BASIC FACTS
	President & CEO: Michael Rubinger
Headquarters: New York, New York Local Offices: 30 urban offices and Rural LISC Staff: Approximately 350 Established: 1979, by the Ford Foundation
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Our Mission

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping community residents transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity — good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC mobilizes corporate, government and philanthropic support to provide local community development organizations with:

• loans, grants and equity investments
• local, statewide and national policy support
• technical and management assistance

LISC is a national organization with a community focus. Our program staff are based in every city and many of the rural areas where LISC-supported community development takes shape. In collaboration with local community development groups, LISC staff help identify priorities and challenges, delivering the most appropriate support to meet local needs.

LISC is Building Sustainable Communities by achieving five goals:

• Expanding Investment in Housing and Other Real Estate
• Increasing Family Income and Wealth
• Stimulating Economic Development
• Improving Access to Quality Education
• Supporting Healthy Environments and Lifestyles

LISC by the Numbers: 2008 and Historical Investment

> Download 2008 LISC by the Numbers fact sheet (PDF, 23 KB)

Reports

2008: A Progress Report (PDF, 386 KB)	2007 Annual Report (PDF, 3.18 MB) previous reports