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Newcity: Chicago Cultural Treasures Receives $3 Million Funding
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May 07, 2024
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April 24, 2024
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PRINT: Shining a Spotlight on Chicago’s BIPOC Cultural Treasures
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March 13, 2024
IFF Co-Hosts Preview Event for 48th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival
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March 01, 2024
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February 20, 2024
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WGN Radio: The Humanities’ Impact – Fostering Economic Development in Chicago and Beyond
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January 23, 2024
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Enterprise Podcast Network: Preserving BIPOC-Led and Focused Arts and Culture in Chicago
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January 01, 2024
December 2023 Loan Round-up
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Twin Cities Art Reader: HUGE Improv Theater’s Forever Home and Winter Season
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December 01, 2023
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Organizational Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Must Begin with Intentionality
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October 26, 2023
Crain’s Chicago Business: Opinion: The Business Survival Case for Arming Arts Leaders with Financial Tools and Resources
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October 01, 2023
September 2023 Loan Round-up
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September 25, 2023
A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
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September 21, 2023
Reimagining What a Modern Museum Can Be: A Conversation with ACLF Participant Debra Kerr, President and CEO of Intuit
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September 18, 2023
Star Tribune: Huge Improv Theater Set to Move into its Own Building for the First Time in its History
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September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
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June 21, 2023
“Live Here, Create Here, Sell Here”: Two Detroiters Team Up to Create a $30 Million Haven for the Arts in a Historic Auto Factory
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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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