Minority Diversity Certification
Minority businesses must be at least 51 minority owned operated and controlled.
Minority diversity certification. You can apply for state certification federal certification or both. Mbe certification is the process by which a business is verified as being minority owned according to the criteria set forth by the national minority supplier development council nmsdc. You will need federal certification if you plan to do business on. Having a minority owned business certification can help you tap into a bevy of public and private sector programs.
Heres how to apply. The nmsdc conference and business opportunity fair the nations premier forum on minority supplier development. State mbe certification programs updated february 2016 among minority business enterprise mbe development strategies perhaps the most well known are programs designed to encourage minority owned business growth through facilitated participation in government procurement. What is a supplier diversity certification.
For four days more than 6000 corporate ceos procurement executives and supplier diversity professionals from the top multinational companies as well as leading asian black hispanic and native american business owners and. For the purposes of nmsdcs program a minority group member is an individual who is at least 25 asian black hispanic or native american. Of the 143 respondents that identified themselves as a minority owned business and the 120 that said they were women owned businesses 90 percent of each stated they were certified as such. The office of minority and womens business enterprises omwbe certifies small businesses owned and controlled by minority women and socially and economically disadvantaged persons.
Apply for diversity certification as a massachusetts based business apply for diversity certification as an out of state business apply for certification as a non profit organization apply for third party certification register for the small business purchasing program sbpp search for currently certified businesses.