Category: Lending

Small health care center in rural Indiana steps up to meet big community need

Photo Tour: A ‘cathedral to youth tennis’ on Chicago’s South Side

Why community developers should care more about early childhood education

‘We’re touching more neighborhoods with families in need’: A conversation with Stronger Nonprofits Initiative participant Christa Hamilton

Photo Tour: Chicago Artists Coalition embraces its new home in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor

Addressing health disparities in the LGBTQ community

‘Leveling Up’ with Maya Camille-Broussard: A conversation with one of The Hatchery’s first resident food entrepreneurs

Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights welcomes ‘dream’ housing development

Nonprofit Quarterly: An Illinois CDFI Leader Explains Why Appraisals Reinforce Structural Racism

Shelterforce: Can Using a Racial Equity Lens Increase Capital in Communities of Color?

map of redlined neighborhoods

The Appraisal Bias: How more equitable underwriting can increase capital in communities of color

ImpactAlpha: Hacking community lending to interrupt racial bias in ‘appraised value’

Managing limited resources, constant change, and restrictive funding: A conversation with nonprofit consultant Dana Britto

Three leaders to watch share takeaways from the Stronger Nonprofits Initiative

De-stigmatizing mental health care through integration, specialized support, and space design

WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side

IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report

Crain’s Chicago Business: To tackle a lack of affordable housing, nonprofits become developers

Wayne Metro’s new ‘impact center’ helps fill gaps in Highland Park

Artspace and IFF: Teaming up since 2011 to increase affordable housing options in the Midwest

Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: 20 organizations served, countless ideas and connections sparked

Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital

Humboldt Park’s La Casa Norte answers question: ‘What are all the things someone needs to be well?’

IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund

February 26, 2019

IFF receives $5 million award from Capital Magnet Fund

February 15, 2019

One of the nation’s best schools takes a deep dive in Indianapolis – breathing life into historic Naval structure

February 5, 2019

St Louis’s Center of Creative Arts: Bridging the divide through the arts

February 5, 2019

Creative match-making leads to new early childhood education center on Detroit’s East Side

February 5, 2019

Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018

January 18, 2019

Profile: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO, Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)

January 9, 2019