Category: Lending

Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

December 2, 2019

Chalkbeat: After years of fundraising and legal battles, a Detroit charter celebrates its new home

November 18, 2019

Austin Weekly News: How to preserve the black middle class

November 18, 2019

Profile: Rick Velasquez shares lessons learned from over four decades of work with Illinois’ children and families

November 11, 2019

United Methodist Community House reimagines itself — and Grand Rapids’ Southeastern Community

November 11, 2019

Kansas Healthy Food Initiative supports rural grocery stores

November 11, 2019

Chicago Tribune: Longstanding preschool in Highland Park celebrates new home: ‘We just were not going to let it die’

November 11, 2019

Crain’s Detroit Business: JPMorgan Chase investing $675,000 to help 20 nonprofits led by or serving people of color

October 30, 2019

Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative launches in Detroit to maximize impact of local organizations on Detroit’s recovery

October 28, 2019

Part 1: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

October 25, 2019

Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

October 25, 2019

People Helping People Podcast with IFF’s Joe Neri and Omar Elhagmusa

October 10, 2019

IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 9, 2019

New YMCA in Kentucky’s west Louisville neighborhood reimagines public health through an equity lens

October 8, 2019

Using data to drive investment and impact

September 26, 2019

Lincoln Park Community Services triples its capacity to serve Chicagoans experiencing homelessness

September 4, 2019

Chicago’s North Lawndale Employment Network to transform former bank building into community hub

September 4, 2019

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

August 6, 2019

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

August 6, 2019

Why community developers should care more about early childhood education

July 24, 2019

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

July 8, 2019

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

July 8, 2019

Addressing health disparities in the LGBTQ community

June 7, 2019

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

June 7, 2019

Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights welcomes ‘dream’ housing development

June 7, 2019

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

May 22, 2019

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

May 20, 2019
map of redlined neighborhoods

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

May 9, 2019

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

May 7, 2019

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

May 1, 2019