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District of Columbia, United States

District of Columbia, United States hosts 3 impact funders and capital providers in the Causeartist directory. Browse foundations, venture firms, accelerators, and grantmakers with published presence in District of Columbia, United States. Profiles summarize thesis, sectors, stages, and application links where available.

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Low Income Investment Fund
CDFI, Debt Finance, Impact Fund
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is a nonprofit community development financial institution that raises and structures capital for projects mainstream banks will not fully serve. It began in 1984 as the Low Income Housing Fund. Headquarters are at 49 Stevenson Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105, with regional offices in New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. Daniel A. Nissenbaum is chief executive officer. Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan is president. Maygen Moore is senior vice president and chief lending officer. Reymundo Ocañas of PNC Bank chairs the board. LIIF’s public impact scorecard, from the 2025 impact report, is $3.9 billion invested and 2.6 million people served. Affordable housing has been the core book since founding, with more than 108,000 units produced or preserved. The organization also finances early care and education and community facilities such as charter schools, nonprofit space, and health centers. It has set a 2020–2030 goal of $5 billion in community investments and reported 77 percent of that goal as of 30 June 2025. Fiscal 2025 audited figures show total assets of $797 million, notes receivable of $616 million, and total net assets of $222 million. The year closed 65 loans. Lending tools include acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, and green retrofit financing for affordable homeownership and multifamily rental, plus New Markets Tax Credits and Low Income Housing Tax Credit activity through related channels. An FY25 project spotlight describes a $2.75 million, eight-year Brighter Futures Fund loan paired with NMTC for a New Orleans early care center co-located with affordable housing, supported with Goldman Sachs. ECE work includes more than $660 million invested and about 430,000 child care program spaces created, preserved, or enhanced. LIIF presents itself as catalytic and higher-risk than banks, willing to do smaller or earlier loans and to work in markets banks skip. Supporters named in the 2025 report include banks, foundations, and public agencies such as Goldman Sachs Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, MacKenzie Scott, the CDFI Fund, and Wells Fargo. The organization is a lender and fund manager for mission sponsors, not a venture equity firm.
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