2023 Best Companies for Blacks in Technology Awards Application
For over 40 years, BDPA has partnered with corporate America to provide a steady stream of talented African Americans in Information Technology. 

BDPA offers our stakeholders in corporations, educational institutions and government agencies opportunities to network with other employers, career professionals and students in the pursuit of IT talent and services, as well as receive critical information on technology trends.

The prestigious Best Companies for Blacks in Technology award is presented during the 2023 National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Fair to the company that best demonstrates a workplace and environment that supports the advancement of African-Americans in the Information Technology industry. Each year, National BDPA surveys Fortune 1000 companies to make an assessment of their internal workplace and career development climate using the following rating categories:
  • Tenure, Promotions and Terminations
  • Leadership Development and Advancement
  • Supplier Diversity
  • Community & BDPA Engagement
Key Dates & Information
  • Nominations are due July 14, 2023 and must be submitted to awards@bdpa.org.
  • The Best Company for Blacks in Technology award will be announced during the 2023 National BDPA Technology Conference Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
  • Please direct all inquiries or questions regarding the program to awards@bdpa.org.
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Your Organization
Company Name *
Application Logistics
Answers to the application questions assist BDPA in making an assessment of the workplace and career development climate within your organization. If you prefer not to answer a question please leave it blank and proceed to the next question in the application. All application responses are strictly confidential and are evaluated by an executive level team of National BDPA.

Please submit completed applications by July 14, 2023 to awards@bdpa.org.

Please direct all inquiries or questions regarding the program to awards@bdpa.org.
Core Company or Company Industry
Total Number of Employees
Is your company minority-owned and/or a certified MBE?
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2022 Company Revenue
Information Technology (IT) Division Name
Name of CIO
Total number of employees in IT
Annual IT Budget
Clear selection
Key IT Work Force Locations (Select all that apply)
Tenure, Promotions and Terminations
Average Tenure in Years for All IT Employees
Average Tenure in Years for African American IT Employees
Promotion Rates in IT
0
up to 2
>2
>10
>20
>30
Total number of professionals and executives in IT promoted in last 12 months
Total number of African American professionals and executives in IT promoted in last 12 months
Clear selection
Termination/Turnover Rates
0
up to 2
>2
>10
>20
>30
Total number of professionals and executives in IT leaving the company in last 12 months
Total number of African American professionals and executives in IT leaving the company in last 12 months
Clear selection
Leadership Development & Advancement
Briefly describe your company’s leadership development and advancement programs, including those specifically tailored for IT professionals? Of the overall group chosen to participate in your advancement program(s), what percentage were African American?
Briefly describe your company’s employee business network and/or mentoring program(s). Please describe how your company encourages participation and leadership development through these programs. How many eligible African Americans within IT are actively involved with and/or have been assigned mentors within the mentoring program?
Other than BDPA, has your company been recognized or honored within the past year for your efforts in developing minority IT professionals? If so, please describe the award(s), what it was for and when it was received.
Supplier Diversity
Do you have an active Supplier Diversity Program? If you do, please provide the information listed in the description, otherwise answer "No".
  • What percentage of your company’s overall purchasing spend during the previous fiscal year was allocated to minority owned businesses? What percentage was spent with African American owned businesses?
  • Do you have a program in place to on-board new or prospective minority owned businesses? How many new minority owned businesses were added to your company’s portfolio during the previous fiscal year?
  • Does your company’s supplier diversity program promote supplier diversity within their operations?
Do line managers and purchasing managers have performance measures tied to supplier
diversity program goals?
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Community & BDPA Engagement
Describe the community outreach programs supported by your company that enable realization of BDPA’s motto, “From The Classroom To the Boardroom”?
Please describe your involvement and/or support of BDPA at the national, regional or local level (e.g. sponsorship, programs, etc.).
Do you leverage BDPA to grow or cultivate talent for your organization?
  • If YES, whom and what role(s) have they or do they currently hold within the local, regional or national organization?
  • If NO, would you be interested in partnering with BDPA to grow our and your company’s leadership pipeline?
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Mobile Phone *
Email *
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