News Archives
2014
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New Tool Puts Dollar Value on Social Projects
A new feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles LIIF’s newly launched Social Impact Calculator and highlights the open-source nature of the tool…
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Low Income Investment Fund Releases First-of-Its-Kind Social Impact Calculator Tool
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Plan Gets Funding to Turn Abandoned Harlem School Into Boys and Girls Club
In the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, LIIF is making an investment to transform a former public school building into a mixed-use, mixed-income development. In a recent feature, DNAinfo.com highlights the historic preservation and conversion of the former public school into the new flagship space for the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem…
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Small community loan program keeps childcare centers afloat
In a new audio and news feature, Southern California Public Radio profiles the success of LIIF’s Los Angeles Early Childhood Education (LA ECE) Bridge Fund, a first-of-its-kind fund that provides financing to preserve child development and education services for low income children in Los Angeles County…
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Community Development Needs a Quarterback
In a new blog post on the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Nancy O. Andrews of LIIF and Brande McHale of the Citi Foundation make a case for “community quarterbacks” to tackle the issues facing low-income families and communities.…
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Los Angeles Early Care and Education Bridge Fund Preserves Affordable Child Care for Thousands of Working Families
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Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Housing Introduced in Congress
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Round 11 NMTC Awardees Discuss Program’s Future, Plans for Allocations
The July issue of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits covers the announcement of the latest round of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) awards from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Examining the program’s continued economic and financial success, Novogradac surveyed several NMTC awardees, including LIIF…
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LIIF Finances LINC Project with Newly Recapitalized LA County Housing Fund
With financing from LIIF, LINC Housing will build 63 units of affordable rental housing with 31 units set aside for formerly homeless households. LIIF provided the acquisition financing to LINC through the newly restructured Los Angeles County Housing Innovation Fund (LACHIF) II…
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California Takes Landmark Step for Climate Change and Community Investment
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a budget that for the first time includes long-term, committed funding for affordable housing near transit as a key strategy to combat climate change and address economic inequality…
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