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- 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
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- February 20, 2024
The Kresge Foundation: How IFF Navigated Layering Partners, Capital to Build a New Early Childhood Center
Category: Press - February 16, 2024
WGN Radio: The Humanities’ Impact – Fostering Economic Development in Chicago and Beyond
Category: Press - February 14, 2024
Rapid Growth Media: How Ryan Kilpatrick and Housing Next Are Changing the Paradigm About Affordable Housing
Category: Press - February 13, 2024
Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
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- February 12, 2024
Block Club Chicago: Private School with Social Justice Focus Coming to Bronzeville’s Closed Hales Franciscan High School
Category: Press - February 09, 2024
City of South Bend Office of Sustainability: City Program Supports Solar in South Bend
Category: Press - February 08, 2024
Milwaukee Business Journal: See $8M Rehab of Homes in Historic Milwaukee Neighborhood
Category: Press - February 06, 2024
Energy Assistance & Solar Savings Initiative Expands in South Bend with IFF’s Support
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- February 06, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Leader of New Kent County Housing Nonprofit Offers Case Study on Challenges for Renters
Category: Press - February 02, 2024
FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
Category: Thought Leadership - February 01, 2024
January 2024 Loan Round-up
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- January 31, 2024
IFF Borrower 30th Street Industrial Corridor Completes Rehab of Milwaukee’s Historic Garden Homes
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- January 24, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Plans 202 Apartments in Second Holland-Area Project
Category: Press - January 23, 2024
New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
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- January 23, 2024
New Markets Tax Credits: A Primer for Nonprofit Leaders
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- 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.
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- January 18, 2024
Press Release: IFF Promotes Donna Sink to Director of Real Estate Solutions for the Indiana Region
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- January 13, 2024
Wisconsin State Journal: Madison Project with Housing, Child Care Under One Roof Shows Need for Federal Fund
Category: Thought Leadership - January 12, 2024
Enterprise Podcast Network: Preserving BIPOC-Led and Focused Arts and Culture in Chicago
Category: Press - January 09, 2024
Lake County News-Sun: Officials Say Lake County at Inflection Point in Homelessness Crisis; Population Growing as Affordable Housing Lags Behind
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- January 01, 2024
December 2023 Loan Round-up
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- December 30, 2023
Chicago Defender: ITAV Elevates Mission with Historic Acquisition of Hales in Bronzeville
Category: Press - December 19, 2023
Quality Facilities for All (QFA) Initiative Completes First Cohort of ECE Facility Renovations in Chicago
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- December 19, 2023
Second Wave Michigan: Report Highlights Need for More Equitable Early Childhood Care and Education
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November 2023 Loan Round-up
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- November 20, 2023
A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
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- November 20, 2023
IFF Leverages FHLBank Chicago Membership to Unlock $33.5+ Million in Funding for Affordable Housing in the Midwest
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- November 19, 2023
Evanston RoundTable: The Aux Launches First Phase of Construction
Category: Press - November 09, 2023
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Chicago-based Lender Helps Cleveland Nonprofits Secure Capital to Achieve Their Mission
Category: Press - November 08, 2023
Columbus Business First: Columbus Foundation Grants More Than $2 Million to Nonprofits for Capital Improvements
Category: Press - November 08, 2023
Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Must Begin with Intentionality
Category: Thought Leadership
- November 04, 2023
Petoskey News-Review: Lofts at Lumber Square Breaks Ground in Petoskey
Category: Press - November 03, 2023
WGVU’s The Shelley Irwin Show: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County
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- 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 - November 01, 2023
October 2023 Loan Round-up
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- October 27, 2023
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative’s Chicago Cohorts Gather for Reunion
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- October 26, 2023
Crain’s Chicago Business: Opinion: The Business Survival Case for Arming Arts Leaders with Financial Tools and Resources
Category: Press - October 25, 2023
City of Bloomington: CDFI Friendly Bloomington Celebrates Accomplishments and Hosts Partners
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- October 25, 2023
HUGE Improv Theater Bounces Back in the Twin Cities
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- 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 - October 16, 2023
Commentary: Hope Starts Here Marks Progress in Detroit, Kellogg and Kresge recommit their support
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- October 16, 2023
Shelterforce: Let’s Act Now to Stop Racism in Real Estate Appraisals
Category: Thought Leadership
- October 13, 2023
WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
Category: Press - October 12, 2023
Lake County News-Sun: PADS Lake County Using Hotels More Than Churches to House the Homeless
Category: Press - October 12, 2023
The Kresge Foundation: CDFIs: An Under-Represented Stakeholder in the Public Finance Ecosystem?
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- October 05, 2023
Urban Milwaukee: Join the Parade of Garden Homes
Category: Press - October 04, 2023
Weekly Citizen: Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Continues to Support BIPOC Arts and Cultural Organizations
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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
Category: Press - September 25, 2023
A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
Category: Stories
- September 25, 2023
Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
Category: Stories
- September 25, 2023
A How-to Guide to Publicizing Nonprofit Facilities Projects
Category: Resources
- September 25, 2023
Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
Category: Stories
- September 22, 2023
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
Category: Press - 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
Category: Press - September 13, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times: Common Pantry Opens First Stand-Alone Location in its 56-Year History of Helping the Hungry
Category: Press - September 12, 2023
Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
Category: Press - September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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- September 01, 2023
Properties Magazine: IFF Opens Cleveland Office
Category: Press - August 29, 2023
Austin Weekly News: Meet the Key Players Responsible for the Aspire Center Construction
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- August 22, 2023
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Nonprofit Receives $10M State Loan to Invest in West Michigan Housing Projects
Category: Press - 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
Illinois Charter School Completes Renovation of Historically Significant Campus Designed for Expeditionary Learning
Category: Stories
- August 17, 2023
How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part Two
Category: Thought Leadership
- August 17, 2023
How IFF is Putting Equity into Practice – Part One
Category: Thought Leadership - August 11, 2023
WGVU: Kent County Sets Parameters for New Affordable Housing Loan Fund, Enters Partnership with IFF
Category: Press - August 11, 2023
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County to launch affordable housing revolving loan fund with initial $58M
Category: Press - 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 - August 10, 2023
WOOD-TV: Kent Co. approves framework for affordable housing fund
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- August 04, 2023
Indianapolis Business Journal: Momentum builds to turn dormant far-east-side high school into services hub
Category: Press - August 01, 2023
July 2023 Loan Round-up
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- July 19, 2023
New High School Campus Solidifies KIPP KC’s Kindergarten-to-College Continuum for Quality Education
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- July 19, 2023
Eight Ways Nonprofits Can Contribute to a Greener Future Through Their Facilities Projects
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- July 19, 2023
A Historic Cornerstone of Columbus’ Black Community to “Rise from the Ashes” with $3.4 Million Revitalization
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- July 01, 2023
June 2023 Loan Round-up
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- June 21, 2023
NBC Kansas City: Going 360: Kansas City-area early childhood education system ‘in crisis’
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- June 15, 2023
Opportunity Finance Network: Chicago-Based CDFI Accelerates Positive Social Impact and Systems Change
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