NAPW - National Association of Professional Women

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) is an exclusive network for professional women to interact, exchange ideas, educate, and empower.  NAPW members enjoy a wealth of resources, benefits, and services dedicated to enhancing their lives and promoting their businesses and careers.

www.napw.com

WBENC - Women's Besiness Enterprise National Council

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit, partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its national standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. WBENC  is also the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.

www.wbenc.org

WBC - Women's Business Council

The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) provides the most widely recognized and respected certification in the United States for women’s business enterprises (WBE). Through the Women’s Business Council – Southwest (WBCS), a partner organization of WBENC, your business can apply for a certification that is accepted by hundreds major corporations, not-for-profit organizations, as well as many local, state, and Federal government agencies. WBENC certification is an important marketing tool for expanding your company’s visibility among and access to decision makers in supplier diversity and procurement offices. Many corporations require that you be WBENC-certified before providing access to their supplier diversity programs. WBCS also screens applicants for certification with the State of Texas as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB). So, eligible businesses can receive both certifications through the WBCS in one application process.

www.wbssouthwest.org

NMSDC - National Minority Supplier Development Council

The National Minority Supplier Development Council ® (NMSDC®) provides a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses. NMSDC is one of the country's leading business membership organizations. It was chartered in 1972 to provide increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

www.nmsdc.org

Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council

The Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council (D/FW MSDC) is a 501 (C) (3) privately funded, nonprofit, business organization, formed in 1973 by major corporations committed to fostering a business environment which promotes access and opportunity for minority-owned businesses.   The Council currently comprises 180 private and public sector buying entities and 650 plus diverse certified minority-owned businesses.

D/FW MSDC is one of 37 regional affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), the certification body of choice by corporate America and the recognized business link for over 3,500 buying organizations and 16,000 certified minority-owned businesses nationally.  

Relationships remain fundamental to sustainable business in the marketplace. People do business with people they know and trust. The D/FW MSDC CONNECTS buying entities to D/FW MSDC certified, qualified suppliers.  D/FW MSDC buying entity partners report $2.0 billion dollars in spending annually with minority-owned businesses.  D/FW MSDC certified suppliers report over $20 million annually in spending with minority-owned businesses (MBE to MBE transactions).  The Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council is the credible recognized conduit for buyers and end-users sourcing certified minority-owned businesses in North Texas.

http://affiliate.nmsdc.org/dfwmsdc/

HUB - Statewide Historically Underutilized Business

The statewide HUB Program facilitates the use of HUBs in state procurement and provides information on the state's procurement process to minority and woman- owned businesses.

http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/