Helping Neighbors Build Community Across Massachusetts
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) equips communities with the capital, strategy, and know-how to become places where people can thrive. Working with local leaders, we invest in affordable housing, health, education, public safety and employment – all basic needs that must be tackled so that progress in one area is not undermined by neglect in another.
As part of a national organization with deep local roots, LISC Massachusetts is uniquely positioned to share resources, best practices, and innovations with the communities we serve. We provide funding, financing, and technical assistance to community development corporations (CDCs), nonprofit developers, grassroots organizations, as well as policy and advocacy organizations throughout Massachusetts.
News
LISC Massachusetts Offers Capacity Building Grants
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LISC invites applications from community development corporations (CDCs) in Massachusetts for organizational capacity building support. Funds will be awarded under the Federal Section 4 Capacity Building program for Community Development and Affordable Housing. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2024.
With Statewide Expansion Community Development Organization Aims to Extend Reach
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LISC Massachusetts plans to continue supporting key community work in and around Boston, however, it recognizes the urgent community development and equity needs across the state.
From Housing to Economic Mobility: Inside LISC’s Strategies for Change with CEO Michael T. Pugh
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In a wide-ranging interview with Denver Fredericks, host of the Business of Giving podcast, LISC CEO Michael T. Pugh describes the pillars of LISC's work investing in communities and what's on the horizon for the CDFI under his leadership. "[We] can be a real catalyst for economic development in communities," says Pugh. "And frankly the best is yet to come."
LISC and Partners Launch “What’s Possible”: A Blueprint for Sustainable American Communities
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LISC, Enterprise Community Partners and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have published What's Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods. With contributions from LISC green and financing experts, the volume is a timely and crucial guidebook to equitable green investing and community development and especially timely on the heels of the historic $20 billion in federal investment to expand access to clean energy and climate solutions.
LISC and Coalition Partners Awarded $2 Billion via National Clean Investment Fund
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LISC is one of five organizations leading Power Forward Communities, a new coalition investing in green housing and jobs to support economic opportunity and climate resilience. Today, the EPA awarded the coalition $2 billion to implement a decarbonization strategy that also lifts up under-resourced communities—making housing more affordable, mitigating climate impacts and improving local health.
Crain’s NY Names LISC President & CEO, Michael T. Pugh, a 2024 Notable Leader in Finance
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In naming Michael Pugh a leader in finance, Crain's NY noted his leadership of LISC, a CDFI that has invested $30 billion in underserved communities, as well as his accomplishments in establishing a loan fund leveraging alternative data and cultivating the next generation of financial leaders at HBCUs.