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2020 Buy Those That Buy Us Honorees

Alcon Vision, LLC JCPenney
American Airlines Methodist Health
AT&T System

Austin Commercial Nokia

BNSF Railway North Texas Tollway
City of Fort Worth Authority (NTTA)

Comerica Bank Oncor
Dallas College PepsiCo

Dallas Independent Raytheon
School District Texas Instruments

DFW International Toyota North America
Airport UNT System

Ericsson Inc. Vistra Corp

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The BUY THOSE THAT BUY US ini a ve Buying En ty Partners share their annual minority spend
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results. The informa on is confiden al and only presented here in aggregate form here. The BTTBU
Class of 2020 composed of 22 Buying En ty Partners reported an aggregate direct (Tier 1) spend of
$578,324,541 with cer fied D/FW MSDC suppliers and $11,672,350,175 with NMSDC cer fied
MBEs. The honored BTTBU buying en es spend $77,175,296 in indirect spend (Tier 2) and
$426,117,309 with NMSDC cer fed MBEs. The honorees engaged 537 MBEs in their supply chain
with one public sector agency engaging 281 of the 537 minority businesses.

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BTTBU BUILDING CAPACITY FUND

Scholarships Opportuni es
To date, the fund has awarded over $161,850 in cash and over
$28,500 “in-kind” training to D/FW MSDC MBEs to grow their
businesses. Growing the capacity of certified minority business
suppliers is a core initiative of the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority
Supplier Development Council. In 2009, the Council developed
a fund to assist deserving MBEs in the growth and development
of their businesses. Annually, awards of up to $5,000 are
granted to MBE(s). These awards have been used to obtain
licenses in an industry, for OSHA training, to purchase key
pieces of equipment and more.
To qualify as a recipient, the company must be a D/FW MSDC
certified MBE that has been certified by the Council for at least two years. The recipient must identify a
critical need for its business that, if met, will support the growth and development of the business. The
cash award may partially or fully fund this need.
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Contributions may be made to the BTTBU Building Capacity Fund at any time throughout the year by
Buying Entity Partners and MBEs. We welcome and encourage your contribution. Checks may be
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made payable to D/FW MSDC in the name of the BTTBU Building Capacity Fund. For more
information visit www.dfwmsdc.com.
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