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May 09, 2019
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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May 08, 2024
Michigan Department of Lifelong Learning, Achievement, and Potential Press Release: MiLEAP Announces $59 Million Investment to Expand and Improve 1,100+ Child Care Facilities Across Michigan
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April 25, 2024
Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave: Battle Creek’s Early Childhood Education Poised to Flourish — And Save a Church at the Same Time
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April 19, 2024
Joyful Spaces: New Program Advances Early Childhood Education Facility Quality in St. Louis
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March 27, 2024
“This is where you start a straight A student”: Quality Facilities for All Supports Early Childhood Education in Illinois
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March 07, 2024
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago’s Affordable Housing Program Helps Wisconsin Nonprofits Address Two Community Needs in One High-Quality Facility in Madison
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March 07, 2024
WGHN-AM: Rep. Scholten Secures $11.5M for Community Projects Across West Michigan
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February 21, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County Must Continue Early Childhood Funding
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February 20, 2024
The Kresge Foundation: How IFF Navigated Layering Partners, Capital to Build a New Early Childhood Center
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January 13, 2024
Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Project with Housing, Child Care Under One Roof Shows Need for Federal Fund
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December 30, 2023
Chicago Defender: ITAV Elevates Mission with Historic Acquisition of Hales in Bronzeville
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December 19, 2023
Quality Facilities for All (QFA) Initiative Completes First Cohort of ECE Facility Renovations in Chicago
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December 19, 2023
Second Wave Michigan: Report Highlights Need for More Equitable Early Childhood Care and Education
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November 20, 2023
A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
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October 25, 2023
Michigan Initiative Helping to Build More Quality, Inspiring Child Care Spaces
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October 16, 2023
Commentary: Hope Starts Here Marks Progress in Detroit, Kellogg and Kresge recommit their support
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October 13, 2023
WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
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August 10, 2023
Fox 2 Detroit: Gov. Whitmer’s new state budget includes $254M expanding free pre-K for up to 5,600 children
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June 21, 2023
Honoring Culture’s Influence on Early Childhood Education and Spaces
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June 07, 2023
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
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June 01, 2023
May 2023 Loan Round-up
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May 24, 2023
PRE4CLE Initiative Invests in Cleveland’s Youngest Learners with Funding for Facilities Upgrades and Other Supports
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March 23, 2023
Commentary: State initiative is a leap forward for early childhood facilities and those they serve
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March 22, 2023
Celebrating 10 Years of Impact in Indiana and Doubling Down on Statewide Solutions
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November 11, 2022
October 2022 Loan Round-up
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November 03, 2022
Press Release: Gov. Whitmer Announces Application is Now Live for $50M in Grants to Open and Grow Child Care Facilities in Michigan
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October 26, 2022
A Nonprofit and a Health System in Rural Indiana Team Up to Solve Two Community Challenges with One Repurposed Facility
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September 21, 2022
Stronger Together: Health Care Systems Investing in Early Care & Education
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August 23, 2022
At the Intersection of Equity and Early Childhood Education: Q&A with Erikson Institute President Dr. Mariana Souto-Manning
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June 21, 2022
Chicago’s Academy for Global Citizenship Anchors New State-of-the-Art Learning, Sustainability, and Wellness Hub Catered to Community Needs
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June 20, 2022
Recorrido de Fotos: Proveedores de educación infantil en Grand Rapids mejoran sus edificios a través del programa Learning Spaces
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June 20, 2022
Photo Tour: Grand Rapids Early Childhood Education Providers Enhance Facilities Through Learning Spaces Program
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May 18, 2022
Madison Nonprofits Team Up on Affordable Housing and Early Childhood Education in a Win-Win for Everybody
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May 18, 2022
IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
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May 01, 2022
April 2022 Loan Round-up
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February 16, 2022
Facility Turnaround in Detroit Helps Nonprofit Focus on “The Right Work at the Right Time in the Right Place”
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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization
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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 04, 2021
ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
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September 17, 2021
The Kresge Foundation: New, state-of-the art Marygrove Early Education Center celebrates grand opening
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September 15, 2021
Trailblazing Early Learning Center Opens Doors on Marygrove Campus in Detroit
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August 18, 2021
MLive: Transforming learning spaces: Program aims to improve access to early childhood education
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August 16, 2021
Transformational New Facility Unlocks Potential for Early Childhood Learners in Kansas City
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July 13, 2021
Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help
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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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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 28, 2021
IFF and Children’s Home & Aid Bolster East St. Louis Child Care Providers with COVID-19 Relief Grants
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March 31, 2021
March 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 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