Category: Research

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

IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund

February 26, 2019

Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018

January 18, 2019

IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest

November 12, 2018

Voices of Cody Rouge: Chris Uhl of IFF on the importance of early childhood education

Model D: Voices of Cody Rouge: How a local church and its partners saved a key community resource center

Early Childhood Education Summit 2018

Chalkbeat: As caregivers struggle to make ends meet, 28,000 Detroit children go without care

Staff News: IFF hires Townsend and Walker Johnson as new VPs

From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change

Press Release: Nonprofit Lender Promotes New Systems Change Vision and Leaders in Chicago

February 13, 2018

Michigan Public Radio: Early childhood education needs aren’t being met in several Grand Rapids neighborhoods

January 23, 2018

A System For All Children: An Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment in Grand Rapids

January 19, 2018

IFF launches new strategic plan focused on systems change and community transformation

January 9, 2018

Crain’s Detroit Newsmaker of the Year: Rip Rapson and La June Montgomery Tabron

January 7, 2018

Detroit News Editorial: Road map for better Detroit schools

December 22, 2017

Former IFF Board Chair Cordell Reed remembered by IFF founder Trinita Logue

December 20, 2017

Detroit Free Press: Report says tough to find good schools in these Detroit neighborhoods

December 14, 2017

Chalkbeat: New study shows just how hard it is to find a decent public school in Detroit — especially in 10 city neighborhoods

December 14, 2017

Rethink, Reset, Rebuild: A Shared Vision of Performing Schools in Quality Buildings for Every Child in Detroit

December 13, 2017

Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge, Kellogg foundations to put $50 million toward early childhood system

November 10, 2017

Detroit Free Press: Detroit has a new spot for working parents to grow their children and themselves

November 6, 2017

Crain’s Detroit: To track suburban poverty trends, look to the schools

October 23, 2017

Crain’s Detroit Business: To track suburban poverty trends, look to the schools

October 23, 2017

Can Illinois schools make the grade? IFF study on K-12 public education shines light on inequities, bright spots

October 4, 2017

KMOV News 4: Collinsville School District does more with less

September 26, 2017

Cleveland’s Menlo Park Academy transforms former garment manufacturing plant and West Side

September 14, 2017

WBEZ: New School Law Only ‘Down Payment’ Toward Closing Funding Gap

September 14, 2017

Raising Quality, Promoting Equity: An Analysis of Location, Performance, and Investment in Illinois Public Schools

September 14, 2017

2016 Report on Activities:
Transforming Vision to Reality