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Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Name: Local Initiatives Support Corporation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

3,782
grants reported: $354.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Affordable housing development and homeownership through local CDCs and Habitat affiliates
Neighborhood commercial corridor and small business support in Black and Latino districts
HBCU and minority-serving college capacity, mostly in the Southeast
Child care facility upgrades, including for-profit LLC providers in Connecticut
Workforce development and financial empowerment programs
School and community building energy and facility projects

Typical grant

Median grant is $40,000 and the middle half runs $15,000 to $100,000, so the bulk of this is modest program and project money spread very wide across 2,954 recipients. The seven-figure checks go to real estate and capital work (Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati at $4.7M, neighborhood housing groups in Buffalo and Milwaukee) and to HBCU-related institutions like Clark Atlanta, Albany State Foundation, and Savannah State Foundation. Repeat giving exists but is not the norm: 3,782 grants to 2,954 recipients means most organizations appear once in three years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“"Community Development Corporation"”
“"Neighborhood Housing Services"”
“"Economic Development"”
“"Housing Development"”
“"SEE PART IV"”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in one named neighborhood or corridor; nearly every large grant names a place, not a field.
Ask $40,000 to $100,000 for program work; reserve six figures for capital or real estate components.
Connect to their small business and commercial district theme if your work touches Black or Latino entrepreneurship.
Partner with or be housed at an established CDC, land bank, or housing developer already in their file.

Worth knowing: LISC is a national intermediary that regrants corporate, philanthropic, and public dollars, so giving tracks its local office footprint and specific funder contracts rather than an open endowment; California, Arizona, New York, Virginia, and Illinois account for most recipients, and clusters like the Connecticut child care LLCs or the school district energy grants clearly come from single funded initiatives. The 990 descriptions all read "SEE PART IV" and disclose no purpose, so read the recipient list, not the purpose field, to figure out what a given pot of money was for.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati1 grant · $4.7M
Inclusive Action for the City2 grants · $4.7M
Neighborhood Housing Services of Nyc1 grant · $3.5M
Children'S Friend and Service3 grants · $3.1M
Newport County Ymca1 grant · $3.0M
Green Options Buffalo2 grants · $2.9M
Heart of the City Neighborhoods3 grants · $2.7M
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors2 grants · $2.4M
Fair Housing Foundation2 grants · $2.3M
Meeting Street3 grants · $2.3M

Giving over time

$102.4M

2022

$149.0M

2023

$102.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,782 grants.

