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September 15, 2021
Profile: Detroit Achievement Academy Founder Kyle Smitley on Starting a Charter School, Expansion, and Her “Unhinged” Love for Facilities Projects
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August 18, 2021
MLive: Transforming learning spaces: Program aims to improve access to early childhood education
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July 12, 2021
Profile: Sakura Takano, CEO, Rotary Charities of Traverse City
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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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June 14, 2021
$2.5 Million in IFF Loans Strengthen CDFI Industry and Support Small Businesses in the Midwest
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June 14, 2021
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Spotlight: InsideOut Literary Arts Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen
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May 05, 2021
How Learning Spaces Expansion to Grand Rapids Addresses Inequity and Shapes Children’s Futures
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April 13, 2021
Commongrounds Cooperative Puts Community First in Traverse City
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March 31, 2021
March 2021 Loan Round-up
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March 23, 2021
The Lakeshore West Michigan: GHACF invests $1.5M to provide low-cost loans to community nonprofits
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February 28, 2021
February 2021 Loan Round-up
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February 25, 2021
Model D: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park
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February 01, 2021
Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people
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January 31, 2021
January 2021 Loan Round-up
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January 26, 2021
WILX Lansing: Children’s Book Provides Practical Tips for Returning to In-Person Learning
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January 05, 2021
“How My School Fights a Virus:” IFF publishes children’s book with practical tips on returning to school
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December 16, 2020
Crain’s Detroit: MacKenzie Scott donates millions of her Amazon wealth to nonprofits in Michigan
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November 19, 2020
Citi Foundation Provides $15 Million in Support to 30 Community Development Financial Institutions Across the U.S.
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October 26, 2020
Matrix Human Services: L.A.C.C. Child Care Academy Transforms After Renovations
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October 23, 2020
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Detroit and Milwaukee, Providing Free Financial Resources for Leaders of Color
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October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
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October 12, 2020
Press Release: $22 million financing package closes to support cutting edge early childhood center on Marygrove campus
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October 08, 2020
Interested in Racial Justice? Invest in Early Childhood Education.
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September 15, 2020
10 Steps to Creating a Nonprofit Budget
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September 02, 2020
Learning to Change: Reflections of the CDFI Racial Equity Collaborative on Education
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September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
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July 15, 2020
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Plot twist: Horizon Books isn’t closing
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May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
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April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
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April 08, 2020