Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council
AIMSC (pronounced am-see) provides a direct business-2-business purchasing link between corporate Australia, government agencies and Indigenous-owned businesses. AIMSC is a not-for-profit company, and is a membership body for Australian companies and government departments. AIMSC is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations as well as Industry & Investment NSW as a three-year pilot.
National Black MBA Association
The National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) is a non-profit organization of minority MBAs, business professionals, entrepreneurs and MBA students. With thousands of members worldwide working in both private and public sectors, we share a commitment to education and business—the two principal keys to the economic development of the Black community.
American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for the more than 25 million people with vision loss in the U.S. AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources. AFB's work in these areas is supported by its strong presence in Washington, DC, ensuring the rights and interests of Americans with vision loss are represented in our nation's public policies.
National Council of La Raza
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.
Asia Society
Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization working to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of the United States and Asia. We seek to increase knowledge and enhance dialogue, encourage creative expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of arts and culture, policy and business, and education.
Founded in 1956, Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution with offices in Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, and Washington, DC.
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is the business advocate and direct link between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) business owners, corporations, and government, and represents the interests of more than 1.4 million LGBT businesses and entrepreneurs. The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is committed to forming a broad-based coalition of LGBT owned and friendly businesses, professionals, and major corporations for the purpose of promoting economic growth and the prosperity of our members.
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Founded in 1989, the Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is now one of the fastest-growing organizations in the industry, with over 9,300 members owning more than 22,000 hotels that total $60 billion in property value. AAHOA is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of its members by inspiring excellence through programs and initiatives in advocacy, industry leadership, professional development, member benefits and community involvement.
National Hispanic Corporate Council
National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) is a unique membership organization comprised of Fortune 1000 corporations providing leading-edge corporate best practices, research and network opportunities for the benefit of its corporate members. NHCC is the premier resource on effectively maximizing the Hispanic market opportunity through marketing, community relations, human resources, and procurement within the foundation of corporate social responsibility.
Black Culinary Alliance
The Black Culinary Alliance (BCA) is a nationwide non-profit, educational and networking organization of hospitality and food service professionals. Established in 1998, the mission is to create exposure and provide educational and professional opportunities for culinary and hospitality professionals of color.
National Minority Supplier Development Council
Providing a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses is the primary objective of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, one of the country's leading business membership organizations. It was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.
Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
The Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council delivers programs and processes to promote and facilitate procurement opportunities between major corporations in Canada and suppliers of all sizes owned and operated by Canadian Aboriginals and Minorities. CAMSC is a Global-Link partner of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, a U.S. based organization founded in 1972, to provide procurement opportunities between minority businesses and major U.S. corporations.
National Society of Minorities in Hospitality
The National Society of Minorities in Hospitality was founded on the campus of Cornell University’s Hotel School. It is dedicated to the development of intensive programs in an effort to increase minority participation and advancement in the hospitality field. These programs will be initiated both within and outside of the university environment and will serve to strengthen educational and professional communities.
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
National Urban League
Established in 1910, The Urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates. There are over 100 local affiliates of the National Urban League located in 35 states and the District of Columbia, providing direct services to more than 2 million people nationwide through programs, advocacy and research.
Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility
Founded in 1986, the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) is one of the most influential advocacy organizations in the nation, representing 13 national Hispanic organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Its mission is to advance the inclusion of Hispanics in Corporate America at a level commensurate with their economic contributions. To that end, HACR focuses on four areas of corporate responsibility and community reciprocity: employment, procurement, philanthropy, and governance. Collectively, the coalition members reflect the voice of more than 46.6 million Hispanics living in the United States and Puerto Rico, serving those diverse communities through advocacy, education, representation, assistance, capacity building, public policy support, resource development, and the exertion of political influence.
NetIP
The purpose of NetIP is to serve as an organization that meets the needs of South Asian professionals in North America as they grow in their professional and personal lives. Over the years, NetIP has become a premier networking brand in our community. It has become the unequivocal voice for an emerging group of South Asians, who excel in every aspect of western society, from business to politics to the arts. The rise of NetIP and its affiliated chapters reflects a general “Coming of Age” by South Asian professionals. We are proud to state that many of our present members and past alumni now hold respected positions of leadership in the private, public, and non-profit sectors all over the world.
