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Local Developers Urge Inclusive Investment In Detroit

CNBC’s Diana Olick takes a look at how some builders in Detroit are fighting bigotry while building the city’s next chapter.

Feb 11

Thermo Fisher Scientific Invests $25 Million to Support Black Communities and Businesses in the U.S.

The below press release was originally published on: PR Newswire https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thermo-fisher-scientific-invest...

Jan 25

Charlotte may have cracked the code on affordable housing. Here's how

According to LISC Charlotte executive director Ralphine Caldwell, preserving these properties as affordable housing will be instrumental.

Jan 11

A "Quantum Leap" for CDFI Funding: The Potential of Securitization

Dec 17, 2020

BEDF first investor close at $175M with $50M Investment from PayPal, $12.5M from HubSpot

Dec 10, 2020

Aflac Inc. Announces $25 Million Commitment to Invest in LISC's Black Economic Development FUND

NEWS PROVIDED BY Aflac Incorporated Dec 10, 2020, 16:15 ET COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) an...

Nov 17, 2020

Blueprint Local and LISC are using Opportunity Zones to bridge divisions, beginning in the South

Nov 11, 2020

DICK'S Sporting Goods Invests $12.5 Million in Black Economic Development Fund

Dick’s Sporting Goods is investing $12.5 million in the Black Economic Development Fund, an initiative to fuel minority lenders, anchor i...

Oct 28, 2020

Why investing corporate cash to close racial wealth gaps can shore up long-term growth

""Our country cannot continue to breeze past the costs of inequality as if they are somehow separate from questions of capital access or ...

Oct 26, 2020

LISC Invests in Fearless Fund to Increase Access to Venture Funding for Minority Women Entrepreneurs

LISC is the first institutional investor in Fearless Fund, a $20 million venture capital fund led by women of color that invests exclusively

Oct 15, 2020

Detroit Housing for the Future Fund's Investment, Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Units

The N’Namdi Holdings and URGE Development Group project, which is a part of a vision the Black developers have for the West End Gallery Dist

Oct 9, 2020

Unlocking Corporate Treasuries for Racial Equity with George Ashton of LISC: A new episode of Money

October 8, 2020 On a recent episode of Money + Meaning, George Ashton, LISC's managing director of Strategic Investments discusses the newly

Oct 6, 2020

New York State Small Business Fund Shows Promise Reaching the Unreachable

LISC managed New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF) making a difference for diverse small businesses.

Sep 24, 2020

New Investor Alert: Square, Inc. to Invest $100 Million in Minority and Underserved Communities

Square allocates $25 million of the $100 million pledge in The Black Economic Development Fund

Sep 21, 2020

Making Black Banks Matter

September 21, 2020 Fortune.com Black-owned financial institutions are amplifying the call for racial justice by drawing more private capital

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Local Developers Urge Inclusive Investment In Detroit

Thermo Fisher Scientific Invests $25 Million to Support Black Communities and Businesses in the U.S.

Charlotte may have cracked the code on affordable housing. Here's how

A "Quantum Leap" for CDFI Funding: The Potential of Securitization

BEDF first investor close at $175M with $50M Investment from PayPal, $12.5M from HubSpot

Aflac Inc. Announces $25 Million Commitment to Invest in LISC's Black Economic Development FUND

Blueprint Local and LISC are using Opportunity Zones to bridge divisions, beginning in the South

DICK'S Sporting Goods Invests $12.5 Million in Black Economic Development Fund

Why investing corporate cash to close racial wealth gaps can shore up long-term growth

LISC Invests in Fearless Fund to Increase Access to Venture Funding for Minority Women Entrepreneurs

Detroit Housing for the Future Fund's Investment, Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Units

Unlocking Corporate Treasuries for Racial Equity with George Ashton of LISC: A new episode of Money

New York State Small Business Fund Shows Promise Reaching the Unreachable

New Investor Alert: Square, Inc. to Invest $100 Million in Minority and Underserved Communities

Making Black Banks Matter

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