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Kyle Smitley
September 15, 2021
Profile: Detroit Achievement Academy Founder Kyle Smitley on Starting a Charter School, Expansion, and Her “Unhinged” Love for Facilities Projects
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September 07, 2021
St. Louis Business Journal: U.S. Department of Treasury awards $275M in tax credit authority to St. Louis groups
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A table reading at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, IL
August 31, 2021
August 2021 Loan Round-up
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August 16, 2021
Transformational New Facility Unlocks Potential for Early Childhood Learners in Kansas City
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August 16, 2021
Columbus Nonprofit Revives Community Asset as Permanent Facility for Teen Mentorship
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July 31, 2021
July 2021 Loan Round-up
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July 14, 2021
Red Clay Dance Company Brings “Artivism” to Chicago’s Woodlawn Community
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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
A New Facility in Milwaukee Has Eco-Friendly Blue Skies Landscaping Seeing Green
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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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June 14, 2021
Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
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a Black girl and an Asian boy playing with a water table at the Chicago Children's Museum
June 01, 2021
Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Launches in St. Louis, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources
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May 31, 2021
May 2021 Loan Round-up
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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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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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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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