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1.30.2024 -

Kaiser Permanente + LISC: Addressing Economic Factors That Impact Community Health

A healthy community isn’t just about access to high-quality, reliable health care. Individuals and families also need access to good jobs, opportunities to build wealth, and thriving, locally-owned businesses. Kaiser Permanente understands how economic factors can shape well-being, especially in communities of color that often don’t benefit from regional or national prosperity. Learn how LISC is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente to support locally-driven strategies that spark economic growth in under-invested places.

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11.20.2023 -

2023 LISC Small Business Holiday Gift Guide

This holiday season, support LISC small business borrowers and find the perfect gift for everyone on your list! All of the businesses featured here have received LISC capital to acquire their location, hire new staff, or increase inventory to help their business grow.

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9.12.2023 -

Parent-Led Nonprofit Builds Housing for Adult Children with Disabilities with $12.5 Million from LISC

With disability diagnoses on the rise, and an acute affordable housing crisis in full swing, the need for supportive housing for adults with disabilities has never been greater. In California, LISC construction financing from the Partnership for the Bay’s Future fund is helping nonprofit Big Wave Project open a visionary housing community that addresses this critical gap.

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2.16.2023 -

Umpqua Bank Partners with LISC to Expand Affordable Homeownership Programs in West Coast Communities

With a new grant from Umpqua Bank, LISC is working with local organizations in three states to fuel equitable homeownership opportunities in low-to-moderate income communities, especially for people of color. "This kind of capacity-building support is like oxygen for nonprofits, and we are so grateful to Umpqua for recognizing the value of flexible funding for racial equity in homeownership,” said LISC President Denise Scott.

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8.22.2022 -

Why It’s So Hard to Build Affordable Housing on Church Land, and How To Do It Anyway

Churches and other mission-driven institutions that want to build affordable housing for their communities on land they own face a punitively complex and fraught development process, with an enormous learning curve. A piece by the Bay Area’s NPR affiliate, KQED, explores the efforts of San Francisco churches to create affordable housing and how LISC is helping guide the way.

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6.29.2022 -

Watering the Seeds of Pride for the Next Generation—and Generations to Come

As Pride Month comes to a close, we check in with LISC community partner LYRIC—the Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center—in San Francisco, where LGBTQ+ young people are building community, autonomy and fulfilling, empowered lives.