinars:
October 2

October 17