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A Year of Growth & Renewal

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2021 Highlights

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By the Numbers

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Our Funders

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Our Local Advisory Council

2021 was a flurry of activity - continuing our critical pandemic relief work - and yet we made time to celebrate impact, develop our team and set the groundwork for the next stage of our strategic work. 

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2021 Highlights

01.14.21 | STORY

These nonprofits give small businesses what they need to survive and thrive

So much goes into the relationship between small businesses and the nonprofit business development organizations (BDOs) that are dedicated to supporting them and helping them grow. The three BDOs profiled here, longtime LISC partners, have gone above and beyond to help entrepreneurs survive the COVID-19 pandemic. They know that the wellbeing of small businesses means jobs preserved, goods and services are accessible to the community, and local economies have a better chance of weathering the pandemic-borne recession.

Learn more [+]

03.24.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Grand opening of their Patina Mountain Preserve Wellness Center and Dunlap Point Housing Community

On March 24th we celebrated the opening of Dunlap Pointe, a 54-unit permanent supportive housing community designed to serve chronically homeless persons including a focus on veterans.

Situated on the edge of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, this secured community is accessed through a single point of entry. As one part of a two-part campus, Dunlap Pointe is adjacent to Patina Mountain Preserve, a 55-bed congregate living community. Together, these developments will create a safe and secure environment with rich and holistic supportive services, using best practices from NAC’s 45+ year history serving the residents of Phoenix.

Learn more [+]

04.21.21 | STORY

LISC + Lowe’s: A COVID Response That Buoyed 2,782 Small Businesses

Over the past 10 months, a $55 million commitment from Lowe’s enabled LISC to deploy emergency relief and resiliency grants to nearly 2,782 small businesses, mostly minority- and woman-owned enterprises, inclusing 55 in the Phoenix-area like Palabras Bilingal Bookstore.

Learn more [+]

06.21.21 | STORY

A Phoenix Group That Helps Nourish the Bodies and Hearts of LGBTQ+ Youth

One n ten, a Phoenix non-profit and LISC partner, serves a wide range of LGBTQ+ young people, many of them homeless, with food, hygiene supplies, resource navigation and a sympathetic ear. And during the darkest days of the pandemic, they helped clients understand that social distance doesn’t have to mean social isolation.

Learn more [+]

07.20.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

New Arizona tax credit could spur $160 million in affordable housing development

Learn more [+]

09.15.21 | STORY

“We’re very much building Culdesac Tempe to be a bridge to the surrounding community. It’s really offering life at your front door, not only for our residents but for the surrounding community.”
- Lavanya Sunder, General Manager, Culdesac

Culdesac Tempe helps redirect traffic of ideas about growth and development

Irony has taken up residence in the Apache Boulevard corridor, and it looks right at home in Tempe.

Learn more [+]

10.28.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 Community Awards Honorees

Check out all of the 2-minute videos to see us present the awards and hear the honorees talk about their community impact.

Learn more [+]

11.23.21 | STORY

In South Phoenix, tending the indigenous seeds of a more nourishing world

Maria del Carmen Parra Cano and the other founders of the Cihuapactli Collective, an Indigenous- and women-run organization in South Phoenix, are growing cultural, spiritual and physical nourishment, literally from the ground up. In recognition of Native American Heritage Month and the Thanksgiving season, we are pleased to share their story.

12.03.21 | STORY

For formerly incarcerated women in Arizona, a fair chance at financial wellness

The Arouet Foundation supports women returning from incarceration in Phoenix, helping them work toward financial stability and avoid recidivism—beginning while they are still imprisoned. The Foundation’s Alison Rapping sat down with LISC to explain how the Financial Opportunity Center model, combined with other wrap-around services, has been extraordinarily successful in assisting clients to get past the unjust obstacles that block the progress of so many returning citizens.

