Opportunity Alabama is Combining Community & Capital to Fulfill the Potential of Opportunity Zones
In three years, Opportunity Alabama has helped facilitate more than a dozen real estate projects in one of the nation's poorest states.
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- Apr 27, 2021
DuPont Invests $20 Million in LISC's Black Economic Development Fund
Adapted from original press release - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dupont-announces-20-million-investment-in-liscs-black-econ...
- Apr 27, 2021
Application Portal Now Open for Southern Small Businesses and Nonprofits!
Adapted from original press release https://www.connect2capital.com/p/soar-fund/soar-fund-pr-4-27-21/ Southern Small Businesses and...
- Apr 4, 2021
Welcome Wayfair! $20 Million Investment in LISC's Black Economic Development Fund
The below press release was originally published on Business Wire: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210405005139/en/Wayfair-Commi...
- Mar 15, 2021
LISC Recognized as an ImpactAssets 50 Emeritus Impact Manager
3.16.2022 Press Release LISC has been named Emertius Impact Manager for the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a who’s-who of fund managers...
- Mar 3, 2021
SOAR - Multi-Million Dollar Fund Launches to Invest in Businesses Across the South
Original Press Release - PR Newswire - March 3, 2021 National and Local Community Lenders Announce Multi-Million Dollar Fund to Support...
- Mar 1, 2021
Develop Detroit taps Detroit Housing for the Future Fund to preserve affordable housing
DETROIT – Develop Detroit has purchased the West Boston Apartments and will renovate and preserve them as affordable housing thanks to...
- Feb 25, 2021
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, 2021
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, 2021
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.
- 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)...
- 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...
- 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 8, 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.
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