What We Do
LISC invests in overlapping program areas that reach into every corner of community life.
Affordable Housing
Child Care & Early Learning
Creative Placemaking
Economic Development
Education
Financial Stability
Health
Safety & Justice
Small Business
Sports & Recreation
Our approach is comprehensive, data-driven and—most important—guided by what community members want for themselves, their families and the places they call home. Learn more.
Latest Stories
Sharing the Story of Social Justice Investing
With the launch of the new book, The Social Justice Investor, LISC’s Christina Travers reflects on the ways that CDFIs have tapped the capital markets [...]
4.23.2024
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Our Results by the Numbers
Grants
$1.6 billion
$1.6 billion
Loans
$5.8 billion
$5.8 billion
Equity
$22 billion
$22 billion
Since 1979
$29.7 billion
total investment
$29.7 billion
total investment
leading to
$82 billion
in total development
$82 billion
in total development
We Love Our Funders
Creating Affordable Housing Opportunities
Project 10X
LISC’s biggest, most ambitious and most urgent in…
What’s Possible
A new book on climate resilience & community deve…