Welcome to the NGLCC Affiliate Hub!

The NGLCC is the leading voice for LGBTQ+ business, proudly serving as the largest advocacy organization dedicated to creating economic opportunities for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. As the exclusive certifying body for LGBTQ+-owned businesses, we are committed to driving progress and fostering innovation in the global business community.

Partnering with our network of local affiliated chambers across the country and around the world, the NGLCC empowers LGBTQ+ business owners to thrive. By joining a local chamber, members gain access to essential resources, strategic growth opportunities, and a vibrant support system right where they live and work. Together, we’re building stronger, more successful businesses that make an impact locally and globally.

Meet Your Affiliate Relations Team!

As an NGLCC Affiliate in Good Standing, NGLCC recognizes the local Affiliate as the in-market partner for NGLCC's exclusively recognized LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE) Certification. This means that the Affiliate can:

  • Promote itself as NGLCC’s exclusive in-market partner;
  • Offer certification through the NGLCC as a local member benefit at no cost to eligible local member businesses;
  • Share local members that are NGLCC Certified LGBTBEs in their market with their partners whether or not they are national corporate partners of NGLCC;
  • Access to co-branded materials related to NGLCC LGBTBE certification; and
  • Ability to host co-branded education sessions and connection activities such as local matchmaker events with local affiliate corporate and organizational partners.

Our Affiliates

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Resources

This is a peer-organized resource library featuring templates and examples of documents that may be relevant for your chamber.

NGLCC Community Impact Grant – Sponsored by Grubhub

You can request for an NGLCC representative to speak at your upcoming chamber event using this link. Someone from the team will follow up on every request!

This LinkedIn Group is open to affiliate staff and board, and will serve as a central communication platform for all of us. Please feel free to ask questions, post events, share resources, and more in the group.

NGLCC events calendar: Please be mindful of NGLCC’s calendar of events to avoid conflicts when possible

Events

Each summer, the NGLCC’s International Business & Leadership Conference brings together Certified LGBTBEs, supplier diversity professionals, affiliate leaders, and corporate partners for a dynamic week of networking and professional development. The conference features key events such as the Reaching for Success bootcamp for business development, Walk & Talks for informal networking, and the Induction Ceremony to celebrate new certifications. Attendees can engage in valuable one-on-one meetings during Matchmakers, explore the Marketplace Expo, and participate in interactive sessions like LGBTQ Biz Pitch and various panels and breakout sessions. The event culminates with the Champagne Awards Brunch, recognizing outstanding achievements in the LGBTQ business community. 

Affiliates receive two (2) complementary registrations to the annual NGLCC International Business and Leadership Conference with receipt of their annual dues. One registration should be used for the Affiliate’s Official Representative to NGLCC. The second registration may be used by a mutually agreed upon staff person or a member of the Affiliate Board of Directors. Other accommodations may be considered on a case-by-case basis and should be discussed with a member of the NGLCC Affiliate Relations team and an NGLCC events representative.

The Education Summit is designed to provide the tools and resources to help our chambers grow and thrive in your community. Through peer-led educational sessions focused on a variety of topics like membership development, organizational sustainability, event planning, supplier diversity best practices, matchmaking, and more, affiliates leave with additional skills and strategies. In addition, we focus on understanding industry trends that will allow your chamber to reach new heights.

The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) in partnership with the National Business Inclusion Consortium (NBIC), hosts Unity Week each year in the fall. Uniting the nation’s leading business diversity organizations, the NBIC Unity Week is a celebration of diversity, opportunity, equity, and collaboration. Attendees receive access to exclusive dayside programming focused on continuing the growth and success for diverse communities in the United States and around the globe. Unity Week brings together LGBTQ+ and allied leaders to celebrate hardwon successes and focus on how we build support in our networks to create strong and prosperous business programs. Visit the Unity Week website.

Supplier Inclusion Information

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The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) requires all new applicants to undergo a site visit as a part of the application process to become a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (Certified LGBTBE®). The site visit is integral to the certification process and verifies the information that has been provided in the application.
Site Visitor Info Sheet
Site Visit Forms
Site Visit Formstack
Certification Supporting Documents Checklist
LGBTQ Status Qualifier List

2025 Site Visitor Training Dates: 
If you are interested in becoming a site visitor for your chamber, please attend a training hosted by our Supplier Inclusion team. 

Meet The Supplier Diversity Team!

Orientation videos are sent out to every newly certified and recertified LGBTBE. ​​ There are five videos, which cover the following topics: “Intro to NGLCC,” “What is Supplier Diversity,” “Navigating MyNGLCC,” “Getting Connected,” & the “International Business & Leadership Conference.” The videos will help BEs gain perspective in moving forward after certification and will demonstrate how they can best utilize the resources and benefits NGLCC has to offer. Click here for the playlist with all orientation videos.

These scholarships sponsor LGBTQ+ business owners’ local membership dues in order to get LGBTBE certified. Here are our current scholarship offerings:
– NGLCC Communities of Color Initiative Certification Scholarship This application is for minority business owners to apply to have their local affiliate LGBTQ+ chamber membership dues sponsored for their first year of membership in order to become NGLCC Certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE) suppliers.
– NGLCC Transgender & Gender Expansive Initiative Certification Scholarship This application is for Transgender & Gender Expansive (TGX) owned businesses to apply to have their affiliate chamber dues waived in the first year of membership in order to become NGLCC Certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE) suppliers.
– JPMorgan Chase Certification Scholarship: This application is for LGBTQ-owned businesses to apply to have their affiliate chamber dues waived in the first three years of membership in order to become NGLCC Certified LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE) suppliers.

  • Business Application
    Business submits a scholarship application through the provided Formstack link.

  • Application Review
    Carly (for TGX scholarships) or Kyra (for CoCi & JPMorgan Chase scholarships) reviews the application to determine eligibility. If eligible, an acceptance email is sent to the applicant.

  • Acceptance Email
    – Instructs the applicant to begin the certification process.
    – Connects the applicant with their Supplier Diversity Initiative (SDI) point of contact.
    – Informs the applicant that their local chamber membership will be sponsored for the first year once certification is complete.
    – Includes a letter for the applicant to upload in the certification portal in place of the affiliate membership receipt.

  • Certification Process
    The applicant applies for certification and completes the process. The SDI representative notifies the scholarship manager once the certification is ready for the next step.

  • Membership Setup
    Carly contacts the local chamber to request an invoice for the applicant’s first year of membership dues. The local chamber sends the invoice to NGLCC.

  • Invoice Processing
    NGLCC processes the invoice within 30 days.

  • Each Affiliate has the opportunity to apply for annual Affiliate specific awards and provide nominations for general NGLCC awards, which may include:
    • Apply for Affiliate Chamber of the Year
    • Apply for Rising Star Chamber of the Year
    • Nominate for Affiliate Supplier Diversity Champion of the Year
    • Nominate for NGLCC Corporation of the Year
    • Nominate for NGLCC Supplier Diversity Advocacy of the Year
    • Nominate for NGLCC Supplier of the Year
    • Apply for/Nominate for other awards that may be offered or developed
  • Information on applying or nominating for awards will be made public during the award application season. Please be on the lookout for more information!
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