MEDA Gala 2024
May 17TH, 2024 | US Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, Minnesota
The MEDA Gala is a Dress to Impress celebration of BIPOC Entrepreneurs and their contributions to our community. The Gala supports MEDA’s mission of “Helping BIPOC Entrepreneurs Succeed” and continues to be the can’t miss event of MEDA’s year.
MN PROMISE Act
The Providing Resources & Opportunity & Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Loan Program is a new, state-funded program that will provide loans to disadvantaged small businesses located in certain areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Contract Opportunities
Connect to public and private contracts that change the game for BIPOC businesses
Ready to get started?
Let MEDA help you accelerate your business.
A Bigger Vision
Beyond Borders
Create thriving communities through equal economic participation.
Together, we can grow MEDA to serve as a national best-in-class organization and go-to resource that is fiercely accountable to our mission of helping BIPOC Entrepreneurs succeed.
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New delivery and revenue models
Research, policy, and advocacy
Potential for longer-term M&A to enable scale
Improvements in technology, organization, and marketing infrastructure
Increased individual and team accountability to metrics and goals
Loan capital and philanthropy
Want to help make an impact?
Business volunteers can leverage their expertise to help BIPOC Entrepreneurs grow & scale their business.
About MEDA
MEDA was founded in 1971 with the mission of Helping BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Entrepreneurs Succeed. Our founders believed wealth creation is key to creating racial economic equity and that successful BIPOC Entrepreneurship is the clearest path to creating wealth. MEDA fulfills its mission by providing integrated, wrap-around services in the three areas all entrepreneurs need to succeed: Management Education, Money, and Market. In our first fifty years, MEDA has served more than 25,000 BIPOC Entrepreneurs.