About us
We promote economic growth by empowering entrepreneurs
The IHCC contributes to the financial strength and well-being of Hispanics by helping businesses grow, create jobs and drive prosperous communities. On a daily basis, we provide assistance to many business owners and entrepreneurs; helping retain an average of 70 jobs and generating approximately $337,000 in financial resources for them.
The figures below are a testament of our commitment to our members:
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What we do
We provide various programs to boost entrepreneurship. Discover yours.
LTNtech INCUBATOR
First-of-its kind partnership between IHCC and 1871 to help Latinx entrepreneurs thrive in the Chicago tech economy…
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
(SBDC) at IHCC offers no-cost advising and is dedicated to helping new entrepreneurs realize their dream of business ownership…
ILLINOIS TOLLWAY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Illinois Tollway Technical Assistance Program is designed to prepare emerging and established transportation-related construction and professional engineering services firms with …
COOK COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS SOURCE
The Cook County Small Business Source Program provides one-on-one business advising to address the unique needs of businesses at no cost.
PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
(PTAC) advises business owners on how to maximize opportunities and get exposed to local, statewide and government agencies..
SMALL BUSINESS TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE CENTER
Our mission is to increase the number of small businesses that are prepared to compete for transportation-related prime and subcontract opportunities
Illinois Latino Small Business Partnership
Funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and powered by the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce provides assistance to small businesses to continue to recover from the pandemic and prepare for growth.
Latino Business Policy Institute
The Latino Business Policy Institute was established by the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in 2021 with the purpose of championing for new policies and legislation on all levels of government that will benefit the future of Latino businesses in Illinois.
SBA Community Navigator Program
The SBA Community Navigator Pilot Program provides community outreach and technical assistance to support Hispanic small business owners to start or improve their businesses. Through the program, they do target outreach to small businesses in underserved communities.
COACHING 4 GROWTH
Is IHCC’s signature growth program designed to give small business owners the tools to increase revenue and promote profitability…
member’s feedback
The IHCC has been our best ally. IHCC’s dedicated staff has helped us network with potential customers, facilitated meetings with investors, guided us through the minority certification process, among others. We definitely owe much of the success of our startup to the IHCC. I strongly encourage other Hispanic entrepreneurs to reap the benefits of its memberships
CEO Kreativa inc.
Being members of IHCC has given us access to a valuable network of contacts which enables us to learn a lot more about the market, design a better value proposition for our clients and model a business process that can have a chance of success. Many of their partners and clients are hiring us to help them develop new technologies
Arturo Caines
Founder and CEO of Lexicon Networks
With the help of the IHCC we achieved certification as a minority company that has been key in our growth. That opens many doors for me. 30 percent of my clients come thanks to my minority business status. Today we work with large corporations such as ComEd, Econ, People Gas and many more
Rico Martinez
President and CEO of Water Integrated Treatment Systems
Persistence will prevail. We will come out of the Coronavirus crisis. The work The IHCC is doing, encouraging and supporting small businesses to keep the economy moving, is very important. The IHCC is providing us support when we need it most
Edna Vazquez
CEO of Vive Healthy Sports & Ultra Marathon Runner
How can we help?
I'm interested in starting a business.
Free business counseling services
I'm a small business owner.
One-on-one assistance to help you access capital or bid on government contracts
I'm a corporation.
Different events and programming opportunities
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