Skip to content
Inclusivity.org

Location

Inclusive businesses in Tampa, FL

Diverse-owned and inclusive businesses in Tampa.

Clear

183 businesses in Tampa

Featured

4
7th + Grove
Featured

Restaurants & Food

7th + Grove

Tampa, FL

In the heart of historic Ybor City, 7th + Grove has become one of Tampa's most talked-about tables, and one of its warmest. Founded in 2019 by Dr. Vondalyn Crawford, Dr. Jamaris Glenn, and Khalilaa McDuffie, the restaurant grew from a simple observation: Tampa had all the soul of the South, but few places serving truly authentic Southern cooking. Their answer is a menu of elevated comfort food threaded with Guyanese influence, plates that feel like a family gathering and look like art. The kitchen leans into the classics and then pushes them somewhere new. Braised oxtails, the dish guests come back for again and again, arrive fall-apart tender. Collard green egg rolls, fried catfish and Gulf shrimp, smoked gouda grits, and pimento cheese fritters round out a menu that treats Southern staples with real care. It is food meant to be shared, lingered over, and remembered. The space matches the plates. Bold murals, teal velvet seating, and an open kitchen give the dining room an energy that carries from a weekday lunch into a late-night weekend crowd, where a thoughtful cocktail program takes over. The name says it best: Eat. Vibe. Flourish. 7th + Grove is Black-owned, women-owned, and LGBTQ+ owned, and it wears that identity as an invitation. Community sits at the center of everything here, from the way the room fills with regulars to the owners' belief that food is a universal storyteller with a way of bringing people together. Whether you are stopping in for shrimp and grits at midday or gathering friends for oxtails and cocktails after dark, you are welcomed like you belong, because here, you do. Next door, the same team runs Roast on 7th, a coffee shop and bakery, making the block a small hub of Southern hospitality in Ybor City.

Black-ownedWomen-owned
View profile
Every Dollar Countz / We Gonna Learn Today
Featured

Education & Training

Every Dollar Countz / We Gonna Learn Today

Tampa, FL

We Gonna Learn Today is a Tampa-based, Black-owned 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a simple mission: empowering minds one student, one family, one neighborhood at a time. We do it by teaching the subjects that build strong, self-reliant communities: Black History, Civics, Financial Literacy, and Coding. Founded by retired U.S. Marine and disabled veteran Matthew D. Hale, our platform grew out of a belief that every child deserves access to knowledge that too often gets left out of the classroom. What started in 2020 has grown into a full learning ecosystem built around our Black Historical Figures workbook series and a free, interactive website anyone can use. Our programs meet learners where they are. The Digital Library and Interactive Library put lessons, activities, and stories right at your fingertips, while our Paperback Library brings the same material home in print. Younger learners sing and remember with our Sing Along Songs, and our WGLT-TV video content turns history and money lessons into something families can watch and talk about together. Our mobile app is available on the Google Play Store, with an Apple release on the way, so learning can travel wherever you go. Financial literacy sits at the heart of what we do. We believe understanding money is a form of freedom, and we teach it in plain language alongside the history and civics that help young people understand their place in the world. Coding rounds it out, opening doors to the skills that shape the future. Everything we build is designed to be welcoming, affordable, and rooted in pride. We serve students, parents, and whole neighborhoods, and we keep our core online resources free so cost is never the reason a child goes without. As a veteran-founded, Black-owned organization, we carry the values of service and community in everything we create. We are an online-first platform serving the greater Tampa Bay area and beyond. Whether you are a parent looking to start the money conversation early, a teacher searching for culturally grounded material, or a young learner curious about the figures who shaped history, there is a place for you here. Reach us anytime at info@wegonnalearntoday.com, and come learn with us. We gonna learn today.

Black-ownedVeteran-ownedDisability-owned
View profile
MAS Global Consulting
Featured

Technology

MAS Global Consulting

Tampa, FL

MAS Global is a Latina-founded, women-owned software and AI consulting firm headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 2013 by Monica Hernandez, who immigrated to the United States from Colombia at 21 with a software engineering degree and a conviction that a technology company could deliver both exceptional business outcomes and meaningful social impact, MAS Global has grown into a trusted nearshore partner for organizations that want to build better software, faster. We specialize in custom software development, digital modernization, cloud, data, and AI services, delivered through high-performing nearshore teams across the Americas. Our engineers work in your time zone and integrate directly with your product and technology groups, which means tighter collaboration, faster feedback loops, and the senior talent you need without the friction of distant, disconnected outsourcing. From scaling an existing platform to standing up a new product or embedding AI into your operations, we plug in as an extension of your team and stay accountable to real results. What sets MAS Global apart is the belief that great technology and social impact are not competing goals. As a certified women-owned business and a Latina-founded company, we bring diversity into the heart of the software industry, opening doors to talented engineers who have historically been underrepresented in tech. That commitment is recognized in our credentials: MAS Global is Great Place to Work certified and holds an EcoVadis Silver rating for sustainability and responsible business practices. Our founder has been named among the Top 100 Hispanics in Technology in the United States. Our clients range from fast-moving startups to established enterprises, and they choose us because we combine deep technical expertise with a partnership mindset. We invest in understanding your business, we communicate clearly and honestly, and we measure our success by the outcomes we help you achieve. Every engagement is built on the same foundation that has guided us since day one: do excellent work, treat people well, and use technology as a force for good. If you are looking for a nearshore development and AI partner that pairs world-class engineering with genuine values, MAS Global is ready to help. Reach us at our Tampa headquarters to start a conversation about what we can build together.

Latino-ownedWomen-owned
View profile
Tombolo Books
Featured

Retail & Shops

Tombolo Books

Tampa, FL

Tombolo Books is St. Petersburg's independent bookstore, open since 2019 in the heart of the Grand Central District at 2153 1st Ave S. We're woman-owned, founded by Alsace Walentine and co-owned by Candice Anderson, and everything about this shop reflects the belief that a great bookstore belongs to its neighborhood. Our name says a lot about who we are. A tombolo is a slender sandbar that connects an island to the mainland, and that's exactly what we hope to be: a bridge between readers, writers, and the community around us. Step through our doors and you'll find warm wooden shelves stacked floor to ceiling with carefully chosen titles, hand-written shelf-talkers pointing you toward staff favorites, and a colorful, sunlit storefront that has become one of St. Pete's most photographed corners. We stock new books across every section, from Florida fiction and literary novels to mystery, science fiction, poetry, and children's stories. We're especially proud to champion books in translation, work from marginalized voices, and titles from small independent presses that the big chains too often overlook. If you're looking for something specific, or just want a recommendation you'd never have found on your own, our booksellers love nothing more than putting the right book in the right hands. Beyond the shelves, Tombolo is a gathering place. We host author events, book club nights, signings, and community conversations that bring readers together throughout the year. Shopping local here means supporting a small business that reinvests in the writers, presses, and neighbors who make St. Petersburg such a vibrant, literary city. Whether you're a longtime local or discovering the Grand Central District for the first time, we invite you to browse a while, chat with our staff, and leave with a stack of books you can't wait to open. Come find your next great read at Tombolo Books, where every visit connects you to a little more of the world and the community right outside our door.

LGBTQ-owned
View profile

Enhanced

11

All listings

168