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2020 LISC Phoenix Annual Report

4.29.2021 — LISC StoriesReports

Join us for a look back at 2020.

The Stats of 2020

$25.5 million

Leveraged

$3 million

Granted

$475,000

Invested

116 grants

for small business recovery

13 grants

for emergency food access

200 units

of affordable housing built

The Story of 2020

It started like any other year.

We broke ground on a new sports field and awarded a grant for a second while two basketball renovations were underway.

NFL Grassroots Field at Alhambra's Sevilla West.

NFL Grassroots Field at Alhambra's Sevilla West.

We co-hosted convenings about the impact of climate change on the health of our communities and workshops about cultural safety.

Photo courtesy of InSite Consultants.

Photo courtesy of InSite Consultants.

But then it all changed. 2020 became the year we would all live through history.

We took our work home, cobbling together a workspace and learning to work around new officemates, only to have the weeks stretch into months.

Tate tries to write an e-blast.

Tate tries to write an e-blast.

We checked in on our partners and wondered what we could do in an economy grinding to a halt with our communities poised to suffer the worst of the health crisis and impending recession. We worried about our parents, our children, ourselves.

We kept showing up (virtually), pushing forward, adapting, helping others.

We started marshaling resources for small businesses, finding new partners and teaming up with our cities and community partners.

We watched rock stars play concerts from their living rooms as they learned about our cause.

We came together virtually and learned to do our jobs through new tools.

FOC coaches training series

FOC coaches training series

We were awarded funding to begin to heal deep scars inflicted on the communities and environment along the Rio Salado.

We mourned George Floyd and so many others. We no longer had "normal" to distract us from our anger and pain.

The Price of Black Lives, mural by Jeremie 'bacpac' Franco, Coronado Neighborhood, Phoenix.

The Price of Black Lives, mural by Jeremie 'bacpac' Franco, Coronado Neighborhood, Phoenix.

We carried a renewed commitment to centering and amplifying the needs and voices of our BIPOC community members into our work.

We made new connections - listening, considering, adapting - to better deploy funding.

We caught glimpses into each others real lives as our dogs barked at deliveries or spouses walked through the kitchen.

We shepherded a collaboration, years in the making, to fruition.

We made our own coffee at home and settled in front of the computer yet again to come together, learn and celebrate.

We ended the year with a new understanding of our own abilities, new allies in our work and a resiliency we never knew we had.

Mural by Phoenix artist Hugo Medina on the ACE Uniforms building, McDowell Rd., Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Trellis.

Mural by Phoenix artist Hugo Medina on the ACE Uniforms building, McDowell Rd., Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Trellis.

The Supporters of 2020

Funders

Local Advisory Committee

Chris Owen Chair of the LAC A.Z. & Associates Realty Group
Barbara Boone Alliance Bank	Brett Plains BBVA
Saré Burke Chase Business Banking	Lisa Price Wells Fargo
Maria Echeveste Bank of America	Horace Raymond Arizona Cardinals
C.J. Eisenbarth Hager Vitalyst Health Foundation	Adrian Ruiz Valley Metro
Inger Erickson City of Phoenix	Joan Serviss Arizona Housing Coalition
Marcos Garay National Bank of Arizona	Alex Shaffer Arizona Federal Credit Union
Augie Gastelum Patchwork Community Inclusion	Lourdes Sierra PNC Bank
Hillary Holcomb State Farm	Mark Stapp Arizona State University
Thomas Hosier Stearns Bank	Michael Theile UMB Bank
Paul Huleatt City of Phoenix	Serena Unrein Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities
Maria Laughner City of Tempe	Lisa Van Ella Foothills Bank
Bryce Lloyd FirstBank	Derric Walker Northern Trust Bank N.A.
Jeff McVay City of Mesa, Managers Office	Steve Warrick New York Community Bank
Mitchell Moore ACCEL	David Weinglass APS
Garrett Murdock US Bank	Dede Yazzie Devine Native American Connections