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

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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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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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October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
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Resources
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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Thought Leadership
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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May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
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Thought Leadership
April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
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Thought Leadership
April 08, 2020
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): IFF’s Letter to Comptroller Otting and Chairman McWilliams
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January 02, 2020
10 pieces of advice to help your organization prosper in 2020
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October 10, 2019
People Helping People Podcast with IFF’s Joe Neri and Omar Elhagmusa
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October 09, 2019
IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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May 16, 2019
BadCredit.org: IFF Loans Enable Nonprofit Agencies to Purchase Facilities and Deliver Social Services to Low-Income Communities Across the Midwest
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April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
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Thought Leadership
March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
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Thought Leadership
February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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January 18, 2019
Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
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January 09, 2019
Profile: Inna Kinney, Founder and CEO, Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)
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November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
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