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LIIF Welcomes Three New Board Directors

 CONTACT  Christopher Gil   Director of Strategic Communications and InfluenceLow Income Investment Fund    cgil@liifund.org     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     LIIF Welcomes Three New Board DirectorsBoard expertise will scale LIIF’s work strengthening communities nationwide SAN FRANCISCO (July 10, 2025) — The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) has announced three new members will be joining its Board of Directors, bringing representation…

LIIF CEO Daniel A. Nissenbaum Headlines “Live with Living Cities” Podcast

LIIF CEO Daniel A. Nissenbaum headlined “Live with Living Cities,” an industry-renowned podcast. Living Cities, a strategic national partner, is a collaborative of philanthropic foundations and financial institutions who share our vision of closing the income and wealth gaps so that all people in the U.S. can live and thrive in their communities. The episode was titled,…

LIIF Attends National Charter Schools Conference in Orlando

We’re expanding access to high-quality learning environments. Members of LIIF’s Community Investment Programs team recently joined industry leaders at the National Charter Schools Conference in Orlando. Our Vice President, Southeast Region LaToya Kyle (photo, left) and her colleague Adyam Ghebre (photo, right) shared insights as they connected with educators, school leaders and partners. LIIF is…

LIIF’s Child Care Success Highlighted in Mercy Investment Services Article

LIIF was honored to be highlighted in a Mercy Investment Services article, “Reimagining Spaces for Early Education Child Care and Youth Development.” Our CDFI is one of more than 70 organizations around the world that have received a Mercy Partnership Fund loan to support its work. Read the Mercy Investment Services article. When the economic…

LIIF Driving Long-Term Sustainability of Child Care Small Businesses

The numbers speak volumes: LIIF conducted 16 in-home child care provider site visits/assessments in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. in just five days during June. Our goal? Long-term sustainability of for these small business owners. LIIF’s ECE Program Manager, Northeast Region Amy Shea (top photo, left) and ECE Senior Program Officer, Northeast Region Yarimar Gonzalez…

Centering Developer Voices in Loan-Product Creation

CMC Development Group (CMC) is a real estate development firm working in the New York City and Atlanta markets. CMC and its Principal Shaun Belle (top photo, center) are part of LIIF’s Growing Housing Developers (GHD) cohort. Based on extensive input from CMC and other GHD developers, LIIF created a predevelopment line of credit for…

Mission Investors Exchange Blog Highlights LIIF’s Lending Decision-Making Framework

LIIF was honored to have our lending decision-making framework, which aims to drive deep impact of our investments, as part of a Mission Investors Exchange blog, “Collaborative Approaches to Impact Measurement and Management.” Mission Investors Exchange is the leading impact investing network for foundations, philanthropic asset owners and their partners. Read the Mission Investors Exchange…

LIIF Loan to Mi Casa Inc. Set to Preserve D.C.’s Girard House as Affordable Housing

What’s “The LIIF Way?” We fill gaps in traditional financial markets, leveraging federal lending tools to strengthen historically undercapitalized communities. Take the case of Girard House, a three-story, 36-unit apartment building originally constructed in 1947 and located in the gentrifying Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Mi Casa Inc., a nonprofit affordable housing developer, has…

LIIF’s Denise Noel Joins Nationally Acclaimed Elected Officials, Delivers Speech at Groundbreaking for Park Place at Addison Road Metro in Maryland

Looking to scale their affordable housing work in the DMV region, Banneker Ventures turned to LIIF for flexible catalytic capital, with our organization offering a low-interest $2 million unsecured predevelopment line of credit for multiple projects. On June 13, LIIF Executive Vice President and General Counsel Denise Noel was invited to speak at the groundbreaking…