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  1. March 01, 2019

    Chicago Tribune: AbbVie pledges $40 million to fund construction of new middle school in North Chicago
    Category: Press
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  2. February 26, 2019

    IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
    Category: Thought Leadership
  3. February 25, 2019

    Shelterforce: Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? It’s Still Unclear
    Category: Press
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  4. February 06, 2019

    How one woman of color transitioned from utility executive to construction industry leader
  5. February 05, 2019

    One of the nation’s best schools takes a deep dive in Indianapolis – breathing life into historic Naval structure
    Category: Stories
  6. February 05, 2019

    St Louis’s Center of Creative Arts: Bridging the divide through the arts
    Category: Stories
  7. February 05, 2019

    Creative match-making leads to new early childhood education center on Detroit’s East Side
    Category: Stories
  8. February 05, 2019

    Model D: Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going
    Category: Press
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  9. January 18, 2019

    Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
    Category: Stories
  10. January 09, 2019

    Profile: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO, Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)
    Category: Stories
  11. January 09, 2019

    Peaceful block, peaceful home, peaceful soul: How one Home First resident is experiencing life in Humboldt Park
    Category: Stories
  12. January 09, 2019

    ‘Schools, not jails:’ Kansas City leaders welcome new child care center
    Category: Stories
  13. January 09, 2019

    ‘Garfield Park rules!’ as The Hatchery opens doors to food entrepreneurs in Chicago
    Category: Stories
  14. December 07, 2018

    Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
    Category: Press
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  15. December 05, 2018

    WBEZ: Vacant School Buildings Litter Chicago Neighborhoods After Mass School Closings
    Category: Press
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  16. November 30, 2018

    WBEZ: Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
    Category: Press
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  17. November 12, 2018

    Profile: Wendy Baumann, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation
    Category: Stories
  18. November 12, 2018

    Foundations College Prep: From a ‘tiny beginning’ to a thriving community
    Category: Stories
  19. November 12, 2018

    Ministering to the soul: St. Louis nonprofit grows into new space for the formerly incarcerated
    Category: Stories
  20. November 12, 2018

    IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  21. October 15, 2018

    Illinois Fresh Food Fund generates $34 million in community investment
    Category: Stories
  22. October 02, 2018

    Profile: Camarrah Morgan, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
    Category: Stories
  23. October 02, 2018

    Tax credits enable faith-based CDC to open “nonprofit mall” and game-changing community center in Lafayette, IN
    Category: Stories
  24. October 02, 2018

    Giordano Dance transforms historic church into modern marvel
    Category: Stories
  25. September 14, 2018

    Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge puts $50 million behind Marygrove ‘cradle-to-college’ center
    Category: Press
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  26. September 05, 2018

    High School that Emphasizes Service Makes Investment in IFF
  27. September 05, 2018

    ‘People learn to live again here:’ Kansas City’s Healing House expands to meet growing need
    Category: Stories
  28. September 05, 2018

    IFF Learning Spaces: Three Stories of Growth
    Category: Stories
  29. September 04, 2018

    Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
    Category: Stories
  30. September 04, 2018

    The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
    Category: Press
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  31. August 07, 2018

    Voices of Cody Rouge: Chris Uhl of IFF on the importance of early childhood education
    Category: Press
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  32. 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
    Category: Stories
  33. August 06, 2018

    The ‘homeland’: JEI’s historic reno brings nonprofit back to Jefferson Chalmers and anchors community development efforts
    Category: Stories
  34. August 06, 2018

    Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
    Category: Stories
  35. July 11, 2018

    Profile: Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director and Founder, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
    Category: Stories
  36. July 10, 2018

    Fort Wayne’s ‘The Landing’: Development brings new life to one of Indiana’s oldest commercial districts
    Category: Stories
  37. July 10, 2018

    Resilience: How the Stronger Nonprofits Initiative is ensuring access while changing the narrative
    Category: Stories
  38. July 10, 2018

