Stories
May 18, 2022
Photo Tour: $15 Million Adaptive Reuse of Historic Church Campus Enables Chicago Charter School’s Expansion
Read MoreStories
May 18, 2022
The Role of Cultural Assets in Community Development: A Q&A with Floating Museum Co-Director Faheem Majeed
Read MoreStories
May 18, 2022
Madison Nonprofits Team Up on Affordable Housing and Early Childhood Education in a Win-Win for Everybody
Read MoreStories
May 18, 2022
New Neal Math and Science Academy on Track for November 2022 Grand Opening
Read MoreStories
May 18, 2022
IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
Read MorePress
May 16, 2022
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Kansas City, MO, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
Read MoreStories
May 01, 2022
April 2022 Loan Round-up
Read MoreStories
April 19, 2022
Nonprofit BUILD Moves Quickly to Disrupt the Status Quo with a Bold Investment in Community Infrastructure on Chicago’s West Side
Read MoreStories
April 19, 2022
Photo Tour: A Repurposed School Begins Its Second Act as a Building Block for Revitalization in North St. Louis
Read MoreStories
April 19, 2022
A Collaborative Approach to Community Building and a Newly Renovated Facility Create a Platform for Transformation in Grand Rapids’ Third Ward
Read MoreResources
April 19, 2022
Ask a Nonprofit Lender: Why Should a Nonprofit Consider Debt for a Facility Project?
Read MoreStories
April 01, 2022
March 2022 Loan Round-up
Read MoreStories
March 15, 2022
Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s New 3333 Facility Provides a “Creative Sandbox” for St. Louis’ Arts Community
Read MoreStories
March 15, 2022
Patient Capital and “CDFI Plus” Support Provide Indianapolis Charter School with On-ramp to Achieve Growth Goals
Read MoreStories
March 15, 2022
Photo Tour: New Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Creates an Arts-Centric Gateway for a Local Business District
Read MoreStories
March 15, 2022
Establishing Mutually Beneficial Bank-CDFI Referral Relationships: A Q&A with First Bank of Highland Park Senior Vice President Courtney Olson
Read MoreStories
March 01, 2022
February 2022 Loan Round-up
Read MoreStories
February 16, 2022
Built from Within: PODER Begins Construction of Chicago’s First Immigrant Integration and Job Center
Read MoreResources
February 16, 2022
Nonprofit Facility Planning Myths, Misconceptions, and Red Flags: Takeaways from The Columbus Foundation’s Nonprofit Forum
Read MoreStories
February 16, 2022
Facility Turnaround in Detroit Helps Nonprofit Focus on “The Right Work at the Right Time in the Right Place”
Read MoreStories
February 16, 2022
Virtual Tour: Two model homes on Chicago’s West Side demonstrate proof of concept for a bold community revitalization strategy
Read MoreStories
February 16, 2022
Building a Dream Incubator: 5 Questions for baso Founder and President Claudette Soto
Read MoreThought Leadership
Press
February 11, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: We need to hack appraisal-based lending
Read MoreStories
January 31, 2022
January 2022 Loan Round-up
Read MorePress
January 25, 2022
Next City: Is There a Formula to Creating an Anti-Racist School?
Read MoreStories
January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: North Lawndale Employment Network’s First Permanent Campus
Read MoreStories
January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Paddocks Bring Affordable Workforce Housing to Rural Indiana Community
Read MoreStories
January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: Seeds of Health’s Tenor High School Opens New Campus in Historic Milwaukee Location
Read MoreStories
January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization
Read MoreStories
December 31, 2021
December 2021 Loan Round-up
Read MoreStories
December 14, 2021
Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
Read MoreStories
December 14, 2021
Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
Read MoreStories
December 14, 2021
Indianapolis Social Enterprise Begins Construction of $13 Million Workforce Development Complex for Returning Citizens
Read MoreStories
December 14, 2021
“If you want better, you have to change your narrative”: A Q&A with Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder and CEO of the American Association of Single Parents
Read MoreStories
December 01, 2021
November 2021 Loan Round-up
Read MorePress
November 30, 2021
ABC Detroit WXYZ: Groundbreaking held in Detroit for city’s first Healthy Housing Center
Read MoreStories
November 16, 2021
Birth Detroit Reimagines Maternal and Infant Care with Plan for Community-Based, Black-led Birth Centers
Read MoreStories
November 16, 2021
Financial Literacy and Career Readiness Come to Life in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s New Facility
Read MoreStories
November 16, 2021
Understanding that we are a collective: How vision became reality for the Chatham Education & Workforce Center
Read MoreStories
November 16, 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Communities of Color and the Health Care System: A Q&A with UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant
Read MoreThought Leadership
November 16, 2021
Home-based early childhood education providers deserve to be included in funding, supports
Read MoreThought Leadership
November 15, 2021
Want to make capital access more equitable? Reconsider your target market criteria.
Read MoreThought Leadership
November 09, 2021
Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds
Read MorePress
November 05, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Training program for nonprofit groups led by people of color comes to St. Louis
Read MorePress
November 04, 2021
ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
Read MoreStories
October 31, 2021
October 2021 Loan Round-up
Read MorePress
October 19, 2021
Milwaukee Community Journal: Seeds of Health gears up to celebrate Tenor High School’s new Journal Square location and a 2021 CARW Deal of the Year nomination
Read MoreStories
October 13, 2021
Family Christian Health Center Responds to Pandemic by Leaning Further into Its Mission
Read MoreStories
October 13, 2021
The Night Ministry’s “The Crib” Designed with Both Its Clients and Community in Mind
Read MoreStories
October 13, 2021