2016

HRC Corporate Equality Index Changed to Make LGBTQ2+ Supplier Diversity a Stand Alone Scored Criteria

Memorandum of Understanding signed expanding access to over $13.8 billion in federal contracts for Certified LGBTBE® suppliers with USDA (2016); proceeded by similar MOUs with HUD (2015), Transportation (2014), Labor (2013), SBA (2012), Commerce (2011)

An NGLCC Certified LGBTQ2+BE® becomes the first-ever LGBTQ2+ winner of the SBA’s Small Business of the Year

Pennsylvania becomes the third state to recognize NGLCC’s Certified LGBTQ2+BE® certification for statewide contracting

NGLCC Co-Founders Justin Nelson and Chance Mitchell recognized by Candian LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce (CAGLCC) for Global Leadership and pioneering efforts to build global recognition for LGBT+ businesses with the CAGLCC’s first-ever Chairperson’s Award

An African American woman and a white woman are starting at the laptop screen of an Asian woman.