COVID-19 Resources
LISC Detroit continues to support Detroit communities and neighborhoods during this unprecedented time. As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, LISC is taking action to ensure that we continue to support the people and places where we work. Visit our national website to learn more about the LISC COVID-19 response. [...]
LISC Small Business Relief Grants
We will support small businesses and enterprises affected the Covid-19 across the country, especially those in underserved communities, including entrepreneurs of color, women- and veteran-owned businesses that often lack access to flexible, affordable capital. To find out more about the grants and application, please visit our National website. [...]
Investing with a larger vision
Our work to build stronger, more sustainable communities is guided by a larger vision of community development. Since 1990, we have invested more than $200 million in Detroit's neighborhoods to create good places to live, do business, and play. The key to our success has been our expanded vision of community development.
The projects we invest in are creating jobs, making communities safer, providing new educational opportunities, and helping families enter the economic mainstream of American life. They are creating new hope in neighborhoods where hope and opportunities have been in short supply for far too long.
Our Stories
Local Initiatives Support Corporation announces Detroit 0% Home Loan Program with $2 million investment from Flagstar Bank to protect homeowners, support local growth
Flagstar Bank will lead the private-sector funding for the Detroit 0% Home Repair Program, a collaboration with the City of Detroit and the nonprofit, LISC. To date, the program has delivered $14 million in financing to help more than 750 households improve the health and safety of their homes.
The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation and LISC Award $1.275 Million to Upgrade Under-Resourced Community Sporting Spaces in 14 Cities and Towns
Every community deserves safe, quality sports facilities where youth and their families can play and socialize. Thanks to the Game On-Community Places to Play Initiative, a partnership of LISC and The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation, under-resourced neighborhoods in 14 cities and towns now have funding to improve their local youth sports facilities.
New Report Finds Community Investment Strategy Helped Mitigate Impact of COVID-19, Fueling Growth and Economic Resiliency in Milwaukee Junction
DETROIT (June 29, 2023)—When community partners outlined a local investment plan for Milwaukee Junction in 2019, they never anticipated that a global pandemic would upend the U.S. economy, with a particularly damaging impact on economically vulnerable populations, small businesses and underserved communities.
Foot Locker Foundation Announces $4.5 Million for Community Grants through LISC
Foot Locker Foundation continues its collaboration with LISC to promote youth empowerment through mentoring, career development, and health and wellness activities—all while supporting community-based organizations with diverse leadership. A new $4.5 million commitment will support three annual grant application rounds. Proposals for the first round are due by August 30, 2023.
Citizens & LISC Team Up to Help Workers Build Digital Skills
Basic digital skills are essential to compete for good jobs. A new $1.25 million grant from Citizens Bank Foundation will help LISC bridge the digital skills gap in under-resourced communities by embedding digital skills training into LISC Financial Opportunity Centers®, helping people build a strong career pathway for the future.