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  1. March 19, 2024

    PRINT: Shining a Spotlight on Chicago’s BIPOC Cultural Treasures
    Category: Press
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  2. March 18, 2024

    IFF Client RecycleForce Expands Impact in Newly Built Facility
    Category: Stories
  3. March 14, 2024

    Weekly Citizen: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
    Category: Press
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  4. March 13, 2024

    IFF Co-Hosts Preview Event for 48th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival
    Category: Stories
  5. March 08, 2024

    The Oakland Press: Troy Chamber of Commerce Presents Business Excellence Awards
    Category: Press
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  6. March 07, 2024

    Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago’s Affordable Housing Program Helps Wisconsin Nonprofits Address Two Community Needs in One High-Quality Facility in Madison
    Category: Stories
  7. March 07, 2024

    WGHN-AM: Rep. Scholten Secures $11.5M for Community Projects Across West Michigan
    Category: Press
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  8. March 06, 2024

    City of Chicago Press Release: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
    Category: Press
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  9. March 01, 2024

    February 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  10. February 28, 2024

    IFF’s Home First Honored by Cook County Land Bank Authority as Nonprofit Developer of the Year
    Category: Stories
  11. February 22, 2024

    Nine Ways Nonprofits Can Invest in Growth in an Uncertain Economic Environment
    Category: Resources
  12. February 22, 2024

    The Aux: Leveraging the Power of Connection to Help Black-owned Businesses Thrive
    Category: Stories
  13. February 21, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County Must Continue Early Childhood Funding
    Category: Press
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  14. February 20, 2024

    IFF’s Vickie Lakes-Battle Joins City Club of Chicago Panel Discussion About the Role of the Humanities in Community and Economic Development
    Category: Stories
  15. February 20, 2024

    Second Wave Michigan: What’s Next for Housing in Kent and Ottawa Counties
    Category: Press
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  16. February 20, 2024

    The Kresge Foundation: How IFF Navigated Layering Partners, Capital to Build a New Early Childhood Center
    Category: Press
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  17. February 16, 2024

    WGN Radio: The Humanities’ Impact – Fostering Economic Development in Chicago and Beyond
    Category: Press
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  18. February 14, 2024

    Rapid Growth Media: How Ryan Kilpatrick and Housing Next Are Changing the Paradigm About Affordable Housing
    Category: Press
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  19. February 13, 2024

    Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
    Category: Stories
  20. February 12, 2024

    Block Club Chicago: Private School with Social Justice Focus Coming to Bronzeville’s Closed Hales Franciscan High School
    Category: Press
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  21. February 09, 2024

    City of South Bend Office of Sustainability: City Program Supports Solar in South Bend
    Category: Press
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  22. February 08, 2024

    Milwaukee Business Journal: See $8M Rehab of Homes in Historic Milwaukee Neighborhood
    Category: Press
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  23. February 06, 2024

    Energy Assistance & Solar Savings Initiative Expands in South Bend with IFF’s Support
    Category: Stories
  24. February 06, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Leader of New Kent County Housing Nonprofit Offers Case Study on Challenges for Renters
    Category: Press
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  25. February 02, 2024

    FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  26. February 01, 2024

    January 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  27. January 31, 2024

    IFF Borrower 30th Street Industrial Corridor Completes Rehab of Milwaukee’s Historic Garden Homes
    Category: Stories
  28. January 24, 2024

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Plans 202 Apartments in Second Holland-Area Project
    Category: Press
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  29. January 23, 2024

    New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
    Category: Stories
  30. January 23, 2024

    New Markets Tax Credits: A Primer for Nonprofit Leaders
    Category: Resources
  31. January 23, 2024

    Investing in Chicago’s West Side, One Young Person at a Time: Q&A with MAAFA Redemption Project’s Marshall Hatch, Jr.
    Category: Stories
  32. January 18, 2024

    Press Release: IFF Promotes Donna Sink to Director of Real Estate Solutions for the Indiana Region
    Category: Press
  33. January 16, 2024

