Organization

Womens Business Enterprise National Council

Washington, DC
Mission

Part 1: wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.

  • Website: http://WWW.WBENC.ORG
  • Phone: 2028725515
  • Principal Officer: PAMELA PRINCE-EASON
  • EIN
    EIN: 522023392
  • Revenue: $10,413,108
  • Assets: $11,326,059
  • Expenses: $7,643,039

Womens Business Enterprise National Council
1120 Connecticut Avenue NW 1000
Washington, DC 20036
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Certification - the foundation of wbenc's mission is to provide women-owned business certification services to women's business enterprises (wbes). Certification audits vet whether or not wbes meet the standards of being at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by a woman or women. In addition to the performance of certification services, wbenc provides educational and networking opportunities to certified wbes.

Virtual summit & salute event - in 2021, due to the covid-19 pandemic, wbenc held a virtual summit & salute event in place of the usual in-person event. The event spanned the month of March, 2021 and provided several virtual educational sessions each week. The sessions targeted three audiences: 1) certified wbes who seek guidance, support and networking as they grow their businesses, 2) corporate members who seek to network with certified wbes and to enhance their own supplier diversity initiatives, and 3) outreach programming to female entrepreneurs considering certification.

Membership - wbenc's corporate membership base consists of large companies that seek to diversify their supply chains through inclusion of certified women-owned businesses. Corporate members receive access to wbenc's database of 16,000+ certified women-owned businesses and they May use this database to search for potential suppliers. In addition, wbenc facilitates networking opportunities to connect corporate members to certified wbes and provides educational opportunities aimed at assisting corporate members with the development and growth of their supplier diversity initiatives.