Uniting Charlotte through good!

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We care about Charlotte A LOT and want you to care too. We believe that kindness is cool and investing in your community is the right thing to do.

  • Board of Directors
  • Kristin Hills Bradberry
  • Mary Gallivan, Foundation for the Carolinas, Chair
  • Joe Peterson, Varda Partners
  • Amy Radke, Treasurer
  • Joe Ryan, Skookum, Secretary
  • Nonprofit Advisory Committee
  • Campus Pride - Shane Windmeyer
  • Changed Choices - Karen Kovach
  • Digi-Bridge - David Jessup
  • Humane Society of Charlotte - Donna Ragan
  • Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation - Trish Kriger
  • Levine Museum of the New South - Melody Gross
  • Loaves & Fishes - Sue Bruce
  • QC Family Tree - Greg Jarrell
  • Teaching Fellows Institute - Barbara Caldwell
  • USO NC - Ellyn Brotherton

Our Campaigns

We believe that "a rising tide lifts all boats", so we create community campaigns that rally Charlotte around socially positive movements. Hundreds of local nonprofits come together to share the critical work they’re doing and why they need everyone’s help.

#GivingTuesday began in NYC in 2012 as a response to the commercialism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It kicks off the season of giving every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

In 2014, SHARE Charlotte created #GivingTuesdayCLT, our local campaign focused on giving specifically in Charlotte. In that first year 64 nonprofits raised nearly $600K. (See Results) So, in 2015, together with our 40+ sponsors and community partners, we went bigger and raised $4.2 million for 108 local nonprofits! (See Results) In 2016, with the help of 80+ sponsors and community partners, we raised $7.2 million for 174 local nonprofits and became the largest community-wide #GivingTuesday campaign in the country. (See Results)

Summer is the biggest time of need for many Charlotte nonprofits, and a time when most of us aren't thinking about giving back. SummerSHARE, created in 2015, is a two week campaign in July that "gives need a vacation" by encouraging purchases of tangible items that nonprofits need the most.

Charlotte bought more than 1,000 items for SummerSHARE in 2015. (See Results). In 2016, Charlotte stepped up and sent need on vacation by donating more than 4,000 critically needed items to 77 local nonprofit organizations. (See Results).

DO GOOD Week is a week-long celebration of volunteering that rallies the Charlotte community to come together to volunteer their time and talent. We hope to inspire people to find and choose volunteer opportunities that are right for them. It is a collaboration between SHARE Charlotte and Hands On Charlotte (now part of United Way of Central Carolinas) and is intentionally timed to coincide with National Volunteer Week.

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SCHOOL & CORPORATE PROGRAMS

With our hundreds of nonprofit and community partnerships SHARE Charlotte is uniquely positioned to develop integrated and robust service programs.

In 2013, SHARE developed a year long service-learning program for Providence Day School's freshman class. Through the “Be the Change” program students were given a broad picture look at poverty in Charlotte. This unique opportunity began the students' journey to becoming empathic, engaged community citizens and helped them personally discover how they can make a difference no matter where they live. Then in 2016 we helped them build upon that freshman initiative as well as create an integrated, whole-school social responsibility program.

We love it when a company wants to take bold steps to make an impact in their community. Local companies like Hart & Hickman turn to us to help them create intentional community services opportunities for their employees.