Category: IFF Media Clip

Next City: A New Headquarters for Equitable Economic Revitalization on the West Side of Chicago

August 12, 2019

The Detroit News: Plans unveiled for early childhood center at Marygrove

Block Club Chicago: North Lawndale Employment Network Moving All Its Beekeeping, Mechanic Training And Jobs Programs Under One Roof

Press Release: Kresge, Kellogg and PNC foundations announce $2.5 million to bolster Detroit childcare facilities

Nonprofit Quarterly: An Illinois CDFI Leader Explains Why Appraisals Reinforce Structural Racism

Shelterforce: Can Using a Racial Equity Lens Increase Capital in Communities of Color?

BadCredit.org: IFF Loans Enable Nonprofit Agencies to Purchase Facilities and Deliver Social Services to Low-Income Communities Across the Midwest

RE Journals: LISC Chicago honors top community development projects at 25th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards

CNDA: The Polk Bros. Foundation Affordable Rental Housing Preservation Award

ImpactAlpha: Hacking community lending to interrupt racial bias in ‘appraised value’

WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Only one in five Milwaukee families has access to licensed child care for their pre-K kids

Crain’s Chicago Business: To tackle a lack of affordable housing, nonprofits become developers

Crain’s Chicago Business: AbbVie donates $40 million to rebuild Neal Math & Science Academy

New York Times: Former Sears Complex Returns as a Beacon in a Chicago Neighborhood

Chicago Tribune: AbbVie pledges $40 million to fund construction of new middle school in North Chicago

Shelterforce: Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? It’s Still Unclear

February 25, 2019

Model D: Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going

February 5, 2019

Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park

December 7, 2018

WBEZ: Vacant School Buildings Litter Chicago Neighborhoods After Mass School Closings

December 5, 2018

WBEZ: Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?

November 30, 2018

Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge puts $50 million behind Marygrove ‘cradle-to-college’ center

September 14, 2018

The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?

September 4, 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

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

Ground broken for new Arts @ Large Community Center, to be ‘hub of activity’ in Walker’s Point

Chicago Reader: Chicago’s civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan

Village Free Press: Developer Eyes Vacant Lots In Maywood, Bellwood To Build Housing For Disabled

February 26, 2018

Milwaukee Business News: Construction to begin for Walker’s Point affordable housing development

February 21, 2018