Hispanic College Fund
Hispanic College Fund identifies barriers to educational achievement and addresses them with targeted programs; creates a network of academic and career support that ensures Hispanic students graduate from high school, matriculate through college, and transition into a successful career; addresses the needs of a rapidly-aging U.S. workforce by promoting academic and professional careers for Hispanics in business, science, technology, engineering, and math; and creates a pipeline of college-educated Hispanic students who become engaged community leaders.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG national office, located in Washington, DC, the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors. PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign is America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
United Negro College Fund
United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation’s largest, oldest, and most successful minority higher education assistance organization. It provides operating funds and technology enhancement services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), scholarships and internships for students at nearly 900 institutions, and faculty and administrative professional training. For more than 65 years, UNCF has raised more than $3 billion to help more than 350,000 students attend and graduate from college and distributed more funds to help minorities attend school than any entity outside of the government.
Marriott Foundation
The Marriott Foundation was established in 1989 by the family of J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott to enhance employment opportunities for young people with disabilities. All of the Foundation's resources are directed to the operation and expansion of "Bridges . . . from school to work." The Foundation is a not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Foundation’s Bridges programs are funded in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education.
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
In 1979, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) was incorporated in the state of New Mexico, creating a structured organization aimed at developing a business network that would provide the Hispanic community with cohesion and strength. Since its inception, the USHCC has worked towards bringing the issues and concerns of the nation’s more than 2.5 million Hispanic-owned businesses to the forefront of the national economic agenda.
Minority Supplier Development China
Minority Supplier Development China is the country’s first national non-profit membership organization dedicated to enhancing the development of China’s minority-owned businesses through connecting minority suppliers to corporations for procurement opportunities on mutually beneficial basis. MSD China is a Global-Link partner of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, a U.S. based organization founded in 1972, to provide procurement opportunities between minority businesses and major U.S corporations.
US Business Leadership Network®
The US Business Leadership Network® (USBLN®) is the national disability organization that serves as the collective voice of over 60 Business Leadership Network affiliates across North America, representing over 5,000 employers. The USBLN® helps build workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are respected for their talents, while supporting the development and expansion of its BLN affiliates. The USBLN® recognizes and supports best practices in the employment and advancement of people with disabilities; the preparedness for work of youth and students with disabilities; marketing to consumers with disabilities; and contracting with vendors with disabilities through the development and certification of disability-owned businesses.
Minority Supplier Development UK
Minority Supplier Development UK is the market leading, not-for-profit membership organisation assisting corporations in delivering practical supplier diversity programmes in the UK. MSDUK works to provide a direct link between corporations and ethnic minority businesses to enable the building of mutually beneficial business relationships MSDUK is a Global-Link partner of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, a U.S. based organization founded in 1972, to provide procurement opportunities between minority businesses and major U.S. corporations.
US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
The US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) was formed in 1984 as a national, non-profit organization representing all Asian Americans and Asian American-related groups in business, sciences, the arts, sports, education, public and community services. USPAACC represents multiple ethnic groups. Our members' heritages include China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, Mongolia, and Indonesia.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
From the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard. For nearly one hundred years, it has been the talent and tenacity of NAACP members that has saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American society.
WEConnect International
WEConnect International is a global non-profit that facilitates sustainable economic growth by increasing opportunities for women-owned businesses to succeed in global value chains. The organization is ISO 9001 certified with programs currently in Europe, Canada, India, China, and Peru. WEConnect identifies, trains, and certifies businesses that are at least 51% owned, managed, and controlled by one or more women. In doing so, WEConnect helps members diversify their supply base with vendors that can increase shareholder value and enhance competitive advantage.
National Association of Black Accountants
Since 1969, the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. has been the leader in expanding the influence of minority professionals in the fields of accounting and finance. The goals of the Association include, but are not limited to, the following: to promote and develop the professional skills of its members; encourage and assist minority students in entering the accounting profession; provide opportunities for members to fulfill their civic responsibility; ensure long-term financial stability and provide adequate resources to implement chapter, regional, and national programs; and represent the interests of current and prospective minority accounting professionals.
Women's Business Enterprise National Council
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.
National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers
The National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers (NABHOOD) assists African-Americans in owning, developing and managing hotels. Additionally, it works to increase vendor opportunities and executive-level jobs for minorities.
Women’s Presidents Educational Organization
The Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPEO) was founded in 1998 by Dr. Marsha Firestone. The WPEO functions as a regional partner organization (RPO) of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses and third party certification organization.
