# Minority Business Development

**Agency:** Commerce  
**Account:** Minority Business Development  
**Source document:** Minority Business Development Agency · p. 7  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/commerce/minority-business-development  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 50.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 3.5 |

## Commerce discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $7.00B, FY2026 $11.90B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Administration's Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget builds on the President's commitment to advance the vision of a Federal Government that spends taxpayer dollars more efficiently and effectively and provides necessary services in support of key national priorities while reducing deficits and keeping the Nation on a responsible fiscal path. The Administration has made the necessary tradeoffs and choices inherent in pursuing these goals. This means changing the role and size of the Federal Government and prioritizing the programs that provide a good return for the taxpayer, as well as eliminating those agencies like MBDA, which promote certain activities that violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2024, a U.S. District Court found MBDA's presumption of "social disadvantage based on race or ethnicity" in its funding decisions to be unconstitutional. MBDA's core mission has been to promote such divisive and discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, which is why the Budget eliminates the Agency. In support of these goals, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) FY 2027 budget requests $3.5 million to cover the costs associated with closing down the agency and restoring confidence in America's fiscal management. MBDA's FY 2027 Base includes a total of $3.5 million and 2 positions to account for the full funding requirement for inflationary adjustments to current programs for MBDA activities. This includes inflationary increases for labor and non-labor activities, including benefits, service contracts, utilities, and rent charges from the


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Commerce › Minority Business Development Agency › Minority Business Development › Minority Business Development


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*