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Our 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
Headquartered in Los Angeles, we are one of 39 regional councils in the National
Minority Supplier Development
Council (NMSDC). Our members receive extended outreach and access through NMSDC's
more than 3,600 corporations and 15,000 minority businesses
Since the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Minority Enterprise Coalition
of Los Angeles created SCMBDC nearly 30 years ago, corporate purchases with minority
businesses have grown dramatically. According to the NMSDC, corporate purchases
from minority vendors totaled $70 billion in 2002, up from $86 million in 1972.
Similarly, SCMBDC corporate purchases from minority vendors in 2002 totaled $6.8
billion, up from $35 million in 1975.
Initially funded with federal government dollars, SCMBDC has been entirely
supported by the private sector since 1980. Since the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
and the Minority Enterprise Coalition of Los Angeles created SCMBDC nearly 30
years ago, corporate purchases with minority businesses have grown dramatically.
According to the NMSDC, corporate purchases from minority vendors totaled $70
billion in 2002, up from $86 million in 1972. Similarly, SCMBDC corporate purchases
from minority vendors in 2002 totaled $6.8 billion, up from $35 million in 1975.Since
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Minority Enterprise Coalition of Los
Angeles created SCMBDC nearly 30 years ago, corporate purchases with minority
businesses have grown dramatically. According to the NMSDC, corporate purchases
from minority vendors totaled $70 billion in 2002, up from $86 million in 1972.
Similarly, SCMBDC corporate purchases from minority vendors in 2002 totaled $6.8
billion, up from $35 million in 1975. |
