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January 24, 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Treasury awards $4.4 million in funds to help St. Louis organize low-income banking services
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January 06, 2020
Traverse City Record Eagle: Dann’s House doubles up
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January 06, 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Louis CDFI’s Awarded $4.4M in Federal Grants
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December 24, 2019
The Ticker: Women’s Resource Center, Dann’s House Expanding
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December 12, 2019
Chalkbeat: Researchers say Detroit could become a national leader in pre-K
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November 26, 2019
Forest Park Review: New housing for those with disabilities opens soon
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November 22, 2019
Associated Press: New state-of-the art Early Childhood Education center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
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November 22, 2019
Crain’s Detroit Business: $15 million Early Childhood Education Center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
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November 22, 2019
The Detroit News: Early childhood education focus at Marygrove center’s groundbreaking
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November 18, 2019
Chalkbeat: After years of fundraising and legal battles, a Detroit charter celebrates its new home
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November 18, 2019
Austin Weekly News: How to preserve the black middle class
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November 18, 2019
American School & University Magazine: Detroit charter moves into vacant elementary
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November 11, 2019
Chicago Tribune: Longstanding preschool in Highland Park celebrates new home: ‘We just were not going to let it die’
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October 30, 2019
Crain’s Detroit Business: JPMorgan Chase investing $675,000 to help 20 nonprofits led by or serving people of color
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October 29, 2019
Chicago Tribune: Starbucks gives $10 million to help boost small business in Chicago’s neighborhoods
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October 29, 2019
Crain’s Chicago Business: Starbucks investing $10 million to boost small business
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October 10, 2019
People Helping People Podcast with IFF’s Joe Neri and Omar Elhagmusa
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July 15, 2019
The Detroit News: Plans unveiled for early childhood center at Marygrove
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July 02, 2019
Next City: How Community Development Lenders Work Around the Legacy of Redlining
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June 24, 2019
Block Club Chicago: North Lawndale Employment Network Moving All Its Beekeeping, Mechanic Training And Jobs Programs Under One Roof
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May 29, 2019
Press Release: Kresge, Kellogg and PNC foundations announce $2.5 million to bolster Detroit childcare facilities
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May 22, 2019
Nonprofit Quarterly: An Illinois CDFI Leader Explains Why Appraisals Reinforce Structural Racism
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May 20, 2019
Shelterforce: Can Using a Racial Equity Lens Increase Capital in Communities of Color?
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May 16, 2019
BadCredit.org: IFF Loans Enable Nonprofit Agencies to Purchase Facilities and Deliver Social Services to Low-Income Communities Across the Midwest
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May 10, 2019
RE Journals: LISC Chicago honors top community development projects at 25th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
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May 07, 2019
ImpactAlpha: Hacking community lending to interrupt racial bias in ‘appraised value’
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April 30, 2019
WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side
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April 12, 2019
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Only one in five Milwaukee families has access to licensed child care for their pre-K kids
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April 05, 2019
Crain’s Chicago Business: To tackle a lack of affordable housing, nonprofits become developers
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March 22, 2019
Crain’s Chicago Business: AbbVie donates $40 million to rebuild Neal Math & Science Academy
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