Tag: Chicago

IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Going Deep in Place in Chicago’s North Lawndale Neighborhood

January 19, 2023

Press Release: Stronger Nonprofits Initiative Returns to Chicago, Addressing Barriers Leaders of Color Face in Accessing Resources

January 17, 2023

Together We Build More Vibrant, Equitable Communities

December 19, 2022

November 2022 Loan Round-up

December 1, 2022

Press Release: 40 BIPOC-led Arts & Culture Organizations from Across Chicago Come Together as Chicago’s Cultural Treasures Grantees

November 23, 2022

October 2022 Loan Round-up

November 11, 2022

New IFF Loan Program Reduces Barriers to Capital for BIPOC-Led Nonprofits on Chicago’s South and West Sides

September 23, 2022

August 2022 Loan Round-up

August 31, 2022
Architect's rendering of Detroit Public Theatre's new facility

July 2022 Loan Round-up

August 1, 2022
A networking event for entrepreneurs in the Mox.E coworking space at Entrenuity's headquarters in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood

Virtual Tour: Historic Building in the “Cradle of Rhythm and Blues” Reborn as an Incubator for BIPOC and Women Entrepreneurs

July 19, 2022
An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center

June 2022 Loan Round-up

July 1, 2022
People standing inside a Volunteers of America Michigan thrift store

May 2022 Loan Round-up

June 1, 2022

Photo Tour: $15 Million Adaptive Reuse of Historic Church Campus Enables Chicago Charter School’s Expansion

May 18, 2022
Photo of Chicago artist and educator Faheem Majeed

The Role of Cultural Assets in Community Development: A Q&A with Floating Museum Co-Director Faheem Majeed

May 18, 2022
An architect's rendering of the new BUILD Chicago campus

Nonprofit BUILD Moves Quickly to Disrupt the Status Quo with a Bold Investment in Community Infrastructure on Chicago’s West Side

April 19, 2022

March 2022 Loan Round-up

April 1, 2022

February 2022 Loan Round-up

March 1, 2022
Ceremonial groundbreaking taking place at PODER's future headquarters in the Gage Park neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side

Built from Within: PODER Begins Construction of Chicago’s First Immigrant Integration and Job Center

February 16, 2022
Model homes developed by Lawndale Christian Development Corporation as part of a community revitalization strategy designed to build generational wealth through homeownership

Virtual Tour: Two model homes on Chicago’s West Side demonstrate proof of concept for a bold community revitalization strategy

February 16, 2022

Crain’s Chicago Business: We need to hack appraisal-based lending

February 11, 2022
A group of staff and volunteers from Star Farm Chicago standing in front a van the nonprofit uses to distribute locally grown organic produce in and around Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood

January 2022 Loan Round-up

January 31, 2022

Photo Tour: North Lawndale Employment Network’s First Permanent Campus

January 18, 2022

December 2021 Loan Round-up

December 31, 2021

November 2021 Loan Round-up

December 1, 2021
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

October 2021 Loan Round-up

October 31, 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 Round-up

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 Round-up

August 31, 2021