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

Stories
May 24, 2023
PRE4CLE Initiative Invests in Cleveland’s Youngest Learners with Funding for Facilities Upgrades and Other Supports
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May 23, 2023
Press Release: IFF Opens New Cleveland Office
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May 05, 2023
IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
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April 01, 2023
March 2023 Loan Round-up
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February 01, 2023
January 2023 Loan Round-up
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January 01, 2023
December 2022 Loan Round-up
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December 19, 2022
Together We Build More Vibrant, Equitable Communities
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August 23, 2022
$2 Million IFF Loan Provides New CDFI in Akron with Flexible Capital to Accelerate Impact
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A groundbreaking for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio's facility expansion project
July 20, 2022
Construction Begins on World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House – Increasing Access to Pediatric Health Care in Central Ohio
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An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center
July 01, 2022
June 2022 Loan Round-up
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May 18, 2022
IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
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April 19, 2022
Ask a Nonprofit Lender: Why Should a Nonprofit Consider Debt for a Facility Project?
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February 16, 2022
Nonprofit Facility Planning Myths, Misconceptions, and Red Flags: Takeaways from The Columbus Foundation’s Nonprofit Forum
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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
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November 04, 2021
ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
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September 29, 2021
Business Journal: Ohio Community Development Association Gathers Next Week in Youngstown
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Stories
August 16, 2021
Columbus Nonprofit Revives Community Asset as Permanent Facility for Teen Mentorship
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June 30, 2021
June 2021 Loan Round-up
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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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May 31, 2021
May 2021 Loan Round-up
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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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Stories
October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
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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 14, 2020
The Columbus Dispatch: Apartments to rise on ‘Cargominium’ site on East Side
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Stories
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
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): IFF’s Letter to Comptroller Otting and Chairman McWilliams
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