Our Partners

Regional Partners

The mission of Ascend Long Island and its regional partner Ascend New York, is to support the economic development of local communities by helping entrepreneurs win contracts from larger companies and provide essential training and mentoring.

This is accomplished through Partnership Advisory Councils consisting of major corporations, anchor institutions, and government agencies serving those communities.

Together with our regional partners, we continue to grow the networks that will have a lasting impact in the communities that need it most.

Partners

Ascend partners are organizations which provide the resources and market access you need to grow your business

Ascend Long Island extends the successful Ascend NYC model - led by the Business Outreach Center Network (BOC), BOC Capital Corp. CDFI, and Hofstra University Facilities and Operations - into a region with its own unique economic drivers.

Our work is shaped by Long Island's unique economic landscape, including:

• Major healthcare systems • Colleges and universities • Municipal and county governments • Utilities and energy providers • Real estate developers and construction managers • Transportation and infrastructure agencies • Cultural institutions and nonprofit anchors

These institutions represent billions in annual purchasing. Ascend Long Island helps local firms access those opportunities and become long term, high performing supply chain partners.

Ascend Long Island Partners

Anchor Partners

OPPORTUNITY STARTS WITH YOU

Long Island’s economy is built on the strength of its local businesses — from construction trades and professional services to manufacturing, logistics, healthcare suppliers, and emerging tech firms. Ascend Long Island exists to help these businesses scale, compete, and secure meaningful opportunities with the region’s largest employers and institutions.

Rooted in a collaborative model of business development, higher education, and mission-driven financing partners — and inspired by JP Morgan Chase’s Small Business Forward Initiative — Ascend brings a proven growth ecosystem to Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Your business fuels Long Island’s future.

We help you reach the next level.