RESOURCES
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Minority Businesses Help Drive America’s Economic Success
Minority entrepreneurs make critical contributions to our economy generating nearly $2 trillion in revenue each year. However, an equity gap remains between minority and non-minority-owned businesses.
Five Cities that are Buying into Equity
More and more cities are prioritizing procurement reform—and for good reason. Perhaps no other system is capable of producing such positive, local economic value.
Invest in minority-owned businesses to unlock million jobs and trillions of dollars to our economy
As Small Business Week came to a close, I found myself reflecting on the super-performers of small business -- minority-owned businesses, or more accurately, “emerging majority businesses.”
Video: Investing in Minority-Owned Businesses
Minority-owned businesses often start without the same type of supports non-minority-owned businesses have. Hear business owners talk about the importance of finding a supportive group of mentors within their community to assist, guide, and invest in their mission. Co-produced with MEDA.
Minority Businesses Help Drive America’s Economic Success
A new equity report by the St. Paul-based Center of Economic Inclusion surveyed 22 participating cities, counties, and government entities in Minnesota.
NYPL: Small Business Directory
Use the search fields below to find hundreds of organizations in New York City that can provide you with help in starting or running your small business. Included in this searchable database are programs which offer business advice, loans, grants, location assistance, and a wide range of other services for small businesses throughout the city — often at no cost or for a low fee.
Shop Your City
Use the search fields below to find hundreds of organizations in New York City that can provide you with help in starting or running your small business. Included in this searchable database are programs which offer business advice, loans, grants, location assistance, and a wide range of other services for small businesses throughout the city — often at no cost or for a low fee.
Constellation: Take Two Services
Constellation was created by TakeTwo Services and strives to address inequity along racial and ethnic identities within the nonprofit sector. We seek to help nonprofits, foundations, and other recruiters find consultants who are diverse in identity, representation, skills, and experiences, who can serve as credible messengers to their unique missions and communities.
Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector Report
Independent Sector regularly releases Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector reports – an evolving and growing resource of data, analysis, and recommendations about key areas powering more than 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits. Since 2020, when Independent Sector launched these reports, the focal points have included: Financial Resources, Human Capital, Governance and Trust, and Public Policy Advocacy. The reports make a broad set of measures easily accessible and present them side-by-side, so stakeholders and key decisionmakers can quickly see the most accurate snapshot of the state of civil society.
Top 10 Procurement Diversity Strategies
Procurement plays a pivotal role in driving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives within organisations, (and beyond - among their stakeholders). By implementing effective strategies and adopting inclusive practices, organisations can create a procurement process that embraces diversity, promotes equal opportunities and fosters a culture of inclusivity.
This article presents the top 10 DE&I procurement strategies and tips, along with additional insights, to help organisations navigate the path towards a more diverse and equitable procurement and supply chain.
Why You Need a Supplier-Diversity Program
Supplier diversity programs are an important way to combat social injustice in the United States. This article — based on interviews with companies and diversity organizations as well analyses of media coverage and company reports — discusses the socioeconomic contributions such programs can make and the ways they can benefit businesses. It describes model programs of companies such as UPS and Coca-Cola.
How Procurement Can Strength Diversity and Inclusion
As we emerge from the pandemic, broad interest in socially responsible companies is accelerating. Investors are pouring their money into funds designed to promote social good, and one company after another is announcing initiatives to encourage diversity and inclusion. Until now, driving economic growth and confronting social equity haven’t necessarily gone hand in hand. Today, companies can not only meet both requirements but also combine them into a competitive advantage by procuring more from diverse suppliers — defined as small businesses or companies owned by minorities, women, veterans, members of the LGBT community, or people with disabilities.
Diversity beyond HR: Applying a DEI lens to procurement
While there is increasing attention to DEI in the charitable and non-profit sector, there are unexplored opportunities for creating positive change, from everyday operations to supply chain practices – a phenomenon dubbed “supplier diversity.”
How enhanced government procurement process can help imbed diversity & inclusion
Municipal and country governments can use the power of their procurement process to promote ideals of diversity, equity & inclusion that they'd like to see in their vendors and contractors