We connect local groups across America with the capital and technical know-how to help build resilient communities of opportunity.
Learn more about LISC.

Our partners share our commitment to nurturing opportunity in under-resourced communities.
Partner with LISC.

LISC supports under-resourced borrowers with flexible lending products to help uplift their communities. Learn more about LISC Lending.

Our investments support economic growth in under-resourced communities—while lowering energy costs for residents and combatting pollution at the same time.
Learn more about our Sustainability work.

What We Do

LISC invests in nearly every corner of community life, building on a foundation of affordable housing to fuel healthy families and businesses, as well as growing local economies.

Digital Opportunity

Economic Development

Housing

Education & Child Care

Health

Income & Wealth Building

Safety & Justice

Small Business

Sports & Youth Development

Sustainability

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 CEO in Smart Cities Dive on the Path Out of the Housing Crisis

LISC CEO Michael Pugh penned an op-ed in Smart Cities Dive on the need to shift the national housing crisis conversation to address affordable housing [...]

6.17.2026