Stories

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2.08.2024 -

What Three Years of Investment Can Do: Stories from LISC’s Black Economic Development Fund

In recognition of Black History Month, we’d like you to meet four organizations that, through support from LISC and the Black Economic Development Fund, are creating housing, employment and other economic opportunities in the neighborhoods that need them the most.

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1.30.2024 -

Kaiser Permanente + LISC: Addressing Economic Factors That Impact Community Health

A healthy community isn’t just about access to high-quality, reliable health care. Individuals and families also need access to good jobs, opportunities to build wealth, and thriving, locally-owned businesses. Kaiser Permanente understands how economic factors can shape well-being, especially in communities of color that often don’t benefit from regional or national prosperity. Learn how LISC is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente to support locally-driven strategies that spark economic growth in under-invested places.

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LISC’s CEO 100 Days In: Priorities for the Future, and Right Now

LISC president and CEO Michael T. Pugh reflects on what he's learned in his first months helming the organization, and shares top priorities for the year, both internally and for supporting the communities we work with. Green housing, second-chance employment and AI as a tool for more efficient credit-building and lending are at the top of the list, along with strengthening and streamlining LISC's operations to achieve maximum impact in people's lives.

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11.08.2023 -

LISC Twin Cities Celebrates $1 Billion in Investments in the Twin Cities

As it celebrates its 35th Anniversary, LISC Twin Cities announced another major milestone: $1 billion dollars of investments. Over three and a half decades, LISC Twin Cities has channeled all of this capital into transformative organizations and projects, strengthened community development infrastructure and changed systems that create and perpetuate inequality of opportunity.

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11.01.2023 -

LISC Receives Lowe’s Foundation Grant to Prepare Workers for Careers in the Skilled Trades

LISC is one of three national organizations to receive a $1 million Gable Grant from the Lowe’s Foundation to support skilled trades workforce development. With the grant, LISC will fund 12 workforce partners serving communities where access to training in the skilled trades has been historically lacking and provide the education and networks needed to access good-paying jobs with growth potential.

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6.21.2023 -

State Farm Commits $2 Million Grant to LISC to Create Communities of Opportunity

LISC announced a $2 million, one-year grant from State Farm to support financial stability, commercial revitalization, and affordable housing in underinvested neighborhoods across the U.S. The new funding continues a partnership that began more than 20 years ago.