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New IFF Loan Program Reduces Barriers to Capital for BIPOC-Led Nonprofits on Chicago’s South and West Sides

September 23, 2022

Leveraging National Presence and Scale to Drive More Solutions for Local Challenges: Q&A with Momentus Capital President & CEO Ellis Carr

September 23, 2022

Crain’s Chicago Business: Auburn Gresham sets itself up for a revitalization

Architect's rendering of the Academy for Global Citizenship at the Cultivate Collective hub

Chicago’s Academy for Global Citizenship Anchors New State-of-the-Art Learning, Sustainability, and Wellness Hub Catered to Community Needs

Commercial Observer: How JPMorgan Chase Works with CDFIs to Provide Resources for Underserved Communities

People standing inside a Volunteers of America Michigan thrift store

May 2022 Loan Roundup

Cover of IFF's 2021 Annual Report

IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact

A group of staff and volunteers from Star Farm Chicago standing in front a van the nonprofit uses to distribute locally grown organic produce in and around Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood

January 2022 Loan Roundup

January 31, 2022

December 2021 Loan Roundup

December 31, 2021

Grand Avenue Market sign in Plains, Kansas

Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas

December 14, 2021

“If you want better, you have to change your narrative”: A Q&A with Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder and CEO of the American Association of Single Parents

December 14, 2021

October 2021 Loan Roundup

October 31, 2021

Transforming the Emergency Food System with an Eye on Equity: A Q&A with Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Nicole Robinson

October 13, 2021

RecycleForce Groundbreaking

September 2021 Loan Roundup

October 1, 2021

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

August 16, 2021

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

August 16, 2021

“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

May 2021 Loan Roundup

Free financial training series for Chicago-area nonprofits

December 15, 2020

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

October 12, 2020

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

September 1, 2020

2019 Annual Report

Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History

Nonprofits & the Paycheck Protection Program

Summary: Federal Response to COVID-19

Nonprofits are eligible for these two new federal programs from the SBA

COVID-19 virus graphic

COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits

Chicago Tribune: There’s a 16-year gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s West Side and the Loop. Here’s what local hospitals are doing about it.

February 26, 2020