LISC and coalition partners will receive $2 billion from the National Clean Investment Fund; a spotlight on Community Connectors resident leaders; a new BDO partnership with the Asian American Chamber of Commerce; and the affordable housing Non-Profit Preservation Initiative concludes Year 1.

In a wide-ranging radio interview with Audacy's On the Block 94.7, LISC CEO Michael T. Pugh unpacks the ways CDFIs, from the most local to the largest, are so well poised to support financial mobility. He also praises the role of good financial advice, and forecasts how AI can create alternative methods for building credit.

In a Q+A with ImpactAlpha, Michael T. Pugh delves into the ways community development finance must operate in the wake of new affirmative action legislation, and what the big-ticket items on LISC’s 2024 investment list are, including small business support and green jobs and homes.