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  1. February 26, 2026

    The St. Louis American: Stephen Westbrooks, Connecting Capital and Community Needs
    Category: Press
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  2. January 21, 2026

    NPR Kansas City: Kansas City Parents Say Child Care Made All the Difference in Their Lives. Finding It Was Not Easy.
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  3. January 20, 2026

    St. Louis Magazine: Q&A with Stephen Westbrooks, IFF
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  4. January 16, 2026

    Press Release: IFF Receives $85 Million New Markets Tax Credit Allocation from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund
    Category: Press
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  5. January 10, 2026

    Audio Story: How an Owner’s Representative Helped a Kansas City Nonprofit Develop a New HQ
    Category: Stories
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  6. January 02, 2026

    Affordable Housing Finance: Treasury Officials Announce $10 Billion in NMTC Awards
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  7. January 01, 2026

    December 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  8. December 29, 2025

    Start at Zero Establishes a New Early Childhood Development Hub in Kansas City
    Category: Stories
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  9. December 15, 2025

    Reflecting on a Career Spent Strengthening Nonprofits and the Communities They Serve: Q&A with IFF CEO Joe Neri
    Category: Stories
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  10. December 01, 2025

    November 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  11. November 23, 2025

    Nodaway News Leader: Community Food Providers Unite to Strengthen Food Access
    Category: Press
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  12. November 19, 2025

    A “94-Year-Old Startup” High School Secures Its Future Through Campus Ownership
    Category: Stories
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  13. November 19, 2025

    St. Louis Magazine: How the Brickline Greenway Can Drive Sustainable Development in North St. Louis
    Category: Press
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  14. October 29, 2025

    Seed St. Louis Grows Gardens and Communities Through a Long-Term Partnership with IFF
    Category: Stories
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  15. October 24, 2025

    St. Louis Magazine: How Nonprofit Lender IFF Helped Save St. Mary’s
    Category: Press
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  16. October 23, 2025

    IFF CEO Joe Neri Honored with Opportunity Finance Network’s 2025 Executive Leadership Award
    Category: Stories
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  17. September 22, 2025

    IFF’s Home First Awarded Tax Credits for a New Housing Development in Illinois’ Metro East Region
    Category: Stories
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  18. August 12, 2025

    St. Louis Business Journal: Backers Buy Catholic High School Property with Plans to Stay Independent
    Category: Press
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  19. August 01, 2025

    July 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  20. July 29, 2025

    Press Release: IFF Announces Upcoming CEO Transition
    Category: Press
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  21. July 09, 2025

    The St. Louis American: McDonnell Foundation Supports Tornado Recovery Effort
    Category: Press
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  22. July 01, 2025

    June 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  23. June 25, 2025

    IFF’s Flex Loan Program Expands to Increase Nonprofits’ Access to Capital Across the Midwest
    Category: Stories
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  24. June 12, 2025

    Crain’s Chicago Business: JPMorgan Chase Commits $18 Million to Chicago Nonprofit Lender
    Category: Press
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  25. June 12, 2025

    Chicago Business Journal: JPMorgan Chase Injects $18 Million into IFF to Boost Nonprofit Real Estate Projects in Midwest
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  26. June 12, 2025

    Press Release: JPMorganChase Commits $18 Million to IFF to Increase Access to Capital For Nonprofits in Chicago and the Greater Midwest
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  27. June 10, 2025

    theSTL: Caring for the Caregivers
    Category: Press
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  28. May 21, 2025

    IFF’s 2024 Annual Report: Investing in People, Places, and Possibilities
    Category: Stories
  29. May 15, 2025

    St. Louis Business Journal: Proposed CDFI Fund Reduction by Trump Could Devastate St. Louis-Area Lenders Serving Underserved Businesses
    Category: Press
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  30. April 28, 2025

    Planning Future Places: Across the Midwest, Nonprofits Level Up with Facility Feasibility Analyses
    Category: Stories
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  31. April 10, 2025

