Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.
- May 06, 2019
Access and Quality for Illinois Children: Statewide Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment
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- May 01, 2019
De-stigmatizing mental health care through integration, specialized support, and space design
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- April 12, 2019
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Only one in five Milwaukee families has access to licensed child care for their pre-K kids
Category: Press - April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
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- April 05, 2019
Crain’s Chicago Business: To tackle a lack of affordable housing, nonprofits become developers
Category: Press - April 03, 2019
Illinois Action for Children: 50 Years of Impact
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- April 03, 2019
Artspace and IFF: Teaming up since 2011 to increase affordable housing options in the Midwest
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- April 03, 2019
‘Serving communities always comes down to location:’ A conversation with Chicago artist and activist Tonika Johnson
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- March 22, 2019
Crain’s Chicago Business: AbbVie donates $40 million to rebuild Neal Math & Science Academy
Category: Press - March 14, 2019
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: 20 organizations served, countless ideas and connections sparked
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- March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
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- March 06, 2019
Humboldt Park’s La Casa Norte answers question: ‘What are all the things someone needs to be well?’
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- March 01, 2019
Chicago Tribune: AbbVie pledges $40 million to fund construction of new middle school in North Chicago
Category: Press - February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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- February 06, 2019
How one woman of color transitioned from utility executive to construction industry leader
- February 05, 2019
One of the nation’s best schools takes a deep dive in Indianapolis – breathing life into historic Naval structure
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- February 05, 2019
St Louis’s Center of Creative Arts: Bridging the divide through the arts
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- February 05, 2019
Creative match-making leads to new early childhood education center on Detroit’s East Side
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- February 05, 2019
Model D: Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going
Category: Press - January 18, 2019
Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
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- January 09, 2019
Profile: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO, Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)
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- January 09, 2019
Peaceful block, peaceful home, peaceful soul: How one Home First resident is experiencing life in Humboldt Park
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- January 09, 2019
‘Garfield Park rules!’ as The Hatchery opens doors to food entrepreneurs in Chicago
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- December 07, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
Category: Press - December 05, 2018
WBEZ: Vacant School Buildings Litter Chicago Neighborhoods After Mass School Closings
Category: Press - November 30, 2018
WBEZ: Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
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- November 12, 2018
Ministering to the soul: St. Louis nonprofit grows into new space for the formerly incarcerated
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- November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
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- October 02, 2018
Profile: Camarrah Morgan, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
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- October 02, 2018
Tax credits enable faith-based CDC to open “nonprofit mall” and game-changing community center in Lafayette, IN
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- October 02, 2018
Giordano Dance transforms historic church into modern marvel
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- September 14, 2018
Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge puts $50 million behind Marygrove ‘cradle-to-college’ center
Category: Press - September 05, 2018
High School that Emphasizes Service Makes Investment in IFF
- September 05, 2018
‘People learn to live again here:’ Kansas City’s Healing House expands to meet growing need
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- September 05, 2018
IFF Learning Spaces: Three Stories of Growth
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- September 04, 2018
Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
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- September 04, 2018
The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
Category: Press - August 07, 2018
Voices of Cody Rouge: Chris Uhl of IFF on the importance of early childhood education
Category: Press - August 06, 2018
‘He always, always had my back’: How IFF partnered with Heartland Alliance to open a specialized health care facility on Chicago’s south side
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- August 06, 2018
The ‘homeland’: JEI’s historic reno brings nonprofit back to Jefferson Chalmers and anchors community development efforts
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- August 06, 2018
Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
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- July 11, 2018
Profile: Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director and Founder, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
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- July 10, 2018
Fort Wayne’s ‘The Landing’: Development brings new life to one of Indiana’s oldest commercial districts
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- July 10, 2018
Resilience: How the Stronger Nonprofits Initiative is ensuring access while changing the narrative
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- July 10, 2018
Breaking old ground: How Arts@Large is resurrecting the old Polish Arts Center in Milwaukee
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- June 26, 2018
Model D: Voices of Cody Rouge: How a local church and its partners saved a key community resource center
Category: Press - June 14, 2018
Chalkbeat: As caregivers struggle to make ends meet, 28,000 Detroit children go without care
Category: Press - June 07, 2018
Ground broken for new Arts @ Large Community Center, to be ‘hub of activity’ in Walker’s Point
Category: Press - June 06, 2018
‘We just don’t give up:’ How one alternative school is reaching homeless, dropout youth throughout Michigan
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- June 06, 2018
Former candy factory transformed into sustainable, affordable housing facility in Indianapolis
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- May 15, 2018
Chicago Reader: Chicago’s civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan
Category: Press - May 03, 2018
Profile: Jeremy Nowak, Author and Strategist
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- May 02, 2018
Chicago Artists Coalition utilizes MacArthur program’s financial training to manage rapid growth
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- April 16, 2018
From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
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- April 04, 2018
Breaking down barriers: Paraquad expands to create opportunities for people with disabilities
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- April 04, 2018
Major update of YWCA Dayton centers on trauma-informed care
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- March 05, 2018
Video: Kansas Healthy Food Initiative
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- February 23, 2018
Daily Reporter: Work begins on affordable housing project in Milwaukee
Category: Press - February 13, 2018
Press Release: Nonprofit Lender Promotes New Systems Change Vision and Leaders in Chicago
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- February 06, 2018
Foundation for Homan Square, IFF Bet on Future Together
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- February 06, 2018
Partnerships lead to more, better early childhood education in Detroit
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- February 06, 2018
Historic building on Chicago’s south side future site of National Museum of Gospel Music
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- February 06, 2018
Profile: Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc.
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- January 23, 2018
Michigan Public Radio: Early childhood education needs aren’t being met in several Grand Rapids neighborhoods
Category: Press - January 19, 2018
A System For All Children: An Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment in Grand Rapids
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- January 08, 2018
Profile: Eva M. Roby, President and CEO, Mission Investment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- January 08, 2018
New early childhood education facility opens doors in Flint
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- October 04, 2017
Can Illinois schools make the grade? IFF study on K-12 public education shines light on inequities, bright spots
