Equity


The work of rebuilding neighborhoods—creating affordable housing, renovating a retail corridor or constructing a new school, recreation center or office building—doesn’t happen without financing. And just as with for-profit ventures, nonprofit development requires significant capital. But community development projects in disinvested neighborhoods have a much harder time attracting capital investment.

To help get funding into the places that need it most, LISC works with our affiliates—the National Equity Fund, the New Markets Support Company—to bridge the gap between investors and projects in disadvantaged communities and get things built.  Through them, we are able to leverage Low Income Housing Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits.

 

Investment Companies


New Markets Support Company
The New Markets Support Company (NMSC) is a Chicago-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of LISC and a syndicator of federal New Markets Tax Credits. We work closely with institutional investors to support a range of developments including major retail developments, manufacturing/industrial sites, charter schools, theaters and urban entertainment districts, athletic facilities/fields, office space and health care centers. NMSC provides syndication services, third-party advisory services, software leasing services and small business lending.

New Markets Support Company

$897 million invested for economic development

10 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste 1700
Chicago, IL 60606

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National Equity Fund®
The National Equity Fund® (NEF) is a nonprofit, Chicago-based affiliate of LISC and a leading syndicator of Low Income Housing Tax Credits. NEF helps bridge the gap between investors and nonprofit developers. Syndicators like NEF raise money from investors and identify low-income housing projects in which to invest that capital. NEF is focused on building long-term relationships with partners and investing in quality affordable housing projects that raise the standard of living in underserved communities.

National Equity Fund

$12.4 billion invested in housing since 1987

10 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste 1700
Chicago, IL 60606

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