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January 10, 2023
Press Release: IFF Receives $75,000 Grant from Glick Philanthropies to Further Support Indianapolis Nonprofits Through Leadership, Programming, and Real Estate Coaching
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December 30, 2022
Austin Weekly News: A look at what’s ahead for the West Side in 2023
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December 21, 2022
St. Louis Business Journal: Construction starts on Green Street’s new $81M apartment complex in Forest Park Southeast
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December 19, 2022
Aeris Announces 45 New CDFI Ratings and 2 New Subscribers
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December 18, 2022
MLive: ‘Generations of new housing:’ Leaders have big hopes for $17.5M Kent County housing fund
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November 24, 2022
Holland Sentinel: Ottawa County approved $33.5 million in ARPA funds for 24 projects. Here’s what passed
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November 23, 2022
Press Release: 40 BIPOC-led Arts & Culture Organizations from Across Chicago Come Together as Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Grantees
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November 17, 2022
Urbanize Chicago: Schiller Place Apartments celebrate ribbon cutting
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November 17, 2022
Students to start Nov. 28 at new North Chicago middle school; ‘This will empower our students to do so much more’
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November 16, 2022
Press Release: North Chicago’s New Neal Math and Science Academy Opens, Funded by a Donation from AbbVie
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Children playing at an ECE center in Detroit. One child never the center is balancing, with arms outstretched, on a board curved like the foot of a rocking horse.
November 03, 2022
Press Release: Gov. Whitmer Announces Application is Now Live for $50M in Grants to Open and Grow Child Care Facilities in Michigan
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October 27, 2022
Developer To Build 20 More Affordable Apartments In Maywood
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September 27, 2022
Press Release: IFF Receives Top Aeris® Ratings, Maintained Since 2013
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September 13, 2022
New accessible, affordable housing development nearly complete in Maywood
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August 19, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business 2022 Notable Leaders in Community Development
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July 15, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business 2022 Notable Executives of Color in Finance
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July 08, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: Auburn Gresham sets itself up for a revitalization
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June 13, 2022
Commercial Observer: How JPMorgan Chase Works with CDFIs to Provide Resources for Underserved Communities
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May 16, 2022
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Kansas City, MO, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
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February 11, 2022
Crain’s Chicago Business: We need to hack appraisal-based lending
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January 25, 2022
Next City: Is There a Formula to Creating an Anti-Racist School?
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November 30, 2021
ABC Detroit WXYZ: Groundbreaking held in Detroit for city’s first Healthy Housing Center
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November 05, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Training program for nonprofit groups led by people of color comes to St. Louis
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November 04, 2021
ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
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October 19, 2021
Milwaukee Community Journal: Seeds of Health gears up to celebrate Tenor High School’s new Journal Square location and a 2021 CARW Deal of the Year nomination
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October 05, 2021
Block Club Chicago: Little Black Pearl Will Open A Coworking Lounge, Launch Workshops For Adult Creatives This Month
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September 29, 2021
Business Journal: Ohio Community Development Association Gathers Next Week in Youngstown
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September 27, 2021
Next Street: Are CDFIs embracing innovation?
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September 21, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Kranzberg Foundation’s latest hub for St. Louis arts community, 3333, to open in Grand Center
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September 21, 2021
Next City: These Street Vendors Needed a Kitchen, So They Bought One
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