What We Do
We help rebuild neighborhoods
We support nonprofit community development organizations with grants, loans, and expertise to help them construct businesses, community centers, and affordable homes in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
In the past 20 years, we’ve invested more than $350 million in grants, loans, and equity, leveraging an additional $1 billion in total development. That investment has created more than 8,500 affordable homes and apartments and 1 million square feet of commercial/retail space (nearly equal to the size of Southdale Mall) in some of the Twin Cities’ most challenged neighborhoods.
LISC’s support of CDCs and other development partners helps ensure that neighborhoods provide residents with better access to education, housing; employment; arts, culture, and recreation; childcare and youth development; and healthcare, all in safe surroundings. That’s the goal of our comprehensive, integrated approach called Building Sustainable Communities.