Learn more [+]

02.17.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix executive director, Terry Benelli, appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors

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03.22.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

$2 million in grants for 276 microenterprises in Phoenix

04.07.21 | STORY

Anti-displacement strategies help preserve what’s special about commercial corridor ecosystems

Roosevelt Row, the stretch of downtown Phoenix made popular by artists and small business owners, is a lot of things to a lot of people. Today, it is also well-known for what it is not: It is nothing, goes the common lament, like it used to be. Redevelopment removed a lot of the physical character and the people who made the cultural vibe in the Roosevelt corridor so popular that developers wanted to be part of it, even if it meant capitalizing with projects that caused displacement.

Learn more [+]

05.10.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix assistant program officer, Mariana Torres, named to the Greater Phoenix Workforce Leadership Academy
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06.16.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

“These deserving award recipients will create intentionally connected communities and foster healthier individuals, families and economies.”
- Lorry Bottrill, CEO, Mercy Care & Home Matters Arizona Governance Fund Chair

Home Matters Arizona Fund Grantees Announced, Summer Applications Open

The Home Matters Arizona Fund has announced three more funded projects and the opening of the summer 2021 round of applications. The fund is a collaboration of Arizona's managed care organizations that aims to ensure a new generation of affordable housing developments for Arizonans that intentionally create connected communities and prioritize healthier individuals, families and economies.

Learn more [+]

07.07.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Low-interest loans from Wells Fargo help McDowell Corridor businesses like Authentic EthioAfrica Restaurant grow 

Learn more [+]

09.01.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

Carolina Aranibar-Fernández, an artist who thinks like a sociologist and acts like an anthropologist, is named artist-in-residence for LISC Phoenix
Learn more [+]

10.01.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix welcomes Sandra Flores to LISC as an assistant program officer.
Learn more [+]

10.28.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

LISC receives $5 million grant from SBA for small business support

In October, LISC was announced as a recipient of a $5 million grant from the Community Navigator Pilot Program, part of the federal American Rescue Plan and designed to reduce barriers to capital and other support that small businesses face, especially those owned by BIPOC, women and U.S. veteran entrepreneurs. The total $100 million initiative, administered by the Small Business Administration, will help a total of 51 organizations acting as hubs to connect small businesses with federal resources.

Learn more [+]

11.22.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix welcomes David Longoria to the team as a program officer.
Learn more [+]

12.02.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Trellis @ Mission groundbreaking

In December we celebrated the groundbreaking of Trellis' newest project, Trellis @ Mission!

This 43-unit townhouse community in Sunnyslope will provide affordable homeownership opportunities through a lease-to-purchase program.

Learn more [+]

12.31.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

LISC Phoenix sets 2022-2024 Strategic Plan to guide work for the next three years

Learn more [+]

01.14.21 | STORY

These nonprofits give small businesses what they need to survive and thrive

So much goes into the relationship between small businesses and the nonprofit business development organizations (BDOs) that are dedicated to supporting them and helping them grow. The three BDOs profiled here, longtime LISC partners, have gone above and beyond to help entrepreneurs survive the COVID-19 pandemic. They know that the wellbeing of small businesses means jobs preserved, goods and services are accessible to the community, and local economies have a better chance of weathering the pandemic-borne recession.

Learn more [+]

02.17.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix executive director, Terry Benelli, appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Los Angeles Branch Board of Directors

Learn more [+]

03.22.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

$2 million in grants for 276 microenterprises in Phoenix

03.24.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Grand opening of their Patina Mountain Preserve Wellness Center and Dunlap Point Housing Community

On March 24th we celebrated the opening of Dunlap Pointe, a 54-unit permanent supportive housing community designed to serve chronically homeless persons including a focus on veterans.

Situated on the edge of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, this secured community is accessed through a single point of entry. As one part of a two-part campus, Dunlap Pointe is adjacent to Patina Mountain Preserve, a 55-bed congregate living community. Together, these developments will create a safe and secure environment with rich and holistic supportive services, using best practices from NAC’s 45+ year history serving the residents of Phoenix.

