Organizations that promote and certify minority-owned businesses

Including:

Women-Owned

Disability- Owned

Veteran-Owned

LGBTQ+- Owned

BIPOC/APISA-Owned

Disability:IN

"We certify disability-owned business enterprises, including service-disabled and veteran disability-owned businesses, and link them to organizations seeking to diversify their supply chains."

National Minority Supplier Development Council

The National Minority Supplier Development Council advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members.

National LGBT Chamber of Commerce

The NGLCC is the exclusive, third-party certification body that verifies that eligible businesses are majority-owned by LGBT individuals, and subsequently grants Certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (Certified LGBTBE®) designation to such businesses as part of its LGBT Supplier Diversity Initiative.

Women's Business Enterprise National Council

WBENC Certification is the most widely recognized and respected national certification for women-owned businesses in the U.S.

WBENC is also an approved third-party certifier for the SBA’s Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contracting Program.

National Veteran-Owned Business Association

NaVOBA provides a direct link for contracting between corporate America and Certified Veteran’s Business Enterprises™ (VBE) and Certified Service-Disabled Veteran’s Business Enterprises™ (SDVBE).

Diversity Alliance for Science

Provides a platform to identify, attract, and develop small and/or diverse businesses to drive inclusive procurement practices in corporate, academic, and governmental entities within the life science and healthcare industries.