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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Minority Business Development Agency
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=MBDA promotes the growth and global competitiveness of Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) through access to capital, contracts, and markets. It works to foster the economic development of minority-owned businesses by providing business consulting, technical assistance, and promoting opportunities for MBEs.
|ParentOrganization=Department of Commerce
|TopOrganization=Department of Commerce
|CreationLegislation=Executive Order 11458 by President Richard Nixon in 1969
|Employees=100
|Budget=$67 million (Fiscal Year 2024)
|OrganizationExecutive=Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development
|Services=Business consulting; Access to capital; Contracting assistance; Market research; International trade assistance
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89418, -77.03248
|HeadquartersAddress=1401 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20230, United States
|Website=https://www.mbda.gov
}}
{{Short description|US Department of Commerce division for marginalized ethnic groups}}

{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name   = Minority Business Development Agency
|seal          = MBDAlogo.jpg
|seal_width    = 200
|seal_caption  = Seal of the Minority Business Development Agency
|formed        = {{start date and years ago|1969}}
|headquarters  = Washington, D.C.
|employees     = 50-100
|budget        = US$30 million (2009)<br>US$32 million (est. 2010)<br>US$32 million (est. 2011)<br>US$34 million (est. 2017)
|chief1_name     =  Eric Morrissette
|chief1_position = Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development
|parent_agency = [[U.S. Department of Commerce]]
|child1_agency = 
|child2_agency = 
|website       = {{url|www.mbda.gov}}
|footnotes     = 
}}

The '''Minority Business Development Agency''' ('''MBDA''') is an agency in the [[United States Department of Commerce]] that promotes growth and competitiveness of the [[United States]]' [[ethnic minority|minority]]-owned businesses, including [[Hispanic and Latino American]], [[Asian Pacific American]], [[African American]], and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] businesses.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boyd|first1=Eugene|title=Minority Business Development Agency: An Overview of its History and Current Issues|date=November 9, 2017|publisher=Congressional Research Service|location=Washington, DC |url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R45015.pdf|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> The current Under Secretary is Eric Morrissette, who is serving in an acting capacity, and the current Deputy Under Secretary is Jessica Cavazos.

MBDA's stated mission is to  promote the growth and competitiveness of [[Minority business enterprise|minority-owned businesses]] by providing access to capital, access to contracts and access to market opportunities - both domestic and global. The main feature of the organization and its site is to provide business consulting services to minority business owners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mbda.gov/about/whatwedo |title=About MBDA|website=Minority Business Development Agency|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref>