Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.
- September 02, 2020
Learning to Change: Reflections of the CDFI Racial Equity Collaborative on Education
Category: Press
- September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
Category: Thought Leadership
- Category: Press
- May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
Category: Stories
- April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
Category: Thought Leadership - April 08, 2020
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): IFF’s Letter to Comptroller Otting and Chairman McWilliams
Category: Thought Leadership
- March 06, 2020
Architectural Digest: Inside a Historic Detroit Charter School That Takes Cues From Wes Anderson
Category: Press 
- March 02, 2020
Detroit breaks ground on $15 million early education center that will serve as national model
Category: Stories
- March 02, 2020
The Ticker: Local Child Care Study Outlines Shortcomings
Category: Press - March 02, 2020
Detroit Prep revives century-old school building to serve up to 500 students in Pingree Park
Category: Stories
- March 02, 2020
Experienced child care provider expands to serve 6x more children on Detroit’s east side
Category: Stories
- February 14, 2020
You, Me, and Your Top Three Podcast: Becoming a Multiplier with Chris Uhl, Executive Director – Eastern Region
Category: Press - February 04, 2020
What does $1 billion in community lending look like?
Category: Stories
- January 06, 2020
Traverse City Record Eagle: Dann’s House doubles up
Category: Press - December 24, 2019
The Ticker: Women’s Resource Center, Dann’s House Expanding
Category: Press - Category: Press
- November 22, 2019
Associated Press: New state-of-the art Early Childhood Education center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
Category: Press - November 22, 2019
Crain’s Detroit Business: $15 million Early Childhood Education Center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
Category: Press - November 22, 2019
The Detroit News: Early childhood education focus at Marygrove center’s groundbreaking
Category: Press - November 18, 2019
Chalkbeat: After years of fundraising and legal battles, a Detroit charter celebrates its new home
Category: Press - November 18, 2019
American School & University Magazine: Detroit charter moves into vacant elementary
Category: Press - November 11, 2019
United Methodist Community House reimagines itself — and Grand Rapids’ Southeastern Community
Category: Stories
- October 30, 2019
Crain’s Detroit Business: JPMorgan Chase investing $675,000 to help 20 nonprofits led by or serving people of color
Category: Press - Category: Thought Leadership
- October 25, 2019
Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
Category: Thought Leadership
- October 09, 2019
IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Category: Stories
- Category: Press
- June 07, 2019
Addressing health disparities in the LGBTQ community
Category: Stories
- May 29, 2019
Press Release: Kresge, Kellogg and PNC foundations announce $2.5 million to bolster Detroit childcare facilities
Category: Press - Category: Press
- April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
Category: Stories
- Category: Stories
- April 03, 2019
Artspace and IFF: Teaming up since 2011 to increase affordable housing options in the Midwest
Category: Stories
- March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
Category: Thought Leadership
- February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
Category: Thought Leadership
- February 05, 2019
Creative match-making leads to new early childhood education center on Detroit’s East Side
Category: Stories
- 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
Category: Stories
- November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
Category: Stories
- October 02, 2018
Profile: Camarrah Morgan, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
Category: Stories
- 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
IFF Learning Spaces: Three Stories of Growth
Category: Stories
- September 04, 2018
Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
Category: Stories
- August 07, 2018
Voices of Cody Rouge: Chris Uhl of IFF on the importance of early childhood education
Category: Press - August 06, 2018
The ‘homeland’: JEI’s historic reno brings nonprofit back to Jefferson Chalmers and anchors community development efforts
Category: Stories
- July 11, 2018
Profile: Angela G. Reyes, Executive Director and Founder, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Category: Stories
- 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 06, 2018
‘We just don’t give up:’ How one alternative school is reaching homeless, dropout youth throughout Michigan
Category: Stories
- 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
Category: Stories
- April 16, 2018
From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
Category: Stories
- February 06, 2018
Partnerships lead to more, better early childhood education in Detroit
Category: Stories
- February 06, 2018
Profile: Sue Mosey, Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Category: Stories
- 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
Category: Stories
- January 08, 2018
New early childhood education facility opens doors in Flint
Category: Stories