Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), is announcing grant awards of nearly $2 million to four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In June 2018, MBDA invited HBCUs to propose projects that will achieve one or more of the following objectives: increase their ability to compete for and receive Federal research and development funds...

This February, MBDA honors Black History Month as the annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. When Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in 1926, his intent was to bring to the public’s attention important developments that merit emphasis within the Black community—and every year MBDA is proud to uphold the...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency is announcing $400,000 in grant funding to the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) to ensure that minority business enterprises (MBEs) have a significant presence in this critical domestic market. Aquaculture is fastest growing form of food production in the world. U.S. aquaculture production is worth...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is announcing grant recipients selected to advance the global competitiveness of minority business enterprises (MBEs) through programs in emerging technologies and other high-tech industries. “Changing demographics are creating tremendous opportunities for minority business enterprises. As key drivers of the...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is announcing the five organizations that received grant funds to support three MBDA initiatives – Access to Capital, Research, and Sustainable Business Models. The call for proposals under each initiative sought solutions for constraints, disparities, and opportunity gaps that impact a minority business...

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is awarding nearly $1 million to promote minority women entrepreneurs who are engines of economic growth in their communities. “Minority women are the fastest growing population of entrepreneurs. While many women are making tremendous strides in the business world, they still face obstacles as entrepreneurs,” said...

These programs are part of the 2018 MBDA Broad Agency Announcement, a new initiative this year. More than $13 million was awarded for 35 projects focused on Department of Commerce and MBDA priorities from resources that increase disaster preparedness and relief to programs that increase access to capital. The full list of MBDA’s 2018 BAA grant awards: Access to Capital Harbor Bank of Maryland...

WASHINGTON (December 18, 2020) — The Nation’s nearly 8.2 million minority nonemployer firms generated $279.3 billion in revenues in 2017 and grew in number at four times the rate of nonminority nonemployer firms between 2014 and 2017. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau (Census), released these new statistical...