Mission
Duluth LISC is dedicated to helping nonprofit Community Development Corporations (CDCs) transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy communities of choice and opportunity – good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC mobilizes corporate, government, and philanthropic support to provide CDCs with:
> loans, grants, and equity investments;
> local, state, and national policy support; and
> technical and management assistance.
Duluth LISC is part of a national organization with a community focus. In collaboration with CDCs, LISC staff help identify local priorities and challenges, delivering the most appropriate support to meet local needs.
Since 1980, LISC organizations have marshaled more than $6 billion from 3,100 investors, lenders, and donors. In over 300 urban and rural communities nationwide, LISC has helped 2,800 CDCs build or rehabilitate more than 160,000 affordable homes and almost 25 million square feet of retail, community, and educational space – totaling almost $13 billion in development. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have better lives and brighter futures.