Founded in 1935 as the city’s first African -American civic organization, HCCC has evolved into an active participant in the City of Houston’s socioeconomic process. The organization is a 501(c)(6), not-for-profit, private, member-driven organization that serves the Greater Houston Area.
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, located in a culturally diverse metropolitan region of 5.3 million residents – and growing at more than twice the national pace. African-Americans constitute 25 percent of the population and own more than 25,000 businesses of Houston’s 85,000 small businesses.
Although undisputed as the "Energy Capitol of the World," Houston is home to several other major industries including aerospace, alternate energy, biotechnology, education, food processing, healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, nanotechnology, petrochemicals and telecommunications.
HCCC helps its partners and members navigate Houston’s large, diverse population, industries and the many nuances, which are unique to our city.
HCCC is the "go-to" organization for business development and community outreach partnership opportunities in the Houston African-American community. HCCC is dedicated to supporting African-American small businesses in the areas of education, certification and accessing contracting opportunities and capital.
HCCC is Houston’s premier source for identifying quality and qualified African-American, multi-sectored small businesses to do business with. The organization has a database of over 1,600 unique resources and members.
The organization has earned Houston’s trust and has built solid alliances with Shell, Port of Houston Authority, WaMu, CenterPoint Energy, Small Business Administration, Greater Houston Partnership, Houston Community College System, Houston Chamber Alliance, Texas Southern University, Houston Minority Business Council and other organizations to ensure it is providing accessible resources to its members and the business community.
Partnering with HCCC is synonymous with having access to potential new customers, quality African-American small business resources and demonstrates a care for doing business with the African-American community. |
