Capacity Building
LISC was founded with the mission to help organizations become strong and stable neighborhood institutions characterized by effective and responsible fiscal management and capable of carrying out a range of community revitalization activities.
Through project and organizational development grants, technical assistance, training, and convening through our CDC Network we build the capacity of our on-the-ground partners. Funders, institutions, and agencies may contract with LISC to provide these services because they have a vested interest in strengthening the capacity of community organizations.
LISC helps build stronger organizations through a holistic approach that improves organizational systems and supports leadership, including:
- Grants coupled with technical assistance, including:
- Programs related to housing, economic development, community safety, community engagement, and creative placemaking
- Strategic planning and operational business plan development
- Property assessments to create capital improvement plan
- Development of new local home ownership models
- CDC Network - this peer-to-peer network support practitioners in their work through mutual support and sharing, and lifting up their shared success and challenges to local agencies and funders.
- CapMap® - A system for assessing and then strengthening the capacity of community development organizations
- Strategic Collaboration - Supporting partners across multiple sectors identify shared priorities for collaborative, place-based investments and programs, and jointly securing funding sources.
- Training - Offering various trainings to share market and program knowledge and best practices in the field of community development and affordable housing.
Through HUD Section 4 grants, we provide project and organizational capacity building funding.
Our eight partner organizations in Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri are creating a more equitable, healthy, and prosperous region.
