Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC)

Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

Certify. Develop. Connect. Advocate.

Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC) is the largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization in the region, representing the interests of more than 600,000 Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), serving nearly 1,700 SCMSDC-Certified MBEs and 300 corporate members throughout a 13-county service area (Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura).

SCMSDC is one of 24 regional councils in the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) network.

Mission

SCMSDC’s mission is “to be the premiere organization strengthening economic ties between large, public-, private- and foreign-owned corporations and minority men- and women-owned business enterprises.”

The council achieves this by providing:

  - Nationally recognized ethnic-minority certification
   -Strategic networking between corporate member procurement professionals and certified minority women and men entrepreneurs
   -Enhanced capacity of minority-owned businesses through education, information, and skills development.
   -Recognition of outstanding commitment and performance in purchasing goods and services from diverse businesses by corporate members and certified minority-owned businesses

Primary Services:

    Ethnic-minority business certification
    Database referrals of minority suppliers
    MBE to Corporate and MBE to MBE networking opportunities
    Professional development/educational programs
    MBE access to SCMSDC corporate member database
    MBE Health Insurance Program

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