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Testimonial

by Shelly Robinson Heller, President
Allied Shipping and Packaging Supplies, Inc.

Our current customers can use the woman owned status to fill a quota of using Diversity vendors! New potential customers seems to look at us closer with our new status. Government, Military, Universities, Municipalities, City and larger companies like Kroger, Home Depot, Limited Brands all look for diversity owned vendors.

We are a company of 13 employees- Industrial Distributor of Shipping and Packaging Supplies - Approximately $4,500,000 in sales

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New Applications

Required Documentation

  • Application
  • Affidavit (signed and notarized)
  • History of Business
  • 3 Years of Income Tax (supplement with personal) if business has not be up and running for 3 years
  • Bank Signature Card
  • Business License (if applicable)
  • Profit and Loss Statement
  • Balance Sheet
  • US Passport, US Birth Certificate or Naturalization paper for all owners (evidence of citizenship)
  • Passport , Birth Certificate, Driver’s license for all owners (evidence of  gender)
  • Copy of State Issued ID for all owners
  • Real Estate Lease Agreement
  • Equipment Purchase Agreements
  • Debt Instruments
  • List of employees with date of hire and position
  • Previous month’s payroll
  • Proof of equity investment for women owner(s)
  • Stock certificates (both sides)
  • W-2s or K-1s for all owners
  • Resumes of all owners
  • Franchise, Trust and/or Union Agreements (if applicable)
  • Service Agreements
  • Management Agreements
  • Affiliate Subsidiary Agreements

For Sole Proprietors

  • Assumed Name Documents

For Partnerships

  • Partnership Agreements
  • Ltd Partnership Certificate
  • Buy Out Rights Agreement
  • Profit Sharing Agreement
  • Proof of Capital Investment by all Partners

For Corporations

  • Certificate of Organization
  • Articles of Organization
  • Minutes from Shareholders first organizational meeting
  • Minutes from Shareholders/ Board of Directors’ meeting establishing current ownership
  • Minutes from most recent meeting of shareholders
  • Minutes from most recent meeting of board of directors
  • Proof of Equity  Investment for Women owners
  • Corporations Bylaws
  • Certificate from board secretary certifying names of all current members
  • Both sides of all stock certificates
  • Stock transfer ledger
  • Proof of stock purchase or equity investment of women owner(s)
  • Voting Agreements If out of state Corporation, Proof of Authority to do business in  State
  • Schedule of Advances made to Corporation by shareholders for the preceding 3 years

For LLCs

  • Articles of Organization
  • Certificate of Organization
  • LLC Regulations
  • Member List w/ titles
  • Proof of Equity  Investment for Women owners
  • If out of state LLC, Proof of Authority to do business in  State
  • Schedule of Advances made to LLC by members for the preceding 3 years

All documentation, along with the non-refundable $450 processing fee made payable to Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council and sent to:

Maudie Moreno
Certification Coordinator
Ohio River Valley Women’s Business Council
3458 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone:  513-487-6503
Fax:  513-559-5447

Please note:Any document in the list above that is not applicable to your company should be addressed with a written statement to that effect.  The statement can be in the form of a cover letter, a printed list of required documents with the non-applicable items noted, or in the form of a table of contents with non-applicable items highlighted in some manner.

Visit the WBENC website to apply for certification on-line.