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  1. February 02, 2024

    FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  2. February 01, 2024

    January 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  3. January 31, 2024

    IFF Borrower 30th Street Industrial Corridor Completes Rehab of Milwaukee’s Historic Garden Homes
    Category: Stories
  4. January 24, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Plans 202 Apartments in Second Holland-Area Project
    Category: Press
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  5. January 23, 2024

    New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
    Category: Stories
  6. January 23, 2024

    New Markets Tax Credits: A Primer for Nonprofit Leaders
    Category: Resources
  7. January 23, 2024

    Investing in Chicago’s West Side, One Young Person at a Time: Q&A with MAAFA Redemption Project’s Marshall Hatch, Jr.
    Category: Stories
  8. January 18, 2024

    Press Release: IFF Promotes Donna Sink to Director of Real Estate Solutions for the Indiana Region
    Category: Press
  9. January 16, 2024

    Crain’s Cleveland Business: How CDFIs Are Helping Northeast Ohio Thrive
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  10. January 13, 2024

    Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Project with Housing, Child Care Under One Roof Shows Need for Federal Fund
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  11. January 12, 2024

    Enterprise Podcast Network: Preserving BIPOC-Led and Focused Arts and Culture in Chicago
    Category: Press
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  12. January 09, 2024

    Lake County News-Sun: Officials Say Lake County at Inflection Point in Homelessness Crisis; Population Growing as Affordable Housing Lags Behind
    Category: Press
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  13. January 08, 2024

    Crain’s Detroit Business: New Michigan Development Pushes Eco-Housing to the Limit
    Category: Press
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  14. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  15. January 01, 2024

    Twin Cities Art Reader: HUGE Improv Theater’s Forever Home and Winter Season
    Category: Press
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  16. December 30, 2023

    Chicago Defender: ITAV Elevates Mission with Historic Acquisition of Hales in Bronzeville
    Category: Press
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  17. December 01, 2023

    November 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  18. November 20, 2023

    A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
    Category: Stories
  19. November 20, 2023

    IFF Leverages FHLBank Chicago Membership to Unlock $33.5+ Million in Funding for Affordable Housing in the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  20. November 19, 2023

    Evanston RoundTable: The Aux Launches First Phase of Construction
    Category: Press
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  21. November 09, 2023

    Crain’s Cleveland Business: Chicago-based Lender Helps Cleveland Nonprofits Secure Capital to Achieve Their Mission
    Category: Press
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  22. November 08, 2023

    Columbus Business First: Columbus Foundation Grants More Than $2 Million to Nonprofits for Capital Improvements
    Category: Press
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  23. November 04, 2023

    Petoskey News-Review: Lofts at Lumber Square Breaks Ground in Petoskey
    Category: Press
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  24. November 03, 2023

    WGVU’s The Shelley Irwin Show: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County
    Category: Press
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  25. November 03, 2023

    The Columbus Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
    Category: Press
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  26. November 02, 2023

    Fox 17 West Michigan: School Safety and Housing Among Topics of Focus During Kent County’s State of the County Address
    Category: Press
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  27. November 01, 2023

    October 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  28. October 26, 2023

    Crain’s Chicago Business: Opinion: The Business Survival Case for Arming Arts Leaders with Financial Tools and Resources
    Category: Press
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  29. October 25, 2023

    City of Bloomington: CDFI Friendly Bloomington Celebrates Accomplishments and Hosts Partners
    Category: Press
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  30. October 25, 2023

    NXG Youth Motorsports Gets to the Starting Line for a Permanent Headquarters
    Category: Stories
  31. October 25, 2023

    HUGE Improv Theater Bounces Back in the Twin Cities
    Category: Stories
  32. October 25, 2023

    Michigan Initiative Helping to Build More Quality, Inspiring Child Care Spaces
    Category: Stories
  33. October 23, 2023

