Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.

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October 12, 2023
The Kresge Foundation: CDFIs: An Under-Represented Stakeholder in the Public Finance Ecosystem?
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October 11, 2023
WGN-TV: ChiTreasures: Preserving Cultural Heritage of Hispanic Community
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October 05, 2023
Urban Milwaukee: Join the Parade of Garden Homes
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October 04, 2023
Weekly Citizen: Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Continues to Support BIPOC Arts and Cultural Organizations
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October 03, 2023
WisBusiness: Grand Opening Oct. 5 for Multi-Family Development on Winnebago
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October 01, 2023
September 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 29, 2023
NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
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September 25, 2023
A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
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September 25, 2023
Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
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September 25, 2023
A How-to Guide to Publicizing Nonprofit Facilities Projects
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September 25, 2023
Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
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September 22, 2023
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
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A view inside Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, in Chicago, showing an exhibition featuring the work of celebrated artist Henry Darger.
September 21, 2023
Reimagining What a Modern Museum Can Be: A Conversation with ACLF Participant Debra Kerr, President and CEO of Intuit
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September 18, 2023
Star Tribune: Huge Improv Theater Set to Move into its Own Building for the First Time in its History
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September 13, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times: Common Pantry Opens First Stand-Alone Location in its 56-Year History of Helping the Hungry
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September 12, 2023
Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
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September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 01, 2023
Properties Magazine: IFF Opens Cleveland Office
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August 29, 2023
Austin Weekly News: Meet the Key Players Responsible for the Aspire Center Construction
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August 26, 2023
Northern Express: Where the Teacher Shortage and the Housing Crisis Meet
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August 23, 2023
WHTC-AM: Regional Non-Profit Funder Gets Financial Boost from Lansing
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August 22, 2023
MLive: Michigan Awards Millions to Build More Rental Housing Across the State
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August 22, 2023
WOOD-TV: $10M Housing Loan Fund Created for Allegan, Ottawa, Kent Counties
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August 22, 2023
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
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August 21, 2023
“Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
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August 18, 2023
Urban Milwaukee: Garden Homes Sees New Life Through Perseverance
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August 17, 2023
Projecting Operating Costs in a New Facility: A Checklist for Nonprofit Leaders
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August 17, 2023
Illinois Charter School Completes Renovation of Historically Significant Campus Designed for Expeditionary Learning
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Thought Leadership
August 17, 2023
How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part Two
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Thought Leadership
August 17, 2023
How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part One
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