About Us
LISC
LISC, founded in 1980, is the nation's largest community building organization. LISC's mission is to rebuild whole communities by supporting Community Development Corporations (CDCs). LISC believes that these resident-led, locally based organizations clearly reflect the needs and priorities of neighborhoods as they rebuild themselves into healthy, thriving communities.
LISC operates on three levels:
- Providing Direct Assistance to CDCs, LISC acts as an intermediary for over 900 corporations and foundations, providing technical and financial resources to help CDCs become strong and stable neighborhood institutions.
- Improving Local Community Development Environments, LISC through local programs it establishes in selected cities and regions, works to build environments in which CDCs can be successful-environments characterized by partnerships among local LISC programs, community organizations, local foundations, private industry, and state/local governments. The cooperative efforts of these partners ensure that CDCs have access to the resources needed to produce physical redevelopment results.
- Strengthening National Support for Community Development, LISC brings national resources to local programs and promotes the exchange in adaptation of effective, creative community development strategies among these localities. As an advocate of CDCs, LISC strives to enhance visibility and credibility of neighborhood-based development, and to influence public policy decisions affecting the community development industry.
