Welcome to LISC Rhode Island!
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) equips communities with the capital, strategy, and the know-how to become places where people can thrive. Working with community members and local leaders, we invest in affordable housing, early child care facilities, health equity, education, public safety and workforce development – all basic needs that must be tackled together so that progress is made for all residents.
Latest News
Investing In A Future For Us All: LISC’s 2023 Annual Report is here!
LISC published its organization-wide annual report. Please take a look at the highlights: We invested an extraordinary $2.4 billion and doubled down on our work to create affordable housing, catalyze financial opportunity and promote climate resiliency. And so much more.
Kevin Hart’s Gran Coramino Tequila and LISC Disburse $1M to Seed Growth for Under-resourced Small Businesses
With our partners Gran Coramino® Tequila and Kevin Hart, LISC has awarded $1M in grants to more than 100 Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, helping close wealth and opportunity gaps that limit their ability to grow. Here in Rhode Island, it was Thrive Cakery that we celebrate.
SNAP Employment & Training Brings Millions to State
LISC Rhode Island began administering the SNAP E&T program more than a decade ago with only three participants. Ten years later, LISC has expanded the program by 500% and brought more than $8.5M to program providers.