Small Business Resiliency

In 2020 small businesses, the backbone of the United States economy, were pummeled. An initial two-week shutdown turned into eleven months of limited operation, and small businesses struggled to keep their doors open. Businesses led by people of color were especially impacted and many struggled gaining access to crucial resources such as the PPP and other government relief programs.

LISCs Rapid Relief and Resiliency Fund was launched to address this need, garnering private and public dollars targeted for historically under-invested communities. Several funders including Wells Fargo, Verizon, Lowe’s, Sam’s Club, and Truist among others invested in the LISC Rapid Relief and Resiliency Fund which reached $200 million in 2020.

In 2020, LISC DC provided $4.8 million in grants, recoverable grants, and PPP loans to over 90 small businesses in the DC region. Moreover, 90% of the business LISC supported are led by women, people of color, or veterans.

The work does not stop there! Thanks to a $7.5 million investment from Verizon, and generous donations from people all over the United States, in 2021 LISC will deploy grants to help small businesses pay for rent, utilities and other operational costs needed to keep businesses running under limited capacity. Learn more here.

List of Grant Recipients

Food & Restaurant

Artdrenaline Catering
Bun'd Up
Catherines Kitchen
Chikiting
FishScale
Flip It LJ Diner
Flora Restaurant & Lounge
Ghion Ethiopian Restaurant
GrubRub
Guerilla Vending
Hope Lounge
Ircia's Kitchen
Kings Café
Luncheras Di Si
Mama's Pizza
Mazher Hameed
Mezcalero
Moreland's Tavern
Open Crumb
Pinke's Eats
Po Boy Jim
Purple Patch
Red Derby
Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant
The Executive Chef USA
Village Café

Hair & Salon

Cuttin Up Barbershop
Georgia Ave
J Scott & Family
Nailbed & Bar
New Creation Hair Salon
Noah One Grooming
Polished of Georgetown
Royal Beauty Inc
Signature Image Salon
Toni Austin Style House
Villanova Hair Salon
Wonder Nailz

Retail & Trade

Zuri Productions
Gagne Associates CPAs
Jerome S Paige & Associates
M and A Hospitality
MTB Enterprises
NEAN Consulting
Penn District
The MGS Group Inc.
Y. Alexander & Associates
JKB Investments
PoPup Hookah
The Kennedy
Woodthrust Management & Consultants
7 Round Davis Market
Anna Kemper Atelier
Idas Idea
JC Lofton Tailors
La Threadz Couture
Libreria Cristiana
Melodys Glamshop
Uptown Cleaners
Access Housing Inc DC
Elizabeth Ministry
Synergia Initiatives for Human Rights
B.E.P. INC. t/a Metro Delivery & Warehouse
SBC Corporation
Vow Paratransit & Transportation