$4.7M
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
See part iv
$4.6M
Inclusive Action for the City · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
See part iv
$3.5M
Neighborhood Housing Services of Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
See part iv
$3.0M
Newport County Ymca · Middletown, RI · 2022
See part iv
$2.9M
Green Options Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
See part iv
$2.5M
Children'S Friend and Service · Providence, RI · 2022
See part iv
$1.9M
Albany State University Foundation · Albany, GA · 2024
See part iv
$1.9M
The Center for Nyc Neighborhoods · New York, NY · 2022
See part iv
$1.9M
Heart of the City Neighborhoods · Buffalo, NY · 2024
See part iv
$1.9M
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
See part iv
$1.9M
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
See part iv
$1.5M
Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council · Chicago, IL · 2023
See part iv
$1.4M
Onyx Architectural Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
See part iv
$1.4M
Fair Housing Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2022
See part iv
$1.4M
City of East St Louis · East St Louis, IL · 2023
See part iv
$1.3M
Harvey Home Connect · Houston, TX · 2023
See part iv
$1.2M
City of Aurora Illinois · Aurora, IL · 2022
See part iv
$1.2M
City of Peoria · Peoria, IL · 2022
See part iv
$1.1M
Liberty Hill Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
See part iv
$1.1M
Miles College · Fairfield, AL · 2024
See part iv
$1.0M
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
See part iv
$1.0M
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation · Houston, TX · 2022
See part iv
$1.0M
Savannah State University Foundation · Savannah, GA · 2024
See part iv
$1.0M
Native American Connections · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
See part iv
$1.0M
Flagstaff Shelter Services · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$1.0M
New England Fitness and Wellness Llc · Glastonbury, CT · 2023
See part iv
$1.0M
Meeting Street · Providence, RI · 2022
See part iv
$950,500
Simmons College of Ky · Louisville, KY · 2024
See part iv
$950,000
Fair Housing Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2023
See part iv
$947,489
Neighborhood Housing Services of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2022
See part iv
$900,000
Meeting Street · Providence, RI · 2023
See part iv
$876,511
Shared Mobility · Buffalo, NY · 2023
See part iv
$824,527
Avenue Community Development Corporation · Houston, TX · 2022
See part iv
$815,214
Heart of the City Neighborhoods · Buffalo, NY · 2023
See part iv
$757,251
Flanner House of Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
See part iv
$750,500
The Resurrection Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
See part iv
$750,000
Armory Arts and Music Center · Duluth, MN · 2023
See part iv
$750,000
Valley Learning Centers · Chino Valley, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$734,150
Riverworks Development Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
See part iv
$722,250
Culturingua · San Antonio, TX · 2024
See part iv
$716,340
Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
See part iv
$700,000
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024
See part iv
$700,000
Little Learners Academy of Cranston · Cranston, RI · 2023
See part iv
$679,583
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$669,333
Edna Martin Christian Center · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$651,402
Three Rivers Legal Services · Gainesville, FL · 2024
See part iv
$635,583
Southeast Community Services · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$630,583
John H Boner Community Center · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$630,000
Newport County Regional Ymca · Middletown, RI · 2024
See part iv
$630,000
Blackridge Development Corp · Cumberland, RI · 2023
See part iv
$620,000
Near West Side Partners · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
See part iv
$616,000
Historic King Drive Business Improvement District · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
See part iv
$614,632
Tejano Center for Community Concerns · Houston, TX · 2022
See part iv
$600,000
Dr Day Care · Smithfield, RI · 2023
See part iv
$600,000
Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Va · Richmond, VA · 2023
See part iv
$600,000
Ve Properties & Developments Llc · Detroit, MI · 2023
See part iv
$596,059
La Plaza · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$592,500
Sostento · Montclair, NJ · 2023
See part iv
$587,500
Copa Health · Mesa, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$579,500
Indy Black Chamber of Commerce · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
See part iv
$577,479
Children'S Friend and Service · Providence, RI · 2023
See part iv
$566,000
Flanner House of Inpolis · Inpolis, IN · 2023
See part iv
$560,000
Gehl Studio · San Francisco, CA · 2024
See part iv
$524,850
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center · Newark, NJ · 2024
See part iv
$517,292
Legacy Institute for Financial Empowerment · Lufkin, TX · 2024
See part iv
$515,770
City Ministry Network · Modesto, CA · 2022
See part iv
$500,475
New Day Schools · Lake Havasu City, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent De Paul Diocese Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
Family Housing Development Corporation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
Human Services Campus · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
Payson Regional Housing Development · Payson, AZ · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
Usvets Housing Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
Waterbury Young Men'S Christian Association · Waterbury, CT · 2024
See part iv
$500,000
La Frontera Center · Tucson, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Mountain Park Health Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Rehoboth Community Development Corp · Glendale, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
USA Housing · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Walling Affordable Communities Lp · Mesa, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Wescap Investments · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$500,000
Boys Clubs & Girls Clubs of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2022
See part iv
$500,000
Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County · San Jose, CA · 2022
See part iv
$500,000
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains · Denver, CO · 2022
See part iv
$500,000
Nola Business Alliance · New Orleans, LA · 2022
See part iv
$500,000
Ve Properties & Developments Llc · Detroit, MI · 2022
See part iv
$498,260
Buffalo United Front · Buffalo, NY · 2024
See part iv
$497,062
California Rural Legal Assistance · Oakland, CA · 2022
See part iv
$490,000
United Methodist Children'S Service of Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
See part iv
$488,500
Pascua Yaqui Tribe · Tucson, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$488,389
Operation New Hope · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
See part iv
$475,050
Avenue Community Development Corporation · Houston, TX · 2024
See part iv
$472,500
Butler University · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
See part iv
$467,958
Edna Martin Christian Center · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
See part iv
$463,711
West Side Montessori · Providence, RI · 2023
See part iv
$460,000
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
See part iv
$457,696
Center for Changing Lives · Chicago, IL · 2023
See part iv
$457,475
Self-Help Enterprises · Visalia, CA · 2022
See part iv
$454,060
Early Foundation Academy · Cranston, RI · 2023
See part iv
$450,000
Yuma Elementary School District No One · Yuma, AZ · 2023
See part iv
$450,000
Gardnerglobal · Seattle, WA · 2022
See part iv
$430,000
Legacy Redevelopment Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
See part iv

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.