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

Stories
April 30, 2021
April 2021 Loan Round-up
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April 28, 2021
Covenant House Illinois Doubles Down on Ending Youth Homelessness with More Beds and Services in East Garfield Park
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April 13, 2021
Commongrounds Cooperative Puts Community First in Traverse City
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March 31, 2021
March 2021 Loan Round-up
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March 30, 2021
Impact Alpha: Five ways that lenders can interrupt racism and provide restorative-justice capital in our communities
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Stories
February 28, 2021
February 2021 Loan Round-up
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February 22, 2021
OFN & Twitter announce first Finance Justice Fund loans
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February 01, 2021
Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people
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February 01, 2021
IFF and JPMorgan Chase’s Stronger Nonprofit Initiative Assisting Milwaukee Nonprofit Leaders of Color
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Stories
January 31, 2021
January 2021 Loan Round-up
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January 29, 2021
Milwaukee Courier: IFF and JPMorgan Chase’s Stronger Nonprofit Initiative Assisting Milwaukee Nonprofit Leaders of Color
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January 29, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: Here’s when construction will start on Green Street’s $40M housing project in The Grove
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January 26, 2021
Next STL: Union At The Grove to Break Ground
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January 22, 2021
The News-Gazette: With homes filled and park open, Bristol Place ‘a really great community’
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January 12, 2021
Starbucks Press Release: Starbucks expands initiatives to advance opportunity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves
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December 11, 2020
WTMJ-TV Milwaukee: Increasing racial diversity among nonprofit leadership starts with achieving financial literacy
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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 23, 2020
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in Detroit and Milwaukee, Providing Free Financial Resources for Leaders of Color
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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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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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July 01, 2020
WBEZ: Community Groups Push A Bold Idea To Revitalize Some Chicago Neighborhoods
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June 12, 2020
The Hill: Community Development Financial Institutions funding in HEROES Act is key to helping economic fallout
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Thought Leadership
June 05, 2020
Letter: Community Reinvestment Act Addresses Racism
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Stories
May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
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May 21, 2020
Next City: This Nonprofit Helps Small Business Aid Go Where it Usually Doesn’t
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April 30, 2020
Nonprofit Quarterly: A Moment of Choice: Racial Equity, CDFIs, and the PPP Lending Fiasco
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April 29, 2020
Reuters: Minority businesses worry they are locked out of payroll lending program
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