Category: Illinois

Starbucks Press Release: Starbucks expands initiatives to advance opportunity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves

January 12, 2021

Weekly Citizen: New initiative provides for BIPOC arts and culture organizations

January 8, 2021

Media Advisory: $16.5 million Initiative for BIPOC Arts & Culture Organizations Launched in Chicago

December 17, 2020

Free financial training series for Chicago-area nonprofits

December 15, 2020

Citi Foundation Provides $15 Million in Support to 30 Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U.S.

November 19, 2020

Lake County News-Sun: Renovation will essentially create new 5-story North Chicago middle school

November 6, 2020

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

October 12, 2020

Interested in Racial Justice? Invest in Early Childhood Education.

October 8, 2020

10 Steps to Creating a Nonprofit Budget

September 15, 2020

Learning to Change: Reflections of the CDFI Racial Equity Collaborative on Education

September 2, 2020

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

September 1, 2020

Nonprofit PPP loan recipient providing health care and homeless shelters during COVID – Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago

WBEZ: Community Groups Push A Bold Idea To Revitalize Some Chicago Neighborhoods

Chicago Tribune: Designs for new North Chicago middle school in final stages

2019 Annual Report

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

Nonprofits & the Paycheck Protection Program

Summary: Federal Response to COVID-19

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): IFF’s Letter to Comptroller Otting and Chairman McWilliams

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

COVID-19 virus graphic

COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits

WGN: Lightfoot announces $6 million investment in West Side community health improvements

February 27, 2020

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

Montage of images from projects contributing to the $1 billion of loans

What does $1 billion in community lending look like?

February 4, 2020

Chicago Construction News: Affordable housing replaces vacant lots in Maywood

February 3, 2020

Village Free Press: New Handicap Accessible Affordable Housing Completed In Maywood, 12 More Units Coming

February 3, 2020

10 pieces of advice to help your organization prosper in 2020

January 2, 2020

Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

December 2, 2019

Forest Park Review: New housing for those with disabilities opens soon

November 26, 2019

Austin Weekly News: How to preserve the black middle class

November 18, 2019