Community and Economic Development Partners
Our local partners are tasked with addressing a staggering range of community needs and demands. Organizations that formed to tackle a deficit of affordable housing or neighborhood revitalization may now take on everything from workforce development, small business development, community safety, resident health, disaster and COVID response, community organizing, and more. These organizations are the region’s “delivery system” for creating and preserving safe and affordable housing, equitable economic development, and resident-driven health initiatives.
Through project and organizational development grants, technical assistance, training, and convening through our CDC Network we build the capacity of our on-the-ground partners. LISC provides an array of support to community organizations to help them advance their mission and increase their impact.
Our Partners in Kansas City, Kansas:
CHWC works to create a diverse and vibrant community welcoming families with housing, educational, and economic opportunities, making our neighborhoods places where people are proud to live.
Downtown Shareholders is dedicated to revitalizing the downtown KCK area by showcasing the vibrancy and potential of KCK’s urban core and providing small business owner support.
A voluntary association of active residents in the historic Douglass-Sumner Neighborhood.
Groundwork NRG’s mission is to sustain and revitalize our beloved Northeast KCK community through forward-looking and inclusive action rooted in the principles of equity, community cohesion, institutional transparency, and environmental justice.
Our Partners in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City’s largest urban core developer strengthening families and transforming communities.
A community-based organization that drives investments in health, real estate, and economic development to help residents to achieve their aspirations.
An emerging community development corporation (CDC) of the Mattie Rhodes Center, NEAT is a developer and facilitator of resources and important projects for the Historic Northeast Kansas City community.
A CDC working to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and historical racial inequities by helping to build healthy neighborhoods that enable all children and families to thrive.
