Tag: Chicago

A multi-purpose room at the Chatham Workforce Education & Workforce Center

Understanding that we are a collective: How vision became reality for the Chatham Education & Workforce Center

November 16, 2021

Block Club Chicago: Little Black Pearl Will Open A Coworking Lounge, Launch Workshops For Adult Creatives This Month

October 5, 2021
RecycleForce Groundbreaking

September 2021 Loan Roundup

October 1, 2021

Next City: These Street Vendors Needed a Kitchen, So They Bought One

September 21, 2021
A table reading at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, IL

August 2021 Loan Roundup

August 31, 2021

July 2021 Loan Roundup

July 31, 2021

Red Clay Dance Company Brings “Artivism” to Chicago’s Woodlawn Community

July 14, 2021

Nonprofits & Real Estate: When to “build capacity” and when to just help

July 13, 2021

Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square

June 14, 2021

May 2021 Loan Roundup

May 31, 2021

April 2021 Loan Roundup

April 30, 2021

Covenant House Illinois Doubles Down on Ending Youth Homelessness with More Beds and Services in East Garfield Park

April 28, 2021

Chicago Architect Magazine: Home First

April 5, 2021

March 2021 Loan Roundup

March 31, 2021

February 2021 Loan Roundup

February 28, 2021

January 2021 Loan Roundup

January 31, 2021

Starbucks Press Release: Starbucks expands initiatives to advance opportunity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves

January 12, 2021

Weekly Citizen: New initiative provides for BIPOC arts and culture organizations

January 8, 2021

Media Advisory: $16.5 million Initiative for BIPOC Arts & Culture Organizations Launched in Chicago

December 17, 2020

Free financial training series for Chicago-area nonprofits

December 15, 2020

Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF

October 12, 2020

Interested in Racial Justice? Invest in Early Childhood Education.

October 8, 2020

10 Steps to Creating a Nonprofit Budget

September 15, 2020
Headshot of Chris Dons

Nonprofit PPP loan recipient providing health care and homeless shelters during COVID – Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago

August 6, 2020

WBEZ: Community Groups Push A Bold Idea To Revitalize Some Chicago Neighborhoods

July 1, 2020

WGN: Lightfoot announces $6 million investment in West Side community health improvements

February 27, 2020

Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

December 2, 2019

Profile: Rick Velasquez shares lessons learned from over four decades of work with Illinois’ children and families

November 11, 2019

Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want

October 25, 2019

IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 9, 2019