LSI aligns markets for opportunity, mobility, and resilience so every family can thrive.
Our platform strengthens the building blocks of the American Dream: where we live, how we work, and what we own.
The Mission
OPPORTUNITY
Removing structural barriers so potential translates to progress.
Everyone deserves access to the resources and conditions needed to participate fully in the economy: affordable housing, meaningful work with dignity, and pathways to build wealth.
MOBILITY
The capacity for families to improve their economic position across and within generations.
Breaking cycles of stagnation through access to benefits, capital, and insights—so that hard work leads to lasting upward progress, not just survival.
RESILIENCE
The strength to withstand and recover from shocks—economic, health, or environmental—without erasing hard-won gains.
Ensuring progress is sustainable and setbacks don’t spiral into permanent hardship for workers and their families.
OUR APPROACH
The Lafayette Square Institute Bridges the Gap Between Private Capital and Public Good.
We provide community leaders, investors, workers, business owners, and lawmakers across the political spectrum with policy and AI-enabled tools to unlock private investment that furthers socioeconomic prosperity.
Our affiliation with Lafayette Square Holding Company, LLC, a national investment platform, enables us to access real-time insights from investment professionals. We utilize the analytical capabilities of Potomac X Lafayette Square, a data platform analyzing socioeconomic challenges in US communities, to promote the interests of American workers and families.
Designing Policy Frameworks to Shape Markets
Leveraging our unique position and data capabilities, we deliver policy recommendations aimed at increasing economic opportunity and driving positive change for underserved people and in overlooked places.
Building AI-Enabled Tools to Expand Access to Capital and Benefits
We understand where gaps in labor, financial, and housing markets block pathways to economic opportunity. Using our edge in data-driven design, we build tools to bridge the gap: connecting underinvested communities with the capital and benefits they deserve.
About Us
Check out our mission and receive a brief history of Lafayette Square Institute and our team.