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MBDA Business Center - American Indian and Alaska Native

Program Information

Popular name

MBDA Native American Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship

Program Number

11.804

Program objective

The purpose of the MBDA Business Center - Native American Business Enterprise Entrepreneurship program is to provide strategic deal making and business consulting services to eligible firms and Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs). This program supports the Agency mission of promoting the growth and competitiveness of U.S. businesses that are minority owned. The program is a key component of MBDA's overall portfolio of minority business development services, focusing on securing large public and/or private sector contracts and financing transactions, stimulating job creation and retention, and facilitating entry to global markets for "eligible minority-owned businesses"

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2023

    Grantees meet the performance goals and metrics with a satisfactory or above performance score. Those performance metrics and goals were outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement.

  2. 2024

    Grantees trained entrepreneurs for Business Boot Camp Grantees trained entrepreneurs for pilot Master Classes Grantees completed business plans for entrepreneurs Increase the number of Native MBEs doing business in Indian Country Increase in jobs created or retained in Indian Country Increase in working with AI/AN/HN clients Supported successful expansion of broadband/telecommunications to rural communities with high low-to-moderate income residents

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.