    Crain’s Cleveland Business: How CDFIs Are Helping Northeast Ohio Thrive
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  34. January 13, 2024

    Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Project with Housing, Child Care Under One Roof Shows Need for Federal Fund
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  35. January 12, 2024

    Enterprise Podcast Network: Preserving BIPOC-Led and Focused Arts and Culture in Chicago
    Category: Press
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  36. January 09, 2024

    Lake County News-Sun: Officials Say Lake County at Inflection Point in Homelessness Crisis; Population Growing as Affordable Housing Lags Behind
    Category: Press
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  37. January 08, 2024

    Crain’s Detroit Business: New Michigan Development Pushes Eco-Housing to the Limit
    Category: Press
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  38. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  39. January 01, 2024

    Twin Cities Art Reader: HUGE Improv Theater’s Forever Home and Winter Season
    Category: Press
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  40. December 30, 2023

    Chicago Defender: ITAV Elevates Mission with Historic Acquisition of Hales in Bronzeville
    Category: Press
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  41. December 19, 2023

    Quality Facilities for All (QFA) Initiative Completes First Cohort of ECE Facility Renovations in Chicago
    Category: Stories
  42. December 19, 2023

    Second Wave Michigan: Report Highlights Need for More Equitable Early Childhood Care and Education
    Category: Press
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  43. December 01, 2023

    November 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  44. November 20, 2023

    A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
    Category: Stories
  45. November 20, 2023

    IFF Leverages FHLBank Chicago Membership to Unlock $33.5+ Million in Funding for Affordable Housing in the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  46. November 19, 2023

    Evanston RoundTable: The Aux Launches First Phase of Construction
    Category: Press
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  47. November 09, 2023

    Crain’s Cleveland Business: Chicago-based Lender Helps Cleveland Nonprofits Secure Capital to Achieve Their Mission
    Category: Press
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  48. November 08, 2023

    Columbus Business First: Columbus Foundation Grants More Than $2 Million to Nonprofits for Capital Improvements
    Category: Press
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  49. November 08, 2023

    Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Must Begin with Intentionality
    Category: Thought Leadership
  50. November 04, 2023

    Petoskey News-Review: Lofts at Lumber Square Breaks Ground in Petoskey
    Category: Press
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  51. November 03, 2023

    WGVU’s The Shelley Irwin Show: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County
    Category: Press
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  52. November 03, 2023

    The Columbus Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Capital Improvement Grants
    Category: Press
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  53. November 02, 2023

    Fox 17 West Michigan: School Safety and Housing Among Topics of Focus During Kent County’s State of the County Address
    Category: Press
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  54. November 01, 2023

    October 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  55. October 27, 2023

    Stronger Nonprofits Initiative’s Chicago Cohorts Gather for Reunion
    Category: Stories
  56. October 26, 2023

    Crain’s Chicago Business: Opinion: The Business Survival Case for Arming Arts Leaders with Financial Tools and Resources
    Category: Press
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  57. October 25, 2023

    City of Bloomington: CDFI Friendly Bloomington Celebrates Accomplishments and Hosts Partners
    Category: Press
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  58. October 25, 2023

    NXG Youth Motorsports Gets to the Starting Line for a Permanent Headquarters
    Category: Stories
  59. October 25, 2023

    HUGE Improv Theater Bounces Back in the Twin Cities
    Category: Stories
  60. October 25, 2023

    Michigan Initiative Helping to Build More Quality, Inspiring Child Care Spaces
    Category: Stories
  61. October 23, 2023

    Empower Magazine: IFF’s Executive Director of Chicago Region, O. Victoria Lakes-Battle Shares the Impact of Chicago’s Cultural Treasures
    Category: Press
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  62. October 16, 2023

    Commentary: Hope Starts Here Marks Progress in Detroit, Kellogg and Kresge recommit their support
    Category: Stories
  63. October 16, 2023

    Shelterforce: Let’s Act Now to Stop Racism in Real Estate Appraisals
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  64. October 13, 2023

    WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
    Category: Press
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  65. October 12, 2023

