LISC teamed up with Rocket Community Fund to connect under-resourced communities to the coaching and financial products they need to accelerate their asset-building journey in the current economy. Our initiative has helped nearly 2,100 people develop the financial know-how to make the most of their incomes and build savings at the same time. Meet three of them.

A dozen LISC offices work with TD Bank to create affordable housing in communities that need it most. In Upstate South Carolina, where our office opened in 2019, LISC benefits from the leadership of TD Bank’s John F. Verreault III, who chairs the Local Advisory Committee. In a new Q+A, learn why supporting affordable housing is so important to TD Bank, and to Verreault.

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.

LISC is working with The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation to jumpstart youth sports infrastructure projects in communities where support and opportunity are scarce. In a Q+A with The DICK’S Foundation’s Kristen Garmey, we learn why improving athletic spaces for youth in under-resourced communities is so important to The DICK’S Foundation, and to Garmey.

Thousands of enterprises have used Verizon Small Business Digital Ready – a free resource Verizon developed in partnership with LISC – to gain the skills they need to grow and thrive in today’s digital economy. We’d like to introduce to you three of them.

LISC is working with Citi Foundation to make community development more diverse by tapping into the expertise of people who live in and look like the communities our industry serves. We're nurturing a diverse talent pipeline through initiatives that place HBCU students and AmeriCorps Economic Mobility Corps members in yearlong paid employment experiences with LISC and other community development financial institutions. Learn about the people and organizations we’ve impacted through this work.

LISC is working with Umpqua Bank to tackle the systemic roadblocks that prevent many communities of color and rural residents from buying a home. In a Q+A with Umpqua Bank’s Randy Choy, we learn why expanding fair access to quality homeownership opportunities is so important to the bank, and to Choy.

As Black Business Month comes to a close, we are celebrating the impact of our supplier diversity initiative with Abbott. Through the partnership, we connect business owners with the financial resources and advice they need to win contracts, hire more staff and fuel economic opportunity in the communities where they operate. To date, the LISC-Abbott initiative has invested $6.2 million in 19 small businesses and provided one-on-one coaching to 37 small businesses. Meet three of them.

As part of its LEED Initiative, a $200 million pledge to support the Black community, Foot Locker, Inc. teamed up with LISC to provide grants to nonprofit community organizations that offer a range of services for young people. In a Q+A with Tai Neal, vice president for LEED Strategy at Foot Locker, Inc., we learn why supporting youth in under-resourced communities is so important to Foot Locker, and to Neal.

LISC teamed up with Lowe’s to help communities where access to training in the skilled trades has been historically lacking and provide the education and networks needed to access good-paying jobs with growth potential. But that’s not all. As they train, people also receive financial coaching to help them develop the personal finance skills to make the most of their new income.