What We Do
LISC invests in overlapping program areas that reach into every corner of community life.
Affordable Housing
Child Care & Early Learning
Creative Placemaking
Economic Development
Education
Income & Wealth Building
Health
Safety & Justice
Small Business
Sports & Recreation
Our approach is comprehensive, data-driven and—most important—guided by what community members want for themselves, their families and the places they call home. Learn more.
Latest Stories
Celebrating 50 Years of CDBG: Empowering Communities and Building Stronger Futures
Since 1974, the Community Development Block Grant program has been one of the most critical federal resources for affordable housing, community develo [...]
8.22.2024
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Our Results by the Numbers
Grants
$1.7 billion
$1.7 billion
Loans
$6 billion
$6 billion
Equity
$24 billion
$24 billion
Since 1979
$32 billion
total investment
$32 billion
total investment
leading to
$87 billion
in total development
$87 billion
in total development
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Celebrating Black Business Month
Project 10X
LISC’s biggest, most ambitious and most urgent in…
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