What We Do
LISC invests in overlapping program areas that reach into every corner of community life.
Affordable Housing
Child Care & Early Learning
Economic Development
Education
Green Development
Health
Income & Wealth Building
Safety & Justice
Small Business
Sports & Recreation
Our approach is comprehensive, data-driven and—most important—guided by what community members want for themselves, their families and the places they call home. Learn more about our program areas.
Latest Stories
LISC Entrepreneurs of Color Fund Reaches $500M Goal, Sets New Benchmark of $1B in Small Business Lending
LISC announced today that the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (EOCF) has surpassed its $500 million goal for small business lending across the country—mor [...]
10.23.2024
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Our Results by the Numbers
Grants
$1.7 billion
$1.7 billion
Loans
$6 billion
$6 billion
Equity
$24 billion
$24 billion
Since 1979
$32 billion
total investment
$32 billion
total investment
leading to
$87 billion
in total development
$87 billion
in total development
We Love Our Funders
Creating pathways to financial and career success
Project 10X
LISC’s biggest, most ambitious and most urgent in…
What’s Possible
A new book on climate resilience & community deve…