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July 11, 2024
Regions Bank: ‘Small Dollars, Huge Impact’
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June 14, 2024
Midwest Climate Collaborative Webinar Recap: CDFIs and Green Financing Opportunities
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May 09, 2024
KSHB-TV: Transforming Empty KCPS DeLano School Into Teen Homeless Shelter
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May 07, 2024
IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
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May 02, 2024
Kansas City Business Journal: PACE KC Adult Wellness Center Receives Award for Community Impact
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May 01, 2024
April 2024 Loan Round-up
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April 19, 2024
Joyful Spaces: New Program Advances Early Childhood Education Facility Quality in St. Louis
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April 18, 2024
Sunflower State Radio: USDA Rural Development Partnership Helps Local Organization Create and Expand Food Programs in Rural Kansas
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April 17, 2024
Institute for Sustainable Communities: Investing in Decarbonization – The Role of CDFIs
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February 01, 2024
January 2024 Loan Round-up
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January 01, 2024
December 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 25, 2023
Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
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September 12, 2023
Kansas City Business Journal: ULI Kansas City Selects 23 Professionals to Newest Real Estate Diversity Initiative Cohort
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September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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July 19, 2023
New High School Campus Solidifies KIPP KC’s Kindergarten-to-College Continuum for Quality Education
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July 01, 2023
June 2023 Loan Round-up
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June 21, 2023
NBC Kansas City: Going 360: Kansas City-area early childhood education system ‘in crisis’
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June 07, 2023
Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
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June 01, 2023
May 2023 Loan Round-up
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May 29, 2023
KSAL.com: Funding for Kansas Healthy Food
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May 25, 2023
NBC Kansas City: New study delves into ’crisis’ within Kansas City’s early-childhood education system
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May 24, 2023
Fox 4 Kansas City: Study finds inequities in Kansas City early education
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May 05, 2023
IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
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May 01, 2023
April 2023 Loan Round-up
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April 24, 2023
Photo Tour: A Nonprofit Social Innovation Hub Bridging St. Louis’ Delmar Divide
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April 24, 2023
A Rural Kansas Community Bands Together to Open a Locally Owned, Full-Service Grocery Store
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April 01, 2023
March 2023 Loan Round-up
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March 01, 2023
February 2023 Loan Round-up
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January 12, 2023
Press Release: Executive Director for IFF’s Southern Region, Stephen Westbrooks, among the recipients of the 2023 St. Louis Titan 100
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January 01, 2023