Meet Our Winner: ZABS Place

Voted on by all forty volunteer coaches from our community and twenty student ambassadors and young professionals from Davidson College who worked with the SEED20 Class of 2018, the $5,000 SEED20 Coaches’ Award is truly a special award! The coaching teams and nonprofits spend a lot of quality time together during the SEED20 journey – not only as individual…

Meet Our Winner: 100 Gardens

Our dynamic judging panel — comprised of Jay Bilas, Corri Smith, and Jason Terrell — selected the $7,500 3rd Place Award Winner. We caught up with Sam Fleming, Executive Director of 100 Gardens, about the impact of winning at SEED20.  SEED20 is the best “program” type of experience we have participated in. After doing accelerators and similar…

Meet Our Winner: Transcend Charlotte

Our dynamic judging panel — comprised of Jay Bilas, Corri Smith, and Jason Terrell — selected the $12,500 2nd Place Award Winner. We caught up with Cole Monroe, President of the Board of Directors of Transcend Charlotte, about the impact of winning at SEED20.  These funds will help Transcend Charlotte continue to change the the lives of transgender Charlotteans. One…

Meet Our Winner: ChemoCars

On April 16th, the largest audience to date at SEED20 OnStage voted for the Wells Fargo People’s Choice Grand Prize. We caught up with Zach Bolster, founder of ChemoCars, about the impact of winning $20,000 at SEED20.  SEED20 was an incredible experience filled with inspiring and smart people. We were honored to be selected as the grand prize winner –…

SEED20 OnStage a Huge Success

The 7th Annual SEED20 was a huge success with a prize pool of $46,000, Brit Drozda’s performance of her original song inspired by SEED20 – Sunrise, and our largest audience to date – nearly 1,000 in attendance! #SEED20 was trending on twitter and the Charlotte skyline was lit up green to celebrate our SEED20 change-makers!   Matt Olin returned as…

SEED20 By the Numbers

What is SEED20? 20 nonprofits are selected based on their innovation and potential for sustainable impact. 8 weeks of mentoring, coaching, and collaboration help them learn how to tell their story in a compelling and concise way. 60 coaches share their time, insight, and expertise with the SEED20 participants. On April 16th: 10 finalists will get up on stage at the Knight…

Meet Our Judge: Jason Terrell

Jason Terrell, co-founder of Profound Gentlemen and last year’s SEED20 Wells Fargo People’s Choice Grand Prize Winner, will take the SEED20 stage again this year… as one of our judges! Since our ten finalists will only have three minutes to tell their story, we’ve given Jason three questions to get to know him!  Advice for Individuals Starting Nonprofits:…

Meet Our Finalists

Two months of coaching. Countless hours of practicing. Three minutes to tell their story. At selection night, all twenty participants in the SEED20 Class of 2018 brought their best effort. It’s always a challenge to select only ten to present on stage and this year was no exception. All twenty organizations deserve the community’s support and are…

SEED20 Class of 2018: You Do So Much Good

Wednesday was SEED20 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 ten to present on the stage of Knight Theater on April 16th. All involved — the coaches and SVP Partners — were blown away by the…

Meet Our Judge: Corri Smith

Corri Smith, owner of Black Wednesday, will take the SEED20 stage as one of our judges! Since our ten finalists will only have three minutes to tell their story, we’ve given Corri three questions to get to know her. Advice for Entrepreneurs: It’s never simple. There is no balance. Accepting that you’ll be uncomfortable forever is required. If it’s meant…

Meet Our SEED20 OnStage Stars

You’ve met the SEED20 Class of 2018 — now we want to introduce you to the dynamic group of judges and entertainers who will be on the SEED20 stage on April 16th!   Matt Olin, Master of Ceremony: We are thrilled to have Matt Olin back again to host SEED20 OnStage! Matt is the creative genius behind Creative Mornings CLT and…

Meet Our SEED20: Project Harmony

Johammee Romero of Project Harmony (a collaborative program of the Charlotte Symphony and Community School of the Arts) talks about his SEED20 experience. Since he only has three minutes to tell his story, we’ve given him three questions to share his reflections!  3 Words to Describe Project Harmony: Inspiring. Authentic. Instrumental. A Highlight of SEED20: Gaining access to feedback, training,…