SVP News
Catching up with Investee, The ROC
May 27, 2020
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 […] Read More
15 Years of Impact
May 20, 2020
May 2020 marks the 15th anniversary of SVP Charlotte! One of our long time Partners, Catherine Fischer, shared the organization’s journey at our Q2 Partner meeting on May 14, 2020. In 2005, a group of 24 Founding Partners launched SVP in Charlotte with a three year grant from Foundations for the Carolinas. The organization was […] Read More
And the winners are…….
April 3, 2020
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 […] Read More
Selection Night 2020-SVP Partner Harrison Marshall shares
March 26, 2020
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 […] Read More
Urgent Updates for SEED20 OnStage
March 16, 2020
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 […] Read More
SVP hosts Opioid Panel and Discussion
February 3, 2020
On January 30th, SVP Charlotte hosted an in depth panel and discussion on the Opioid Crisis at WeWork RailYard. Our panelists included: Andrea Anders, JD, domestic law attorney with over 25 years’ experience, Attorney Advocate for Cabarrus County’s Guardian Ad Litem program, and Associate Attorney for Adkins and Carter, PA in Salisbury, NC Dr. Bruce […] Read More
What I Learned From Being a Lead Partner by Denise Ratchford
January 22, 2020
December of 2019 marked the close of a three-year grant and partnership that SVP enjoyed with Fashion & Compassion (F&C). I learned a lot during these three years-about myself, about SVP and about Charlotte. As a result, I have grown a lot during this time and am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the […] Read More