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Missouri Stories

St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School

St. Louis,
Missouri

A ?94-Year-Old Startup? High School Secures Its Future With CDFI Support

KC Predevelopment Fund

Kansas City,
Kansas, Missouri

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

LISC Greater Kansas City, one of the nation’s largest Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Hall Family Foundation, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has established a $4 million Catalytic Urban Predevelopment Fund to provide low-interest, flexible predevelopment loans for projects in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) and Kansas City, Kansas (KCK). The fund will act as a catalyst to spur development in low to moderate income neighborhoods by providing the critical capital necessary in the early phases of real estate development projects.

Home Repair in Jackson County

Jackson County,
Missouri

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Minor home repair is a critical but often overlooked means to combat displacement, maintain a home’s value that can be passed on next generation, ensure a safe and healthy living environment, reduce utility bills, preserve a home’s valuable and often historic building materials, and more.

New Homes Bring Hope to 39th Street Corridor

Kansas City,
Missouri

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Many east side residents were saddened when a fire destroyed the former Horace Mann Elementary School seven years ago. The school, which closed in 1979, had a long and rich legacy of educating generations of students.

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Testimonials

We believe people are more than just a credit score. We believe Lending helps the Community and we do the lending that others will not.

-Donn Dischert, Alltru Credit Union, St Louis, MO

The impact that CDFI credit unions can make in lower income areas by providing financial tools for the community raises the financial independence of individuals in that area and then lessens the amount of ongoing aid that needs to be provided by the government directly to those communities.

-Dave Franke, Alltru Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

CDFIs and Credit Unions help people of modest means when other FI’s do not. We are the last bastion of hope in banking for the little guy.

-Michelle Rosner, Alltru Credit Union, Wentzville, MO

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