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  1. April 29, 2026

    IFF’s 2025 Annual Report: Standing Together for Midwest Communities
    Category: Stories
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  2. March 25, 2026

    Mirror Indy: How New Doors Will Lead to More Money for Mary Rigg’s Neighbors
    Category: Press
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  3. March 11, 2026

    City of Bloomington: City Offers Grant Funding Up to $25,000 for Solar, Energy Efficiency, & Lighting
    Category: Press
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  4. March 11, 2026

    Press Release: Thriving Nonprofits Initiative Successfully Completes First Cohort, Delivering Energy Savings and Infrastructure Upgrades to 10 Marion County Nonprofits
    Category: Press
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  5. February 27, 2026

    How Banks and CDFIs Can Partner to Serve Nonprofits: Q&A with Merchants Bank Vice President Marquisha Bridgeman
    Category: Stories
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  6. January 16, 2026

    Press Release: IFF Receives $85 Million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund
    Category: Press
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  7. January 02, 2026

    Affordable Housing Finance: Treasury Officials Announce $10 Billion in NMTC Awards
    Category: Press
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  8. December 15, 2025

    Reflecting on a Career Spent Strengthening Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve: Q&A with IFF CEO Joe Neri
    Category: Stories
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  9. December 01, 2025

    November 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  10. November 04, 2025

    Inside INdiana Business: CDFI Friendly Evansville Region Working to Connect Underserved Communities to Capital
    Category: Press
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  11. October 23, 2025

    IFF CEO Joe Neri Honored with Opportunity Finance Network’s 2025 Executive Leadership Award
    Category: Stories
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  12. August 15, 2025

    WRTV: Empowering Nonprofits, Indianapolis Launches New Energy Efficiency Program
    Category: Press
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  13. August 08, 2025

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York Event Explores Expansion Strategies to Scale CDFI Impact
    Category: Stories
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  14. August 01, 2025

    July 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  15. July 29, 2025

    Press Release: IFF Announces Upcoming CEO Transition
    Category: Press
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  16. July 28, 2025

    Predevelopment Financing from IFF Helps an Indiana Developer Address the State’s Senior Housing Squeeze
    Category: Stories
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  17. July 08, 2025

    Indianapolis Recorder: City and IFF Launch Thriving Nonprofits to Help Local Orgs Cut Energy Costs
    Category: Press
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  18. July 03, 2025

    WFYI Indianapolis: Thriving Nonprofits Initiative Identifies First Cohort of Organizations
    Category: Press
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  19. July 01, 2025

    Press Release: City of Indianapolis and IFF Announce Organizations Selected to Participate in New Energy Efficiency Initiative
    Category: Press
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  20. June 25, 2025

    IFF’s Flex Loan Program Expands to Increase Nonprofits’ Access to Capital Across the Midwest
    Category: Stories
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  21. June 12, 2025

    Crain’s Chicago Business: JPMorgan Chase Commits $18 Million to Chicago Nonprofit Lender
    Category: Press
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  22. June 12, 2025

    Chicago Business Journal: JPMorgan Chase Injects $18 Million into IFF to Boost Nonprofit Real Estate Projects in Midwest
    Category: Press
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  23. June 12, 2025

    Press Release: JPMorganChase Commits $18 Million to IFF to Increase Access to Capital For Nonprofits in Chicago and the Greater Midwest
    Category: Press
  24. June 01, 2025

    May 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  25. May 21, 2025

    IFF’s 2024 Annual Report: Investing in People, Places, and Possibilities
    Category: Stories
  26. May 07, 2025

    Press Release: City of Indianapolis and IFF Launch New Energy Efficiency Program for Nonprofits in Marion County
    Category: Press
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  27. May 07, 2025

    WFYI Indianapolis: City to Offer Energy Assistance to Nonprofits Through New Thrive Program
    Category: Press
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  28. May 01, 2025

    April 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  29. April 28, 2025

    Planning Future Places: Across the Midwest, Nonprofits Level Up with Facility Feasibility Analyses
    Category: Stories
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  30. April 03, 2025

    Press Release: IFF Announces New Board Chair, Sakura Takano, CEO of Rotary Charities of Traverse City
    Category: Press
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  31. April 01, 2025

