Welcome to LISC Rhode Island!
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) equips communities with the capital, strategy, and the know-how to become places where people can thrive. Working with community members and local leaders, we invest in affordable housing, early child care facilities, health equity, education, public safety and workforce development – all basic needs that must be tackled together so that progress is made for all residents.
Latest News
Kevin Hart’s Gran Coramino Tequila and LISC Disburse $1M to Seed Growth for Under-resourced Small Businesses
With our partners Gran Coramino® Tequila and Kevin Hart, LISC has awarded $1M in grants to more than 100 Black and Latinx entrepreneurs, helping close wealth and opportunity gaps that limit their ability to grow. Here in Rhode Island, it was Thrive Cakery that we celebrate.
SNAP Employment & Training Brings Millions to State
LISC Rhode Island began administering the SNAP E&T program more than a decade ago with only three participants. Ten years later, LISC has expanded the program by 500% and brought more than $8.5M to program providers.
LISC Awarded a $28M HUD Section 4 Grant to Strengthen Local Nonprofit Housing Organizations Serving Under-Resourced People and Places Across the U.S.
LISC is among three of the country's largest community development and housing groups receiving a total of $83M in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 4 capacity building funding. LISC will use its $28M allocation to support 480 community development corporations nationwide, focusing on affordable housing access in historically disinvested communities. The grant includes a three-to-one match commitment of $85 million.