Learn more [+]

04.07.21 | STORY

Anti-displacement strategies help preserve what’s special about commercial corridor ecosystems

Roosevelt Row, the stretch of downtown Phoenix made popular by artists and small business owners, is a lot of things to a lot of people. Today, it is also well-known for what it is not: It is nothing, goes the common lament, like it used to be. Redevelopment removed a lot of the physical character and the people who made the cultural vibe in the Roosevelt corridor so popular that developers wanted to be part of it, even if it meant capitalizing with projects that caused displacement.

Learn more [+]

04.21.21 | STORY

LISC + Lowe’s: A COVID Response That Buoyed 2,782 Small Businesses

Over the past 10 months, a $55 million commitment from Lowe’s enabled LISC to deploy emergency relief and resiliency grants to nearly 2,782 small businesses, mostly minority- and woman-owned enterprises, inclusing 55 in the Phoenix-area like Palabras Bilingal Bookstore.

Learn more [+]

05.10.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix assistant program officer, Mariana Torres, named to the Greater Phoenix Workforce Leadership Academy
Learn more [+]

06.16.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

“These deserving award recipients will create intentionally connected communities and foster healthier individuals, families and economies.”
- Lorry Bottrill, CEO, Mercy Care & Home Matters Arizona Governance Fund Chair

Home Matters Arizona Fund Grantees Announced, Summer Applications Open

The Home Matters Arizona Fund has announced three more funded projects and the opening of the summer 2021 round of applications. The fund is a collaboration of Arizona's managed care organizations that aims to ensure a new generation of affordable housing developments for Arizonans that intentionally create connected communities and prioritize healthier individuals, families and economies.

Learn more [+]

06.21.21 | STORY

A Phoenix Group That Helps Nourish the Bodies and Hearts of LGBTQ+ Youth

One n ten, a Phoenix non-profit and LISC partner, serves a wide range of LGBTQ+ young people, many of them homeless, with food, hygiene supplies, resource navigation and a sympathetic ear. And during the darkest days of the pandemic, they helped clients understand that social distance doesn’t have to mean social isolation.

Learn more [+]

07.07.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Low-interest loans from Wells Fargo help McDowell Corridor businesses like Authentic EthioAfrica Restaurant grow 

Learn more [+]

07.20.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

New Arizona tax credit could spur $160 million in affordable housing development

Learn more [+]

09.01.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

Carolina Aranibar-Fernández, an artist who thinks like a sociologist and acts like an anthropologist, is named artist-in-residence for LISC Phoenix
Learn more [+]

09.15.21 | STORY

“We’re very much building Culdesac Tempe to be a bridge to the surrounding community. It’s really offering life at your front door, not only for our residents but for the surrounding community.”
- Lavanya Sunder, General Manager, Culdesac

Culdesac Tempe helps redirect traffic of ideas about growth and development

Irony has taken up residence in the Apache Boulevard corridor, and it looks right at home in Tempe.

Learn more [+]

10.01.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix welcomes Sandra Flores to LISC as an assistant program officer.
Learn more [+]

10.28.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

LISC receives $5 million grant from SBA for small business support

In October, LISC was announced as a recipient of a $5 million grant from the Community Navigator Pilot Program, part of the federal American Rescue Plan and designed to reduce barriers to capital and other support that small businesses face, especially those owned by BIPOC, women and U.S. veteran entrepreneurs. The total $100 million initiative, administered by the Small Business Administration, will help a total of 51 organizations acting as hubs to connect small businesses with federal resources.

Learn more [+]

10.28.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

2021 Community Awards Honorees

Check out all of the 2-minute videos to see us present the awards and hear the honorees talk about their community impact.

Learn more [+]

11.22.21 | STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

LISC Phoenix welcomes David Longoria to the team as a program officer.
Learn more [+]

11.23.21 | STORY

In South Phoenix, tending the indigenous seeds of a more nourishing world

Maria del Carmen Parra Cano and the other founders of the Cihuapactli Collective, an Indigenous- and women-run organization in South Phoenix, are growing cultural, spiritual and physical nourishment, literally from the ground up. In recognition of Native American Heritage Month and the Thanksgiving season, we are pleased to share their story.

