Mission
 

Our Mission

With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families

Our Approach

LISC takes a comprehensive approach focused on both investment and systems change to create conditions for equitable growth.

We act as a convener, investor, thought leader and capacity builder. We bring local perspective to regional efforts around equity and poverty

Who we are

Investor

Providing access to capital though our own investments and the multiplier effects they bring.

Connector

Connecting partners to resources and each other to advance community-driven priorities.

Innovator

Designing and implementing creative solutions to drive systems change.


What we bring

Local Expertise & Partner Network

Deep local presence and a robust set of relationships to help us deliver on the ground.

National Scale

Nationally recognized strategies that can replicate solutions and foster ecosystem-level impact at both local and national levels.

Financial Inclusion

Decades of experience providing ‘but for’ capital where it would not otherwise flow & serving as a ‘bridge to’ accessing the capital ladder.


Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

Poverty and other forms of inequity and injustice that LISC works to help redress are largely rooted in this country’s historic and systemic racism, as well as in other forms of discrimination. Pursuing our mission demands that we conceive and implement every aspect of our work through the lenses of equity and anti-racism. LISC is wholly committed to living this approach.