Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.

August 01, 2024

Webinar: Access to Capital for Nonprofit-Led Community Revitalization

IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers

IFF Co-Hosts Preview Event for 48th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival

February 2024 Loan Round-up

February 13, 2024

Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House

Thought Leadership

January 16, 2024

Crain’s Cleveland Business: How CDFIs Are Helping Northeast Ohio Thrive

November 20, 2023

A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton

November 09, 2023

Crain’s Cleveland Business: Chicago-based Lender Helps Cleveland Nonprofits Secure Capital to Achieve Their Mission

November 08, 2023

Columbus Business First: Columbus Foundation Grants More Than $2 Million to Nonprofits for Capital Improvements

November 03, 2023

The Columbus Foundation Announces $2.6 Million in Capital Improvement Grants

November 01, 2023

October 2023 Loan Round-up

September 25, 2023

A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start

August 01, 2023

July 2023 Loan Round-up

A Historic Cornerstone of Columbus’ Black Community to “Rise from the Ashes” with $3.4 Million Revitalization

PRE4CLE Initiative Invests in Cleveland’s Youngest Learners with Funding for Facilities Upgrades and Other Supports

Crain’s Cleveland Business: Lender/developer IFF opens Cleveland office to boost nonprofits

Press Release: IFF Opens New Cleveland Office

IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest

March 2023 Loan Round-up

Ideastream Public Media: State officials visit Cleveland to explore funding for improving early child care facilities

February 01, 2023

January 2023 Loan Round-up

January 01, 2023

December 2022 Loan Round-up

December 19, 2022

Together We Build More Vibrant, Equitable Communities

August 23, 2022

$2 Million IFF Loan Provides New CDFI in Akron with Flexible Capital to Accelerate Impact

A groundbreaking for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio's facility expansion project

Construction Begins on World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House – Increasing Access to Pediatric Health Care in Central Ohio

An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center

June 2022 Loan Round-up

Cover of IFF's 2021 Annual Report

IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact

Ask a Nonprofit Lender: Why Should a Nonprofit Consider Debt for a Facility Project?

February 16, 2022

Nonprofit Facility Planning Myths, Misconceptions, and Red Flags: Takeaways from The Columbus Foundation’s Nonprofit Forum

A group of staff and volunteers from Star Farm Chicago standing in front a van the nonprofit uses to distribute locally grown organic produce in and around Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood

January 31, 2022

January 2022 Loan Round-up