12.02.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

Trellis @ Mission groundbreaking

In December we celebrated the groundbreaking of Trellis' newest project, Trellis @ Mission!

This 43-unit townhouse community in Sunnyslope will provide affordable homeownership opportunities through a lease-to-purchase program.

Learn more [+]

12.03.21 | STORY

For formerly incarcerated women in Arizona, a fair chance at financial wellness

The Arouet Foundation supports women returning from incarceration in Phoenix, helping them work toward financial stability and avoid recidivism—beginning while they are still imprisoned. The Foundation’s Alison Rapping sat down with LISC to explain how the Financial Opportunity Center model, combined with other wrap-around services, has been extraordinarily successful in assisting clients to get past the unjust obstacles that block the progress of so many returning citizens.

Learn more [+]

12.31.21 | ANNOUNCEMENT

LISC Phoenix sets 2022-2024 Strategic Plan to guide work for the next three years

Learn more [+]

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BY THE NUMBERS

In 2021

$225 million

leveraged

$17.7 million

invested

$5.3 million

granted

affordable homes and apartments

square feet of commercial space

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OUR FUNDERS

2021 Private Sector Support

Alliance Bank of Arizona

American Express

Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Community Foundation

AZCH - CCP

Bank of America

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Banner Health

Ross Bergstedt

BMO Harris Bank

Capital One

Care1st Health Plan of Arizona, Inc.

CIT Bank, N.A.

Dignity Health

Downtown Phoenix Partnership

Dunlap & Magee Property Management

Maria T. & Craig P. Echeveste

Enterprise Bank

Federal Home Loan Banks

FineMark National Bank & Trust

First Bank Holding Company

Foothills Bank

Friends of Transit

Gorman & Company, Inc.

Harkins

Health Choice

Joseph M. Horiye

Horizon Community Bank

Rachel Hughes

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lenovo United States

Lincoln Financial Foundation

Magellan

Mercy Care

MidFirst Bank

Dan Nahom

The NARBHA Institute

National Bank of Arizona

New York Community Bank

Northern Trust

Pacific Premier Bank

PNC

PNC Foundation

State Farm

Sunbelt Holdings

Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program™

Tradition Capital Bank

TrustBank

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank Foundation

United HealthCare

Valley Metro

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Foundation

2021 Public Sector Support

City of Mesa

City of Phoenix

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

U.S. Small Business Administration

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OUR LOCAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Maria Echeveste Chair of the LAC, Bank of America

Barbara Boone Alliance Bank

Teniqua Broughton State of Black Arizona

Saré Burke JPMorgan Chase

Katie Campana Wells Fargo

Jennifer Fletcher MidFirst Bank

Jon Ford Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Marcos Garay National Bank of Arizona

Augie Gastelum Patchwork Community Inclusion

Imad Hatoum First Bank

Hillary Holcomb State Farm

Thomas Hosier Stearns Bank

Paul Huleatt City of Phoenix

Maria Laughner City of Tempe

Luis Marquez BMO Harris Bank

Jeff McVay City of Mesa, Managers office

Gina Montes City of Phoenix

Mitchel Moore ACCEL

Garrett Murdock U.S. Bank

Melinda Nypen JPMorgan Chase

Lisa Price Wells Fargo

Horace Raymond Arizona Cardinals

Adrian Ruiz Valley Metro

Joan Serviss Arizona Housing Coalition

Alex Shaffer Arizona Federal Credit Union

Lourdes Sierra PNC Bank

Mark Stapp WP Carey School Of Business

Serena Unrein Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities

Lisa Van Ella Foothills Bank

Derric Walker Northern Trust Bank N.A.

Michael "Steve" Warwick Amtrust, New York Community Bank

David Weinglass APS

Diana "Dede" Yazzie-Devine Native American Connections

What a year, and what amazing partners by our side! Though contributions big and small, thought partnership, trust and hard work, we couldn't have had this impact without you.

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LISC Phoenix 2021 Annual Report

lisc.org/phoenix

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