    March 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  32. March 20, 2025

    ABC 6 Indianapolis: Four Indiana Nonprofits Receive Grant Funding to Help Address Workforce Issue of Affordable Child Care
    Category: Press
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  33. March 01, 2025

    February 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  34. February 25, 2025

    Input Fort Wayne: IFF’s Community Development in Fort Wayne, Indiana
    Category: Press
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  35. February 10, 2025

    ABC57: South Bend Launches Energy Assistance and Solar Savings Initiative for Fourth Year
    Category: Press
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  36. December 01, 2024

    November 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  37. November 26, 2024

    Indianapolis Nonprofit Invests in Self-Sufficiency with Purchase of Longtime Headquarters
    Category: Stories
  38. November 19, 2024

    Northwest Indiana Business Magazine: Advisory Council Leads State Prison Redevelopment
    Category: Press
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  39. September 01, 2024

    August 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  40. July 29, 2024

    Honoring an Indianapolis Community’s Past by Facilitating a Resident-Driven Plan for the Future
    Category: Stories
  41. July 12, 2024

    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Panel Discussion: Child Care Innovations from the 7th District
    Category: Stories
  42. June 14, 2024

    Midwest Climate Collaborative Webinar Recap: CDFIs and Green Financing Opportunities
    Category: Stories
  43. June 01, 2024

    May 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  44. May 30, 2024

    Shelterforce: Want Leaders in Community Development? Develop a New Hiring Strategy
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  45. May 28, 2024

    In Muncie, Reimagining ‘The Y’ for the Needs of Gen Z and Beyond
    Category: Stories
  46. May 07, 2024

    IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
    Category: Stories
  47. May 01, 2024

    April 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  48. April 01, 2024

    March 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  49. March 29, 2024

    Indiana Daily Student: City of Bloomington Offers Grant Funding Up to $25,000 for Solar, Energy Efficiency, & Lighting
    Category: Press
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  50. March 18, 2024

    IFF Client RecycleForce Expands Impact in Newly Built Facility
    Category: Stories
  51. March 01, 2024

    February 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  52. February 09, 2024

    City of South Bend Office of Sustainability: City Program Supports Solar in South Bend
    Category: Press
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  53. February 06, 2024

    Energy Assistance & Solar Savings Initiative Expands in South Bend with IFF’s Support
    Category: Stories
  54. January 18, 2024

    Press Release: IFF Promotes Donna Sink to Director of Real Estate Solutions for the Indiana Region
    Category: Press
  55. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  56. December 01, 2023

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

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  60. August 21, 2023

    “Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
    Category: Stories
  61. August 04, 2023

    Indianapolis Business Journal: Momentum builds to turn dormant far-east-side high school into services hub
    Category: Press
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  62. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  63. June 07, 2023

    Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
    Category: Stories
  64. June 06, 2023

    Cinnaire Welcomes Three New Board Members
    Category: Press
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  65. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  66. May 05, 2023

    IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
    Category: Stories
  67. March 22, 2023

    Celebrating 10 Years of Impact in Indiana and Doubling Down on Statewide Solutions
    Category: Stories
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  68. January 26, 2023

    Press Release: Amandula Anderson New Executive Director for IFF’s Indiana Region
    Category: Press
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  69. January 19, 2023

    IFF Loan Clears the Way for Indianapolis Nonprofit to Open City’s Second Respite House for Children with Emotional Disabilities
    Category: Stories
  70. January 18, 2023

    Inside Indiana Business: Glick Philanthropies awards $1.4M in grants
    Category: Press
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  71. January 10, 2023

    Press Release: IFF Receives $75,000 Grant from Glick Philanthropies to Further Support Indianapolis Nonprofits Through Leadership, Programming, and Real Estate Coaching
    Category: Press
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  72. January 01, 2023

    December 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  73. November 23, 2022

    South Bend Sustainability Program Helps Nonprofits Reduce Utility Costs and Shape a Greener Future for the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  74. September 23, 2022

    $6 Million Rehab of Historic Facility Drives Change in Louisville’s West End
    Category: Stories
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  75. June 21, 2022

    ‘It’s Been a Really Great Year of Growth’: A Conversation with Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Participant Consuelo Lockhart, Founder of the Latinas Welding Guild
    Category: Stories
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