    Breaking old ground: How Arts@Large is resurrecting the old Polish Arts Center in Milwaukee
    Category: Stories
  39. June 26, 2018

    Model D: Voices of Cody Rouge: How a local church and its partners saved a key community resource center
    Category: Press
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  40. June 14, 2018

    Chalkbeat: As caregivers struggle to make ends meet, 28,000 Detroit children go without care
    Category: Press
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  41. June 07, 2018

    Ground broken for new Arts @ Large Community Center, to be ‘hub of activity’ in Walker’s Point
    Category: Press
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  42. June 06, 2018

    ‘We just don’t give up:’ How one alternative school is reaching homeless, dropout youth throughout Michigan
    Category: Stories
  43. June 06, 2018

    Profile: Maxine Clark, CEO of Clark-Fox Family Foundation
  44. June 06, 2018

    A Total Partnership: How IFF and Centers for New Horizons are planning for the future
    Category: Stories
  45. June 06, 2018

    Former candy factory transformed into sustainable, affordable housing facility in Indianapolis
    Category: Stories
  46. May 15, 2018

    Chicago Reader: Chicago’s civic and business elite put on epic display of wokeness, roll out racial equity plan
    Category: Press
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  47. May 03, 2018

    Profile: Jeremy Nowak, Author and Strategist
    Category: Stories
  48. May 03, 2018

    Milwaukee Christian Center stabilizes neighborhoods one home at a time
    Category: Stories
  49. May 02, 2018

    Chicago Artists Coalition utilizes MacArthur program’s financial training to manage rapid growth
    Category: Stories
  50. April 16, 2018

    From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
    Category: Stories
  51. April 04, 2018

    Breaking down barriers: Paraquad expands to create opportunities for people with disabilities
    Category: Stories
  52. April 04, 2018

    Major update of YWCA Dayton centers on trauma-informed care
    Category: Stories
  53. April 04, 2018

    New full-service grocery store opening in Milwaukee’s Park West neighborhood
    Category: Stories
  54. March 08, 2018

    MacArthur program strengthens financial capacity of Chicago arts groups
    Category: Stories
  55. March 08, 2018

    Faith-based pantry brings food, emergency service to Wisconsin’s frontier
    Category: Stories
  56. March 08, 2018

    Profile: Halbert Sullivan, CEO, Fathers’ Support Center St. Louis
    Category: Stories
  57. March 05, 2018

    Video: Kansas Healthy Food Initiative
    Category: Stories
  58. February 23, 2018

    Daily Reporter: Work begins on affordable housing project in Milwaukee
    Category: Press
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  59. February 13, 2018

    Press Release: Nonprofit Lender Promotes New Systems Change Vision and Leaders in Chicago
    Category: Press
  60. February 06, 2018

    Foundation for Homan Square, IFF Bet on Future Together
    Category: Stories
  61. February 06, 2018

    Partnerships lead to more, better early childhood education in Detroit
    Category: Stories
  62. February 06, 2018

    Historic building on Chicago’s south side future site of National Museum of Gospel Music
    Category: Stories
  63. February 06, 2018

    Profile: Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc.
    Category: Stories
  64. January 23, 2018

    Michigan Public Radio: Early childhood education needs aren’t being met in several Grand Rapids neighborhoods
    Category: Press
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  65. January 19, 2018

    A System For All Children: An Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment in Grand Rapids
    Category: Stories
  66. January 08, 2018

    Profile: Eva M. Roby, President and CEO, Mission Investment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  67. January 08, 2018

    New early childhood education facility opens doors in Flint
    Category: Stories
  68. January 08, 2018

    Nonprofit realizes 20-year vision for halfway house in Stark County, OH
    Category: Stories
  69. October 04, 2017

    Can Illinois schools make the grade? IFF study on K-12 public education shines light on inequities, bright spots
  70. July 01, 2016

    IFF’s new online map and tools show need for quality schools in Indianapolis