
San Francısco
Disability Business Alliance
“Empowerment through Entrepreneurship”
San Francisco Disability Business Alliance (SFDBA) is building a powerful and integrated community of businesses owned by people with disabilities. It helps individuals with disabilities achieve economic self-sufficiency through small business ownership and entrepreneurship. The SFDBA works to ensure that individuals with disabilities have an equal and inclusive opportunity to make their mark in the business world and that the Bay Area benefits fully from the expertise, diversity, and innovation these businesses and individuals have to offer.
By providing access to business development support, nurturing entrepreneurial opportunities, galvanizing procurement and supply chain connections to major corporations, and by advocating for effective local government policies, entrepreneurs with disabilities will have an increased opportunity and space to both grow or develop a business.
Bay Area Disability Entrepreneurship Event
Wednesday October 16th, 5:30-8:30pm
Join us for the 4th Annual Bay Area Disability Entrepreneurship Event featuring after-hours networking, a prestigious panel of FoundAble Speakers and our first annual Boost Awards sponsored by CIBC!
You will also have the opportunity to share your voice with Mayoral Candidate Daniel Lurie and California State Senator Scott Wiener.
The 2024 Bay Area Disability Entrepreneurship Event was nothing short of extraordinary. Over 100 passionate entrepreneurs, small business owners, business leaders, and advocates gathered at the elegant Elks Lodge #3 in downtown San Francisco to celebrate a growing movement of innovation, inclusivity, and economic empowerment within the disability community.

“One in ten San Franciscans currently identify with having at least one disability that affects their day to day lives.”
Future Entrepreneur Cohort
The SFDBA Future Entrepreneur Cohort is an 8-weeks training program designed to help budding entrepreneurs identify their interests, formulate a business plan, identify sources of capital and other necessary resources to launch and sustain their business.
Success Story
Arc SF & SFDBA Future Entrepreneur participant and self-published author Connie Chu participated in the Wine and Book Tasting event at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco
IMPACT
SELF-IDENTIFICATION
Business owners more readily self-identiying with their disabilities in the broader business community
ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
Overall economic sustainability, autonomy and prosperity for individuals and their families
THRIVING BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Thriving independent business owned by PWD, integrated into broader San Francisco business community

Get involved!
Help build a powerful and integrated community of businesses owned and operated by people with disabilities. Find how you can help and contribute to the SFDBA mission and efforts.
SFDBA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Tax ID (EIN) 88-4265453