    Lake County News-Sun: PADS Lake County Using Hotels More Than Churches to House the Homeless
    Category: Press
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  66. October 12, 2023

    The Kresge Foundation: CDFIs: An Under-Represented Stakeholder in the Public Finance Ecosystem?
    Category: Press
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  67. October 11, 2023

    WGN-TV: ChiTreasures: Preserving Cultural Heritage of Hispanic Community
    Category: Press
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  68. October 05, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Join the Parade of Garden Homes
    Category: Press
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  69. October 04, 2023

    Weekly Citizen: Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Continues to Support BIPOC Arts and Cultural Organizations
    Category: Press
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  70. October 03, 2023

    WisBusiness: Grand Opening Oct. 5 for Multi-Family Development on Winnebago
    Category: Press
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  71. October 01, 2023

    September 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  72. September 29, 2023

    NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
    Category: Press
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  73. September 25, 2023

    A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
    Category: Stories
  74. September 25, 2023

    Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
    Category: Stories
  75. September 25, 2023

    A How-to Guide to Publicizing Nonprofit Facilities Projects
    Category: Resources
  76. September 25, 2023

    Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
    Category: Stories
  77. September 22, 2023

    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
    Category: Press
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  78. September 21, 2023

    Reimagining What a Modern Museum Can Be: A Conversation with ACLF Participant Debra Kerr, President and CEO of Intuit
    Category: Stories
    A view inside Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, in Chicago, showing an exhibition featuring the work of celebrated artist Henry Darger.
  79. September 18, 2023

    Star Tribune: Huge Improv Theater Set to Move into its Own Building for the First Time in its History
    Category: Press
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  80. September 13, 2023

    Chicago Sun-Times: Common Pantry Opens First Stand-Alone Location in its 56-Year History of Helping the Hungry
    Category: Press
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  81. September 12, 2023

    Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
    Category: Press
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  82. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  83. September 01, 2023

    Properties Magazine: IFF Opens Cleveland Office
    Category: Press
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  84. August 29, 2023

    Austin Weekly News: Meet the Key Players Responsible for the Aspire Center Construction
    Category: Press
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  85. August 26, 2023

    Northern Express: Where the Teacher Shortage and the Housing Crisis Meet
    Category: Press
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  86. August 23, 2023

    WHTC-AM: Regional Non-Profit Funder Gets Financial Boost from Lansing
    Category: Press
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  87. August 22, 2023

    MLive: Michigan Awards Millions to Build More Rental Housing Across the State
    Category: Press
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  88. August 22, 2023

    WOOD-TV: $10M Housing Loan Fund Created for Allegan, Ottawa, Kent Counties
    Category: Press
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  89. August 22, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
    Category: Press
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  90. August 21, 2023

    “Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
    Category: Stories
  91. August 18, 2023

    Urban Milwaukee: Garden Homes Sees New Life Through Perseverance
    Category: Press
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  92. August 17, 2023

    Projecting Operating Costs in a New Facility: A Checklist for Nonprofit Leaders
    Category: Resources
  93. August 17, 2023

    Illinois Charter School Completes Renovation of Historically Significant Campus Designed for Expeditionary Learning
    Category: Stories
  94. August 17, 2023

    How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part Two
    Category: Thought Leadership
  95. August 17, 2023

    How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part One
    Category: Thought Leadership
  96. August 11, 2023

    WGVU: Kent County Sets Parameters for New Affordable Housing Loan Fund, Enters Partnership with IFF
    Category: Press
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  97. August 11, 2023

    Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County to launch affordable housing revolving loan fund with initial $58M
    Category: Press
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  98. August 10, 2023

    Fox 2 Detroit: Gov. Whitmer’s new state budget includes $254M expanding free pre-K for up to 5,600 children
    Category: Press
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  99. August 10, 2023

    WOOD-TV: Kent Co. approves framework for affordable housing fund
    Category: Press
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  100. August 10, 2023

    MLive: Kent County launching $58M affordable housing loan program
    Category: Press
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