    Fox 2 St. Louis: Mayor-elect Cara Spencer Announces Staff Hires, Transition Team
    Category: Press
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  32. April 03, 2025

    Press Release: IFF Announces New Board Chair, Sakura Takano, CEO of Rotary Charities of Traverse City
    Category: Press
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  33. April 01, 2025

    March 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  34. February 24, 2025

    IFF’s Stephen Westbrooks Recognized on St. Louis Magazine’s “Business 500” List
    Category: Stories
  35. February 19, 2025

    St. Louis Magazine: IFF’s Stephen Westbrooks Recognized as One of Region’s Top Business Leaders
    Category: Press
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  36. February 19, 2025

    Axios Boston: Downtown Office Vacancies Gave a Boston Nonprofit a Chance to Expand
    Category: Press
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  37. February 17, 2025

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: IFF Executive Director Stephen Westbrooks Appointed to Community Development Advisory Council
    Category: Press
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  38. January 15, 2025

    Southeast Missourian: Community Groups Gather to Tackle Child Care Availability Issues
    Category: Press
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  39. January 01, 2025

    December 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  40. November 25, 2024

    How IFF is Helping Kids Win in Missouri by Supporting Local Solutions That Expand Access to Quality Child Care
    Category: Stories
  41. November 01, 2024

    October 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  42. October 04, 2024

    The St. Louis American: Affordable Housing Development Makes Home in Metro East
    Category: Press
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  43. September 30, 2024

    IFF’s Stephen Westbrooks Recognized by Ingram’s Magazine as One of “50 Missourians You Should Know”
    Category: Stories
  44. September 24, 2024

    Ingram’s Magazine: IFF Executive Director Stephen Westbrooks Named One of 50 “Missourians You Should Know”
    Category: Press
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  45. September 09, 2024

    KSDK-TV: St. Louis Voters Weigh In on How to Spend $250 Million Rams Settlement Money
    Category: Press
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  46. September 01, 2024

    August 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  47. August 27, 2024

    Affordable Housing Finance: Illinois Affordable Housing Development Closes on Financing
    Category: Press
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  48. August 27, 2024

    Leveraging Kansas’ First 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Match Preserves Affordable Housing for Seniors
    Category: Stories
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  49. August 22, 2024

    Multi-Housing News: Turnstone JV to Start Construction of Illinois Affordable Project
    Category: Press
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  50. August 15, 2024

    St. Louis Business Journal: Stephen Westbrooks of IFF Does the Heavy Lifting on Nonprofit Real Estate Projects
    Category: Press
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  51. July 29, 2024

    Cultivating St. Louis’ Next Generation of Community Leaders at Urban Sprouts Child Development Center
    Category: Stories
  52. July 11, 2024

    Regions Bank: ‘Small Dollars, Huge Impact’
    Category: Press
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  53. June 14, 2024

    Midwest Climate Collaborative Webinar Recap: CDFIs and Green Financing Opportunities
    Category: Stories
  54. June 01, 2024

    May 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  55. May 09, 2024

    KSHB-TV: Transforming Empty KCPS DeLano School Into Teen Homeless Shelter
    Category: Press
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  56. May 07, 2024

    IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
    Category: Stories
  57. May 02, 2024

    Kansas City Business Journal: PACE KC Adult Wellness Center Receives Award for Community Impact
    Category: Press
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  58. May 01, 2024

    April 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  59. April 19, 2024

    Joyful Spaces: New Program Advances Early Childhood Education Facility Quality in St. Louis
    Category: Stories
  60. April 18, 2024

    Sunflower State Radio: USDA Rural Development Partnership Helps Local Organization Create and Expand Food Programs in Rural Kansas
    Category: Press
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  61. April 17, 2024

    Institute for Sustainable Communities: Investing in Decarbonization – The Role of CDFIs
    Category: Press
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  62. February 01, 2024

    January 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  63. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
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  64. September 25, 2023

    Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
    Category: Stories
  65. September 12, 2023

    Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
    Category: Press
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  66. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  67. July 19, 2023

    New High School Campus Solidifies KIPP KC’s Kindergarten-to-College Continuum for Quality Education
    Category: Stories
  68. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  69. June 21, 2023

    NBC Kansas City: Going 360: Kansas City-area early childhood education system ‘in crisis’
    Category: Press
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  70. June 07, 2023

    Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
    Category: Stories
  71. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  72. May 29, 2023

    KSAL.com: Funding for Kansas Healthy Food
    Category: Press
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  73. May 25, 2023

    NBC Kansas City: New study delves into ’crisis’ within Kansas City’s early-childhood education system
    Category: Press
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  74. May 24, 2023

    Fox 4 Kansas City: Study finds inequities in Kansas City early education
    Category: Press
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  75. May 05, 2023

    IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
    Category: Stories
  76. May 01, 2023

    April 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  77. April 24, 2023

    Photo Tour: A Nonprofit Social Innovation Hub Bridging St. Louis’ Delmar Divide
    Category: Stories
  78. April 24, 2023

    A Rural Kansas Community Bands Together to Open a Locally Owned, Full-Service Grocery Store
    Category: Stories
  79. April 01, 2023

    March 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  80. March 01, 2023

    February 2023 Loan Round-up
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  81. January 12, 2023

    Press Release: Executive Director for IFF’s Southern Region, Stephen Westbrooks, among the recipients of the 2023 St. Louis Titan 100
    Category: Press
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  82. January 01, 2023

    December 2022 Loan Round-up
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  83. December 21, 2022

    St. Louis Business Journal: Construction starts on Green Street’s new $81M apartment complex in Forest Park Southeast
    Category: Press
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  84. November 23, 2022

    Photo Tour: IFF Loan “Opens the Door” for St. Louis Nonprofit to Create a State-of-the-Art Launch Pad for Careers in Tech
    Category: Stories
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  85. August 23, 2022

    St. Louis Nonprofit’s Capacity Expands in New Headquarters Amid an “Exponential Increase” in Demand for Behavioral Health Services
    Category: Stories
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  86. July 01, 2022

    June 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  87. June 21, 2022

    Meeting the Moment: 3 Nonprofit Leaders Reflect on Serving More, Serving More Effectively, and Serving More Equitably
    Category: Stories
  88. May 16, 2022

    Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Kansas City, MO, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
    Category: Press
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  89. April 19, 2022

    Photo Tour: A Repurposed School Begins Its Second Act as a Building Block for Revitalization in North St. Louis
    Category: Stories
  90. March 15, 2022

    Kranzberg Arts Foundation’s New 3333 Facility Provides a “Creative Sandbox” for St. Louis’ Arts Community
    Category: Stories
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  91. December 14, 2021

    Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
    Category: Stories
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  92. November 16, 2021

    Financial Literacy and Career Readiness Come to Life in Junior Achievement of Greater Kansas City’s New Facility
    Category: Stories
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  93. November 05, 2021

    St. Louis Business Journal: Training program for nonprofit groups led by people of color comes to St. Louis
    Category: Press
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  94. September 21, 2021

    St. Louis Business Journal: Kranzberg Foundation’s latest hub for St. Louis arts community, 3333, to open in Grand Center
    Category: Press
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  95. September 07, 2021

    St. Louis Business Journal: U.S. Department of Treasury awards $275M in tax credit authority to St. Louis groups
    Category: Press
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  96. August 16, 2021

    Transformational New Facility Unlocks Potential for Early Childhood Learners in Kansas City
    Category: Stories
  97. June 30, 2021

    June 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  98. June 14, 2021

    $2.5 Million in IFF Loans Strengthen CDFI Industry and Support Small Businesses in the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  99. June 01, 2021

    Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in St. Louis, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
    Category: Press
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  100. May 31, 2021

    May 2021 Loan Round-up
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