Kroma brings 25 years of experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors and will focus on accelerating investments in affordable housing, economic opportunity and racial equity.

Meet three entrepreneurs of color who have made meaningful and dream-fulfilling strides on their small business journeys, thanks in part to the SBA's Community Navigator Pilot Program which LISC is helping implement. Each business person has connected with a CBO or community business organization that has connected them with invaluable know-how and access to flexible growth capital - the support system that no small enterprise can go without.

East Toledo’s Masonic Temple once held a stately presence on Fourth and Main. With support from LISC, a local developer is reclaiming its historic prominence in the neighborhood, converting it into 42 units of affordable senior housing.

To mark Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, four LISCers with roots in Latin America shared their reflections on the relationship between their heritage and their commitment to community development and social justice. Hear what they have to say in the videos that follow.

The fundamental role of LISC AmeriCorps members is to serve essential community needs. With the onslaught of the coronavirus epidemic, our members are adapting and devising creative new ways to help the rural and urban residents they work with handle the seismic social, economic and public health shocks of the crisis. (Photo: Americorps members in Jackson, MS in 2019; Member Cynthia Renteria is third from left.)

by Maurice A. Jones, LISC CEO and President

LISC is taking swift action in response to the coronavirus pandemic, to mitigate economic impact on residents in the hundreds of communities where we work. We are launching the LISC Rapid Relief and Resiliency Fund to assemble and deploy resources to our local partners, small businesses and residents who are being hit hardest. The Fund will deliver operating capital, emergency subsidies and IT support, as well as technical assistance, to keep our partners and their communities strong and functioning through this unprecedented situation.