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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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June 14, 2021
A New Facility in Milwaukee Has Eco-Friendly Blue Skies Landscaping Seeing Green
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June 14, 2021
$2.5 Million in IFF Loans Strengthen CDFI Industry and Support Small Businesses in the Midwest
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June 14, 2021
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Spotlight: InsideOut Literary Arts Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen
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June 14, 2021
Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
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June 02, 2021
U.S. News & World Report: MacKenzie Scott’s No-Strings Gifts Extend Beyond Grantees
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June 02, 2021
Bloomberg: MacKenzie Scott’s Donations Touch Charities Far Beyond the Original Grantees
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June 02, 2021
Associated Press: MacKenzie Scott’s no-strings gifts extend beyond grantees
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June 01, 2021
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: MacKenzie Scott’s No-Strings Giving Reverberates Way Beyond the Direct Beneficiaries
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June 01, 2021
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bria Grant studied this building’s development potential for a class project. Now, she’s renovating it for a restaurant and other uses.
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June 01, 2021
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in St. Louis, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
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May 31, 2021
May 2021 Loan Round-up
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May 05, 2021
How Learning Spaces Expansion to Grand Rapids Addresses Inequity and Shapes Children’s Futures
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April 30, 2021
April 2021 Loan Round-up
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April 29, 2021
Muncie’s 8twelve Coalition – Building Community One Cup of Coffee at a Time
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April 28, 2021
IFF and Children’s Home & Aid Bolster East St. Louis Child Care Providers with COVID-19 Relief Grants
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April 28, 2021
Covenant House Illinois Doubles Down on Ending Youth Homelessness with More Beds and Services in East Garfield Park
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April 13, 2021
Commongrounds Cooperative Puts Community First in Traverse City
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April 07, 2021
Five Ways That Lenders Can Interrupt Racism and Provide Restorative-Justice Capital in Our Communities
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April 05, 2021
Chicago Architect Magazine: Home First
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March 31, 2021
March 2021 Loan Round-up
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March 30, 2021
Impact Alpha: Five ways that lenders can interrupt racism and provide restorative-justice capital in our communities
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March 23, 2021
The Lakeshore West Michigan: GHACF invests $1.5M to provide low-cost loans to community nonprofits
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March 04, 2021
Doubling Down on IFF Commitments to Further Impact Midwest Communities
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February 28, 2021
February 2021 Loan Round-up
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February 25, 2021
Model D: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park
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February 22, 2021
OFN & Twitter announce first Finance Justice Fund loans
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February 01, 2021
USA Today: They’ve nurtured our babies through COVID-19 horrors; now, child care workers aren’t sure when they’ll get vaccinated
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February 01, 2021
Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people
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February 01, 2021
IFF and JPMorgan Chase’s Stronger Nonprofit Initiative Assisting Milwaukee Nonprofit Leaders of Color
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January 31, 2021
January 2021 Loan Round-up
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January 29, 2021
Milwaukee Courier: IFF and JPMorgan Chase’s Stronger Nonprofit Initiative Assisting Milwaukee Nonprofit Leaders of Color
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January 29, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Here’s when construction will start on Green Street’s $40M housing project in The Grove
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January 27, 2021
Impact Investors and CDFIs Can Partner to Create Greater Impact
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January 26, 2021
Next STL: Union At The Grove to Break Ground
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January 26, 2021
WILX Lansing: Children’s Book Provides Practical Tips for Returning to In-Person Learning
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January 22, 2021
The News-Gazette: With homes filled and park open, Bristol Place ‘a really great community’
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January 12, 2021
Starbucks Press Release: Starbucks expands initiatives to advance opportunity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves
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January 08, 2021
Weekly Citizen: New initiative provides for BIPOC arts and culture organizations
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January 05, 2021
“How My School Fights a Virus:” IFF publishes children’s book with practical tips on returning to school
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December 17, 2020
Media Advisory: $16.5 million Initiative for BIPOC Arts & Culture Organizations Launched in Chicago
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December 16, 2020
Crain’s Detroit: MacKenzie Scott donates millions of her Amazon wealth to nonprofits in Michigan
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December 15, 2020
MacKenzie Scott: 384 Ways to Help
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December 11, 2020
WTMJ-TV Milwaukee: Increasing racial diversity among nonprofit leadership starts with achieving financial literacy
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November 19, 2020
Citi Foundation Provides $15 Million in Support to 30 Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U.S.
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November 06, 2020
Lake County News-Sun: Renovation will essentially create new 5-story North Chicago middle school
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October 26, 2020
Matrix Human Services: L.A.C.C. Child Care Academy Transforms After Renovations
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October 23, 2020
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Detroit and Milwaukee, Providing Free Financial Resources for Leaders of Color
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October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
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October 12, 2020