

If you haven’t visited our website lately, you might have missed that most of the members of the Next Stage team are sporting new job titles. Our continued evolution as a firm has included locking in an approach to staffing that is really paying off. Helen Hope...

Cultivate Graduation: These Six Leaders Are Bringing Change To Charlotte
Last Thursday, Next Stage hosted a graduation event for the 2021 Cultivate cohort. It was an inspiring and significant day for several reasons. First – and most importantly – we are grateful every year for the time we get to pause and celebrate the accomplishments of...

Three Questions with Christy Baker Director of Development at Hope Haven
Three Questions is a new Next Stage series. Over the coming months, we will feature social good leaders from across the region who are partnering in new and innovative ways to create big community change. Tell us about Hope Haven’s proudest accomplishment last...

Translating ESG and Social Impact for Manufacturing Companies
Nearly a year after the release of Profit & Purpose, we’ve had the opportunity to learn from (and work with!) so many innovative companies. And as the world turns rapidly towards a greater focus on ESG, businesses across all industries are looking at how to best...

Three Questions with Karen Calder Executive Director of Classroom Central
Three Questions is a new Next Stage series. Over the coming months, we will feature social good leaders from across the region who are partnering in new and innovative ways to create big community change. 1. Tell us about Classroom Central’s proudest...

You’re Invited! Cultivate Graduation 2022
It’s not a secret that Next Stage loves emerging organizations. We love their optimism, their ‘dig in and roll up your sleeves’ attitude, and their rootedness in community. It’s long been part of Next Stage’s aim to strengthen these startup nonprofits and help them...

Partnerships with Purpose: A What’s Next? Roundup
One of our favorite things we did over the last year was to move What’s Next? to a recorded episode format. It gave us the chance to have even deeper conversations with both nonprofit and private sector leaders about the challenges and opportunities they are facing at...

Three Questions with Banu Valladares Executive Director of Charlotte Bilingual Preschool
Three Questions is a new Next Stage series. Over the coming months, we will feature social good leaders from across the region who are partnering in new and innovative ways to create big community change. 1. Tell us about Charlotte Bilingual Preschools proudest...

Three Questions with The Charlotte Center for the Humanities and Civic Imagination
Three Questions is a new Next Stage series. Over the coming months, we will feature social good leaders from across the region who are partnering in new and innovative ways to create big community change. From Valaida Fullwood, writer and discussion facilitator at The...

What We Can Learn from Emerging Nonprofit Leaders
Written by Christine Eubanks You know that feeling when you want to plug something in, but the cord is just too darn short to reach the outlet? So frustrating because you absolutely know if you had an extension cord this would not be a problem. But, since you don’t at...

Three Questions with Stephanie Stenglein Associate Executive Director Of Arts+
Three Questions is a new Next Stage series. Over the coming months, we will feature social good leaders from across the region who are partnering in new and innovative ways to create big community change. 1. Tell us about Arts+’s proudest accomplishment last...

Diversity and Hiring: What’s Beyond the Door?
“The words of the elders do not lock all the doors, they leave the right door open.” -African Proverb Written by: Helen Hope Kimbrough So you’ve embarked upon a talent management search looking for the right candidate to meet the goals and objectives of your...