The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $1 million under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA 11.805) to MP Services LLC on September 1, 2022. The grant will support innovative projects through August 31, 2023 seeking to promote and ensure growth of minority enterprises, with a focus on women entrepreneurs of color. Specifically, the funding will be used to operate one or more business centers that provide technical assistance, counseling, and training to...
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $473,234 under the MBDA Business Center cooperative agreement program (CFDA 11.805) to the University of Hawaii Office of the President. The award will support the provision of technical assistance, training, education, and advisory services to minority business enterprises in Hawaii to prevent, prepare for, and respond to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic from July 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. Key performance metrics include the...
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded $1 million under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA #11.805) to the Women's Business Enterprise Council South (WBC South) on September 1, 2022. The grant will support WBC South in delivering entrepreneurship and business development services to minority women business owners through August 31, 2023. Specifically, WBC South will provide business counseling, training, mentoring, and networking opportunities to promote the...
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded a $1 million Project Grant to the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Inc. (WACIF) through the MBDA Business Center federal grant program. The grant will support WACIF in providing business consulting and training services to minority women entrepreneurs from September 2022 to August 2023. As the MBDA seeks to promote minority-owned businesses as engines of economic growth, this award aims to fund business development centers that...
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded a $900,000 project grant to Operation Hope, Inc. under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA 11.805). The grant will support Operation Hope in providing business consulting services and technical assistance to minority women entrepreneurs from September 2022 to August 2023. MBDA's goal is to promote minority-owned businesses as engines of economic growth in their communities. The grant program aims to support innovative...
The YWCA of Oahu was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development to continue providing services under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance federal grant program (CFDA #59.043) from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2023. The Women's Business Ownership Assistance program aims to support organizations that provide training and counseling to help remove discriminatory barriers faced by women business owners. Through...
The Minority Business Development Agency awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the National Center For American Indian Enterprise Development through the MBDA Business Center - American Indian and Alaska Native federal grant program. The two-year award will support strategic business consulting services and deal-making assistance for eligible American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian firms. The focus of these services is on job creation, economic impact, and retention for tribal...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Oahu under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance Program (CFDA 59.043). This award will fund YWCA Oahu, a non-profit organization, to deliver training, counseling, and technical assistance aimed at assisting small businesses owned and controlled by women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. The grant period runs from Sep 30, 2023...
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) awarded a $639,652 cooperative agreement to the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. to deliver technical assistance, training, education, and advisory services to minority business enterprises under the MBDA Business Center federal grant program (CFDA #11.805). The award will fund COVID-19 relief efforts from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemic impacts on minority-owned...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $150,000.00 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Women's Business Ownership Assistance program (CFDA 59.043) will fund the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) of Oahu to provide comprehensive entrepreneurial development services for women-owned small businesses, with a focus on supporting socially and economically disadvantaged women entrepreneurs. The award period runs from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. The YWCA of Oahu, a...