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![Ceremonial groundbreaking taking place at PODER's future headquarters in the Gage Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PODER-Groundbreaking-Featured-Image-1-500x386.jpg)
February 16, 2022
Built from Within: PODER Begins Construction of Chicago’s First Immigrant Integration and Job Center
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![A photo of the St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center in Detroit](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SSCRCRC-Featured-Image-500x386.jpg)
February 16, 2022
Facility Turnaround in Detroit Helps Nonprofit Focus on “The Right Work at the Right Time in the Right Place”
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![Model homes developed by Lawndale Christian Development Corporation as part of a community revitalization strategy designed to build generational wealth through homeownership](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LCDC-Featured-Image-500x386.jpg)
February 16, 2022
Virtual Tour: Two model homes on Chicago’s West Side demonstrate proof of concept for a bold community revitalization strategy
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![A headshot of baso Founder and President Claudette Soto](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Claudette-Soto-Headshot-500x386.jpeg)
February 16, 2022
Building a Dream Incubator: 5 Questions for baso Founder and President Claudette Soto
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![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](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/StarFarm-46-1-e1646675453928-500x386.jpg)
January 31, 2022
January 2022 Loan Round-up
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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: North Lawndale Employment Network’s First Permanent Campus
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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Paddocks Bring Affordable Workforce Housing to Rural Indiana Community
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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: Seeds of Health’s Tenor High School Opens New Campus in Historic Milwaukee Location
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January 18, 2022
Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization
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December 31, 2021
December 2021 Loan Round-up
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![Grand Avenue Market sign in Plains, Kansas](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Sign-500x386.png)
December 14, 2021
Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
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December 14, 2021
Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
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![RecycleForce Groundbreaking](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Recycle-Force-Groundbreaking-e1636565672921-500x386.jpg)
December 14, 2021
Indianapolis Social Enterprise Begins Construction of $13 Million Workforce Development Complex for Returning Citizens
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![Headshot of Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder of the American Association of Single Parents](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/DR-Scott-Headshot-22121-500x386.png)
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
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December 01, 2021
November 2021 Loan Round-up
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![A child plays at the Birth Detroit Care facility while a staff member watches him](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Birth-Detroit-Website-Featured-Image-500x386.jpg)
November 16, 2021
Birth Detroit Reimagines Maternal and Infant Care with Plan for Community-Based, Black-led Birth Centers
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![Sign outside Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City's Youth Learning Lab](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/JAKC-Website-Featured-Image-500x386.jpg)
November 16, 2021
Financial Literacy and Career Readiness Come to Life in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s New Facility
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![A multi-purpose room at the Chatham Workforce Education & Workforce Center](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/013-4-Multipurpose-Room-Window-View-500x386.jpg)
November 16, 2021
Understanding that we are a collective: How vision became reality for the Chatham Education & Workforce Center
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![UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant sitting for a posed photo](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BG-Pro-Photo-500x386.jpg)
November 16, 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Communities of Color and the Health Care System: A Q&A with UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant
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October 31, 2021
October 2021 Loan Round-up
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![Ribbon Cutting for Family Christian Health Center's Maternal Health Clinic](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Family-Christian-Health-Center-Maternal-Health-Clinic-500x386.jpg)
October 13, 2021
Family Christian Health Center Responds to Pandemic by Leaning Further into Its Mission
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October 13, 2021
The Night Ministry’s “The Crib” Designed with Both Its Clients and Community in Mind
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![Nicole Robinson Greater Chicago Food Depository](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Nicole_Robinson-1-600x600-1-e1634143192912-500x386.jpg)
October 13, 2021
Transforming the Emergency Food System with an Eye on Equity: A Q&A with Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Nicole Robinson
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![XS Tennis' facility with the Chicago skyline in the background](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-4-1-500x386.jpg)
October 13, 2021
XS Tennis Hosts Venus Williams, WTA for Chicago Tennis Festival – A Historic First
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![RecycleForce Groundbreaking](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Recycle-Force-Groundbreaking-e1636565672921-500x386.jpg)
October 01, 2021
September 2021 Loan Round-up
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![Marygrove Early Education Center](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Marygrove-Early-Education-Center-Website-Featured-Image-500x386.jpg)
September 15, 2021
Trailblazing Early Learning Center Opens Doors on Marygrove Campus in Detroit
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![Neal Math and Science Academy External Rendering](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/NW-Facade-500x386.jpg)
September 15, 2021
Equitable Community Development in Action: The Redevelopment of North Chicago’s Neal Math and Science Academy
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September 15, 2021
Paramount Schools of Excellence Charts New Path in Indiana with Statewide Expansion
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![A table reading at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, IL](https://iff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Remy-Bumppo-Theatre-Company-IFF-500x386.jpg)
August 31, 2021
August 2021 Loan Round-up
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August 16, 2021