March 23, 2023
Commentary: State initiative is a leap forward for early childhood facilities and those they serve
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February 20, 2023
From Scarcity to Inspiration: Rethinking the Value of Nonprofit Facilities
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September 21, 2022
Stronger Together: Health Care Systems Investing in Early Care & Education
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February 11, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: We need to hack appraisal-based lending
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November 16, 2021
Home-based early childhood education providers deserve to be included in funding, supports
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November 15, 2021
Want to make capital access more equitable? Reconsider your target market criteria.
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November 09, 2021
Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds
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July 13, 2021
Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help
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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 07, 2021
Five Ways That Lenders Can Interrupt Racism and Provide Restorative-Justice Capital in Our Communities
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March 04, 2021
Doubling Down on IFF Commitments to Further Impact Midwest Communities
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January 27, 2021
Impact Investors and CDFIs Can Partner to Create Greater Impact
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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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October 08, 2020
Interested in Racial Justice? Invest in Early Childhood Education.
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September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
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June 05, 2020
Letter: Community Reinvestment Act Addresses Racism
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June 03, 2020
A message from IFF CEO Joe Neri and IFF Board Chair Guadalupe Preston
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Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
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Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): IFF’s Letter to Comptroller Otting and Chairman McWilliams
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February 12, 2020
Can we finally change our sexist funding policies for early care and education?
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CEOs of Four National CDFI Loan Funds Comment on CRA Rulemaking
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December 02, 2019
Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
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October 25, 2019
Part 1: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
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October 25, 2019
Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
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September 26, 2019
Using data to drive investment and impact
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July 24, 2019
Why community developers should care more about early childhood education
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The Appraisal Bias: How more equitable underwriting can increase capital in communities of color
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March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
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February 26, 2019