NAACP Programs
NAACP Financial Freedom Campaign Center
The mission of the NAACP Financial Freedom Campaign Center is to facilitate the enhanced capacity of African Americans and other underserved groups to obtain affordable and competitively priced credit and financing, including mortgage loans, small business loans, and consumer loans.
The Center will be designed to monitor lending practices to ensure fairness and to provide African Americans and other underserved groups with knowledge and information to effectively manage their personal finances and credit in today's economic environment.
Save the Date: Fall Webinar Series to Provide Overview of the Financial Freedom Campaign Center (forthcoming). Read More.
Transparency in Employment and Contracting
The NAACP is leading efforts to ensure transparency and fairness with respect to employment and contracting in the public and private sector. From our corporate scorecard to our work with the federal government and other public entities, the NAACP will ensure transparency and elevate the business model of diversity in public and private employment throughout the nation. Read More.
Removal of Barriers to Employment for Formerly Incarcerated People.
The NAACP is leading public and private sector efforts to end unnecessary discrimination against people with a criminal record. Read More.
NAACP Green Economy Portal What is a green job? Where can we access green jobs? How can MBEs and people of color make sure they are included in the occupational and business growth of the alternative energy sector? The NAACP Green Economy Portal is designed to provide resources and information to better facilitate access for everyone to the growing "green economy." Read More.
NAACP Corporate Fairness Scorecard. The NAACP Report Cards on Corporate Fairness and Diversity, formerly known as the Economic Reciprocity Initiative (ERI), will measure performance in racial diversity and fairness in industries that are the fastest growing in the United States, by occupation and revenue growth. Read more.
Business.Gov
http://www.business.gov/
Business.gov helps small businesses understand their legal requirements and locate government services from federal, state and local agencies.
Business.gov is an official site of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
US Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
Business Development Center in Lynchburg, VA
http://www.lbdc.com/
Home Based Businesses
What do Apple Computer, Hershey Chocolate, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and the Ford Motor Company have in common? They all started out as home based businesses. Over half of all U.S. businesses are based out of an owner's home. Starting a home based business has many rewards and challenges. This guide provides resources that will help you learn more about working out of your house, starting a home-based business, and managing your business within the law.
Before You Begin
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Starting a Home-Based Business
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Minority Business Development Agency
http://www.mbda.gov/main/who-is-mbda
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. MBDA is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America.
MBDA is an entrepreneurially focused organization committed to wealth creation in minority communities. The Agency's mission is to actively promote the growth and competitiveness of large, medium and small minority business enterprises (MBEs).
MBDA actively coordinates and leverages public and private-sector resources that facilitate strategic alliances in support of its mission. The vision is to function as an entrepreneurial organization serving entrepreneurs.
Department of Minority Business Enterprise
http://www.dmbe.virginia.gov/aboutus.html
Mission and Key Goals
The mission of the Department of Minority Business Enterprise is to promote access to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s contracting opportunities and ensure fairness in the procurement process.
DMBE has two key goals: (1) increase the number of certified businesses in the Commonwealth, and (2) increase the total dollars allocated to SWaM vendors as a percentage of all discretionary spend or contract dollars. For a more detailed look at DMBE’s performance measures, visit the Commonwealth’s VA Performs website at www.vaperforms.virginia.gov/ and go to DMBE’s performance measures.
Non Profit Organizations
Non profit entrepreneurs are eligible for certain benefits including grants, government surplus, and tax exemptions. We've collected links to programs and services to help non profits find opportunities available to them from the federal government.
Grants and Financial Assistance
Tax Information
Government Sales and Surplus
Programs and Services
Small Business Assistance for Veterans
The National Women's Business Council
http://www.nwbc.gov
The National Women's Business Council is a bi-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners. The Council's mission is to promote bold initiatives, policies, and programs designed to support women's business enterprises at all stages of development in the public and private sector marketplaces -- from start-up to success to significance.
Marketing a Home-Based Business
Green Your Home Office
Tax Information
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