Lunch & Learn: Grow Your Nonprofit

Drive your own success with our learning experience that connects and cultivates leaders.

Discover how to create and grow a nonprofit organization, find your partners and collaborators, and delve into practical strategies for capacity building that will take your organization to the next level. This hands-on event brings together community and civic leaders, creatives and nonprofit organizers and connects them with resources and funders.

Shunqetta Cunningham, CEO and lead grant strategist and nonprofit facilitator of KHARIS Group, and Brazier Watts, acting director of the Arkansas Arts Council, deliver a high-impact discussion that will equip you with real-world tools to start, grow and sustain your success.

This is a must-attend event for nonprofits, business owners, government officials and community leaders. This free event typically sells out, so RSVP while you can!

Bring yourself and a colleague! Enjoy a free lunch and make an impact in your community!

This in-person experience is not recorded. Registration is required. For more information, concerns or for accessibility needs, please email [email protected].

• Date & Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. December 9, 2026
• Location: Evo Business Environments, North Little Rock
• Cost: Free (Registration required)
• Extras: Complimentary lunch included.

About our facilitator

Shunqetta Cunningham, CEO and lead strategist of Kharis Group, is a nonprofit consultant, social entrepreneur, professional public speaker, nonprofit disruptor and business expert. She is a community builder who has worked with the Arkansas Arts Council for the past two years to facilitate arts communities across the Delta. She is the founder and chairwoman of the Nonprofit Summit of Southeast Arkansas and the founder and board president of Over a Cup. Her workshops regularly help nonprofit organizations and individual leaders succeed, grow and make new connections with artists and resources. She was named to the Top 100 Women of Impact list by Little Rock Soiree magazine in 2023 and a Trailblazer by Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in 2024. Read more at https://consultkharis.com/.

About the venue

Evo Business Environments recently opened Workflow by Evo, a new coworking space and showroom in Argenta, that expands and redefines business and workspace experiences while cultivating community. Workflow is where design meets real-world functionality so creative entrepreneurs can experience premium workspaces and organically cultivate community. As a creative-led business, Evo Business Environments works with architects, interior designers, engineers and contractors to provide functional, creative and state-of-the-art spaces. Learn more at https://www.workflowbyevo.com/.