About Us

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping nonprofit community development corporations (CDCs) transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy communities of choice and opportunity – good places to work, do business and raise children.  LISC mobilizes corporate, government, and philanthropic support to provide CDCs with:

• loans, grants, and equity investmentstechnical and management assistance
• local, statewide, and national policy support

LISC is a national organization with a community focus.  Our program staff are based in every city and many of the rural areas where LISC-supported community development takes shape.  In collaboration with CDCs, LISC staff help identify local priorities and challenges, delivering the most appropriate support to meet local needs.

Since 1980, LISC has marshaled more than $5.7 billion from 3,100 investors, lenders, and donors.  In over 300 urban and rural communities nationwide, LISC has helped 2,400 CDCs build or rehabilitate more than 147,000 affordable homes and almost 22 million square feet of retail, community, and educational space – totaling almost $13 billion in development.  As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have better lives and brighter futures. 

For more information about LISC, visit www.lisc.org.