LISC 2014 Annual Report

Annual Report

Since 1980

LISC has invested

$14.7 billion

in grants, loans and equity
leading to

$44.1 billion

in development projects, including...

homes homes homes

330,000

affordable homes

homes homes homes

(homes = 100 homes)

as well as...

192

schools...

schools schools schools

+

55

health care centers...

health health health

+

194

child care centers...

childcare childcare childcare

+

63

grocery stores...

food food food

+

292

playing fields...

fields fields fields

+

100s

of other retail, arts, and community projects.
This all adds up to...

53 million

square feet of the kind of space that make communities livable.

icon for schools icon for health icon for childcare icon for food icon for fields

What does it mean?

5+ million

people live in better communities!

Total Net Assets, 1980–2014

(In Millions)

  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
Total Net Assets, 1980–2014

As of December 31, 2014

Condensed Statement of Financial Position

Assets

Cash and investments $ 193,284,985
Contributions receivable   20,748,628
Loans to community development corporations and affiliates, net   160,286,967
Investments in affiliates   61,170,284
Other assets   46,097,716
Total assets $ 481,588,580

Liabilities and Net Assets

Grants payable $ 24,636,556
Loans and bonds payable   195,371,042
Other liabilities   16,189,885
Total liabilities   236,197,483
Net assets   245,391,097
Total liabilities and net assets $ 481,588,580

Condensed Statement of Activities
and Changes in Net Assets

Revenue

Contributions $ 58,432,339
Equity in earnings of affiliates   (2,149,526)
Government contracts revenue, interest, investment income, fees and other   62,778,439
Total revenue $ 119,061,252

Expenses

Program services $ 86,740,603
Management and general   13,531,890
Fundraising   5,988,692
Total expenses $ 106,261,185
Change in net assets before investments $ 12,800,067
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments   (592,178)
Change in net assets   12,207,889
Net assets, beginning of year   233,183,208
Net assets, end of year $ 245,391,097

The condensed financial statements of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) include the assets, liabilities, revenues of LISC Parent Only as well as its equity interest in the net assets of its controlled affiliates National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF), New Markets Support Corporation (NMSC), The Retail Initiatives, Inc. (TRI) and Local Initiatives Managed Assets Corporation (LIMAC), LISC Louisiana Loan Fund (LLLF), LLC, Neighborhood Properties, LLC, and LISC Cook County, LLC. These financials do not consolidate the affiliates nor the entities for which either NEF, NMSC or TRI serves as general partner of managing member of (as prescribed by EITF 04-05, Determining Whether a General Partner or the General Partners as a Group Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights). Copies of the audit reports and the complete financial statements will be available in the fall of 2015 upon request to Michael Hearne, CFO at LISC, 501 7th Avenue, 7th floor, New York, NY 10018.

Cover Video
LISC Archives
 

Welcome
Photograph: LISC Archives
 

Local Stories
All photographs/videos from LISC archives, except for the following:

Boston: Sheridan Works Company

Chicago: Gordon Walek

Detroit: Jim West Photography

Duluth: Chanti Calabria

Houston: Carlos Gonzalez

Michigan: Lundskow Designs

Newark: Eunice Lee

Phoenix: Andrew Pielage Photography

Rural: Al Weems

San Diego: BAME

San Francisco Bay Area: H. Nhi Chau & Lily Chuong

Twin Cities: Kage imagery
Virginia: Stephen Longstaff
 

Donors
All photographs/videos from LISC archives except for the following:
9, 12, 14: Gordon Walek
 

Team
All photographs from LISC archives except for the following:
8: Brian Peterson
 

Design and Development
Landesberg Design
Matthew Lee
 

All writing by LISC