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LIIF’s Eliisa Frazier Selected to Join the Center for Community Investment’s 2026-2027 Field Catalyst Fellowship Cohort

Vice President, Impact Capital Initiatives Eliisa Frazier (photo, second row, second left) has been selected to join the 2026–2027 Field Catalyst Fellowship cohort with the Center for Community Investment. As part of this program, Eliisa will be working alongside 15 brilliant leaders from across the country to refine strategies for making long-term, community-centered change. Eliisa is…

LIIF Sharing Insights at BUILD25 Child Care Conference in Los Angeles

The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) Team shared insights at this week’s BUILD25 convening of child care leaders in Los Angeles. For example, our Senior Policy and Program Officer, ECE Samantha Peyton joined Dr. Wanzi Muruvi of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, UC Berkeley and Dr. Marisa Schlieber from the…

Citi Foundation Selects LIIF as Recipient of 2025 Community Finance Initiative Grant

LIIF has been selected as a recipient of the Citi Foundation’s 2025 Community Finance Initiative. This support will enable us to provide financial counseling and coaching to family child care entrepreneurs in New York City through our soon-to-launch Family Child Care Financial Health Initiative. Strengthening the financial health of family child care entrepreneurs is essential…

LIIF’s Natasha Dowell Shares Insights at ULI Atlanta’s Livable Communities Council Fall Meeting

Today, Loan Officer, Southeast Region Natasha Dowell (photo, third left) joined community-development leaders at the fall meeting of the Urban Land Institute Atlanta’s Livable Communities Council. The agenda centered on Mayor Andre Dickens’ Place-Based Initiatives Strategy, with South Atlanta serving as a powerful case study for how community-driven revitalization can take shape. Natasha’s three key…

LIIF Tours IRCO and Glisan Landing Co-Location Project in Portland, Oregon

The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) Team recently headed to Portland, Oregon to visit with staff from the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), founded by refugees almost five decades ago with a mission “to welcome, serve, and empower refugees, immigrants and people across cultures and generations to reach their full potential.” Hosts Thomas…

LIIF CEO Daniel A. Nissenbaum Offers Insights at NAAHL/CAHL ‘2025 Policy and Practice Conference’

LIIF CEO Daniel A. Nissenbaum shared insights around innovations and investments in affordable housing and community development as a guest speaker at the Nov. 5 National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL)/Center for Affordable Housing Lending (CAHL) “2025 Policy and Practice Conference.” The theme was “Unlocking Housing Supply, Unlocking Economic Opportunity,” with the venue the…

LIIF Partners with Lift to Rise to Provide Early-Stage Catalytic Capital for Palm Desert Family Apartments in Coachella Valley, California

Through the We Lift: Coachella Valley Housing Catalyst Fund, LIIF and partner Lift to Rise each provided Affirmed Housing half of the capital for two loans supporting their planned affordable housing community in Palm Desert: Palm Desert Family Apartments will comprise 298 units for community members earning 30%-70% of the area median income (AMI). Affirmed…