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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 09, 2019
The Appraisal Bias: How more equitable underwriting can increase capital in communities of color
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April 18, 2024
Sunflower State Radio: USDA Rural Development Partnership Helps Local Organization Create and Expand Food Programs in Rural Kansas
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February 01, 2024
January 2024 Loan Round-up
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December 01, 2023
November 2023 Loan Round-up
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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 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 29, 2023
NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
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September 25, 2023
Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
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September 22, 2023
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
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September 13, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times: Common Pantry Opens First Stand-Alone Location in its 56-Year History of Helping the Hungry
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September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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August 21, 2023
“Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
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June 01, 2023
May 2023 Loan Round-up
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April 24, 2023
A Rural Kansas Community Bands Together to Open a Locally Owned, Full-Service Grocery Store
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April 01, 2023
March 2023 Loan Round-up
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March 22, 2023
A $30 Million Mixed-Use Development Provides a Fresh Start for Kenosha’s Uptown Neighborhood
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March 22, 2023
Celebrating 10 Years of Impact in Indiana and Doubling Down on Statewide Solutions
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March 01, 2023
February 2023 Loan Round-up
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January 01, 2023
December 2022 Loan Round-up
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November 11, 2022
October 2022 Loan Round-up
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August 31, 2022
August 2022 Loan Round-up
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July 08, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: Auburn Gresham sets itself up for a revitalization
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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 01, 2022
May 2022 Loan Round-up
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May 18, 2022
IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
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January 31, 2022
January 2022 Loan Round-up
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December 31, 2021
December 2021 Loan Round-up
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December 14, 2021
Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
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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
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October 31, 2021
October 2021 Loan Round-up
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October 13, 2021
Transforming the Emergency Food System with an Eye on Equity: A Q&A with Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Nicole Robinson
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October 01, 2021
September 2021 Loan Round-up
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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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May 31, 2021
May 2021 Loan Round-up
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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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September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
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May 27, 2020
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April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
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February 26, 2020
Chicago Tribune: There’s a 16-year gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s West Side and the Loop. Here’s what local hospitals are doing about it.
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January 24, 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Treasury awards $4.4 million in funds to help St. Louis organize low-income banking services
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January 02, 2020
10 pieces of advice to help your organization prosper in 2020
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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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April 30, 2019
WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side
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April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
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February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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January 18, 2019
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December 07, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
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November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
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October 15, 2018
Illinois Fresh Food Fund generates $34 million in community investment
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September 05, 2018