Category: ECE

A photo of the St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center in Detroit

Facility Turnaround in Detroit Helps Nonprofit Focus on “The Right Work at the Right Time in the Right Place”

February 16, 2022

Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization

January 18, 2022

Home-based early childhood education providers deserve to be included in funding, supports

November 16, 2021

ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects

November 4, 2021

The Kresge Foundation: New, state-of-the art Marygrove Early Education Center celebrates grand opening

September 17, 2021

Marygrove Early Education Center

Trailblazing Early Learning Center Opens Doors on Marygrove Campus in Detroit

September 15, 2021

MLive: Transforming learning spaces: Program aims to improve access to early childhood education

August 18, 2021

Transformational New Facility Unlocks Potential for Early Childhood Learners in Kansas City

August 16, 2021

CDFI Friendly Bloomington a Prototype for Successful Community Development in Small Markets

August 16, 2021

Q&A with BDO FMA Managing Director Dana Britto: Building Financial Capacity Post-Pandemic

August 16, 2021

Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help

“Not Here, Not Yet” – When Is the Right Time and Place for Nonprofit Facility Projects?

2020 Annual Report

Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Spotlight: InsideOut Literary Arts Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen

How Learning Spaces Expansion to Grand Rapids Addresses Inequity and Shapes Children’s Futures

IFF and Children’s Home & Aid Bolster East St. Louis Child Care Providers with COVID-19 Relief Grants

March 2021 Loan Roundup

Model D: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park

February 25, 2021

USA Today: They’ve nurtured our babies through COVID-19 horrors; now, child care workers aren’t sure when they’ll get vaccinated

February 1, 2021

Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people

February 1, 2021

WILX Lansing: Children’s Book Provides Practical Tips for Returning to In-Person Learning

January 26, 2021

“How My School Fights a Virus:” IFF publishes children’s book with practical tips on returning to school

January 5, 2021

Free financial training series for Chicago-area nonprofits

December 15, 2020

Matrix Human Services: L.A.C.C. Child Care Academy Transforms After Renovations

October 26, 2020

Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF

October 12, 2020

Press Release: $22 million financing package closes to support cutting edge early childhood center on Marygrove campus

October 12, 2020

Interested in Racial Justice? Invest in Early Childhood Education.

October 8, 2020

Nonprofit PPP Participant brings PPE to early education providers during crisis – 4C for Children, Milwaukee

September 17, 2020

Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)

September 1, 2020

2019 Annual Report