    Empower Magazine: IFF’s Executive Director of Chicago Region, O. Victoria Lakes-Battle Shares the Impact of Chicago’s Cultural Treasures
    Category: Press
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  34. October 13, 2023

    WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
    Category: Press
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  35. October 12, 2023

    Lake County News-Sun: PADS Lake County Using Hotels More Than Churches to House the Homeless
    Category: Press
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  36. October 12, 2023

    The Kresge Foundation: CDFIs: An Under-Represented Stakeholder in the Public Finance Ecosystem?
    Category: Press
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  37. October 11, 2023

    WGN-TV: ChiTreasures: Preserving Cultural Heritage of Hispanic Community
    Category: Press
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  38. October 05, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Join the Parade of Garden Homes
    Category: Press
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  39. October 04, 2023

    Weekly Citizen: Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Continues to Support BIPOC Arts and Cultural Organizations
    Category: Press
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  40. October 03, 2023

    WisBusiness: Grand Opening Oct. 5 for Multi-Family Development on Winnebago
    Category: Press
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  41. October 01, 2023

    September 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  42. September 29, 2023

    NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
    Category: Press
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  43. September 25, 2023

    A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
    Category: Stories
  44. September 25, 2023

    Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
    Category: Stories
  45. September 25, 2023

    A How-to Guide to Publicizing Nonprofit Facilities Projects
    Category: Resources
  46. September 25, 2023

    Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
    Category: Stories
  47. September 22, 2023

    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
    Category: Press
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  48. September 18, 2023

    Star Tribune: Huge Improv Theater Set to Move into its Own Building for the First Time in its History
    Category: Press
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  49. September 13, 2023

    Chicago Sun-Times: Common Pantry Opens First Stand-Alone Location in its 56-Year History of Helping the Hungry
    Category: Press
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  50. September 12, 2023

    Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
    Category: Press
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  51. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  52. September 01, 2023

    Properties Magazine: IFF Opens Cleveland Office
    Category: Press
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  53. August 29, 2023

    Austin Weekly News: Meet the Key Players Responsible for the Aspire Center Construction
    Category: Press
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  54. August 26, 2023

    Northern Express: Where the Teacher Shortage and the Housing Crisis Meet
    Category: Press
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  55. August 23, 2023

    WHTC-AM: Regional Non-Profit Funder Gets Financial Boost from Lansing
    Category: Press
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  56. August 22, 2023

    MLive: Michigan Awards Millions to Build More Rental Housing Across the State
    Category: Press
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  57. August 22, 2023

    WOOD-TV: $10M Housing Loan Fund Created for Allegan, Ottawa, Kent Counties
    Category: Press
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  58. August 22, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
    Category: Press
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  59. August 21, 2023

    “Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
    Category: Stories
  60. August 18, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Garden Homes Sees New Life Through Perseverance
    Category: Press
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  61. August 17, 2023

    Projecting Operating Costs in a New Facility: A Checklist for Nonprofit Leaders
    Category: Resources
  62. August 17, 2023

    Illinois Charter School Completes Renovation of Historically Significant Campus Designed for Expeditionary Learning
    Category: Stories
  63. August 17, 2023

    How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part Two
    Category: Thought Leadership
  64. August 17, 2023

    How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part One
    Category: Thought Leadership
  65. August 11, 2023

    WGVU: Kent County Sets Parameters for New Affordable Housing Loan Fund, Enters Partnership with IFF
    Category: Press
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  66. August 11, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County to launch affordable housing revolving loan fund with initial $58M
    Category: Press
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  67. August 10, 2023

    Fox 2 Detroit: Gov. Whitmer’s new state budget includes $254M expanding free pre-K for up to 5,600 children
    Category: Press
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  68. August 10, 2023

    WOOD-TV: Kent Co. approves framework for affordable housing fund
    Category: Press
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  69. August 10, 2023

    MLive: Kent County launching $58M affordable housing loan program
    Category: Press
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  70. August 04, 2023

