Our Mission

Southern California Minority Business Development Council’s mission is to support and develop minority business enterprises to compete and succeed in the open market through three primary objectives:

• To open the corporate purchasing and contracting door for minority business owners,
• To provide corporations with information on qualified minority suppliers, and
• To enhance employment in the minority community through increased corporate purchases

Our Mission:

"To support and develop Minority Business Enterprises to compete and succeed in the open market."

• To promote adoption and implementation of policies and practices that encourage and enhance the purchase of goods and services from minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs)
• To facilitate the growth and expansion of minority businesses by educating and informing purchasers of the availability of minority-owned products and services;
• To assist member corporations in the implementation of minority purchasing programs focused to expand economic opportunities among MBEs;
• To provide educational services, training, and information to MBEs to further increase their competitiveness to qualify as suppliers of goods and services to member corporations;
• To endorse other nonprofit organizations and entities’ programs and activities that align with SCMBDC’s mission, goals and objectives;
• To commit SCMBDC to continually seek new programs, events and activities to ensure member corporations and MBE constituents receive the highest quality service utilizing industry “best practices.”

Our Objectives:

• To provide technical assistance and support which will allow for increase and enhanced services to both corporate and MBE constituents.
• To encourage and assist minority-owned firms to effectively utilize the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)/SCMBDC network for the promotion of their products and services to corporate members.
• To conduct trade fairs seminars and other activities to promote information exchange and effective communication between government and private enterprise and minority suppliers.
• To develop and sustain forms of financial assistance that will provide NMSDC/SCMBDC-certified minority suppliers with needed capital at affordable rates and offer an opportunity for larger companies to profit by investing in smaller minority-owned businesses.
• To be the voice of minority business by educating the corporate community that certified minority business enterprises play an important role by providing dependable, quality products and services on time and at competitive prices.
• To help corporations develop, maintain and expand minority supplier programs, and to recognize those corporations that conduct outstanding programs.