    Indianapolis Business Journal: Momentum builds to turn dormant far-east-side high school into services hub
    Category: Press
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  71. August 01, 2023

    July 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  72. July 19, 2023

    New High School Campus Solidifies KIPP KC’s Kindergarten-to-College Continuum for Quality Education
    Category: Stories
  73. July 19, 2023

    Eight Ways Nonprofits Can Contribute to a Greener Future Through Their Facilities Projects
    Category: Resources
  74. July 19, 2023

    A Historic Cornerstone of Columbus’ Black Community to “Rise from the Ashes” with $3.4 Million Revitalization
    Category: Stories
  75. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  76. June 21, 2023

    “Live Here, Create Here, Sell Here”: Two Detroiters Team Up to Create a $30 Million Haven for the Arts in a Historic Auto Factory
    Category: Stories
  77. June 21, 2023

    Calculating the Cost of Borrowing Money: Amortization 101 for Nonprofit Leaders
    Category: Resources
  78. June 21, 2023

    Honoring Culture’s Influence on Early Childhood Education and Spaces 
    Category: Thought Leadership
  79. June 21, 2023

    NBC Kansas City: Going 360: Kansas City-area early childhood education system ‘in crisis’
    Category: Press
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  80. June 17, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Midtown Vacant Lot To Become Substance Abuse Treatment Center
    Category: Press
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  81. June 15, 2023

    Opportunity Finance Network: Chicago-Based CDFI Accelerates Positive Social Impact and Systems Change
    Category: Press
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  82. June 07, 2023

    WGHN: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Approves $1.5 Million Investment in IFF’s Affordable Housing Revolving Loan Fund
    Category: Press
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  83. June 06, 2023

    Cinnaire Welcomes Three New Board Members
    Category: Press
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  84. June 02, 2023

    Brookings Institution: The CHIPS and Science Act is a chance for businesses and local leaders to collaborate on a stronger child care system
    Category: Press
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  85. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  86. May 29, 2023

    KSAL.com: Funding for Kansas Healthy Food
    Category: Press
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  87. May 25, 2023

    NBC Kansas City: New study delves into ’crisis’ within Kansas City’s early-childhood education system
    Category: Press
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  88. May 24, 2023

    Persistence Pays Off for Enlace Chicago as Hard-Won Facility Serves as a Stepping Stone for Continued Growth
    Category: Stories
  89. May 24, 2023

    Building a Team: Roles and Responsibilities for Nonprofit Facilities Projects
    Category: Resources
  90. May 24, 2023

    PRE4CLE Initiative Invests in Cleveland’s Youngest Learners with Funding for Facilities Upgrades and Other Supports
    Category: Stories
  91. May 24, 2023

    Fox 4 Kansas City: Study finds inequities in Kansas City early education
    Category: Press
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  92. May 23, 2023

    Crain’s Cleveland Business: Lender/developer IFF opens Cleveland office to boost nonprofits
    Category: Press
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  93. May 11, 2023

    Aurora Beacon-News: Officials say 1449 Senior Estates development a game changer for public housing in Aurora
    Category: Press
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  94. May 05, 2023

    IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
    Category: Stories
  95. May 03, 2023

    Patch Chicago: New Workforce Development Center Breaks Ground in Austin
    Category: Press
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  96. May 01, 2023

    April 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  97. April 29, 2023

    Robotics & Automation News: mHUB investing $50 million to build ‘largest independent manufacturing center in America’
    Category: Press
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  98. April 25, 2023

    MLive: Congresswoman Scholten advocates for affordable, high-quality childcare in Grand Rapids
    Category: Press
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  99. April 24, 2023

    Photo Tour: A Nonprofit Social Innovation Hub Bridging St. Louis’ Delmar Divide
    Category: Stories
  100. April 24, 2023

    Five Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Consider More Than Interest Rates When Evaluating Loan Options
    Category: Resources