Tag: Chicago

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

September 23, 2022

Architect's rendering of Detroit Public Theatre's new facility

July 2022 Loan Roundup

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

An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center

June 2022 Loan Roundup

People standing inside a Volunteers of America Michigan thrift store

May 2022 Loan Roundup

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

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

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

March 2022 Loan Roundup

February 2022 Loan Roundup

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 Roundup

January 31, 2022

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

January 18, 2022

December 2021 Loan Roundup

December 31, 2021

November 2021 Loan Roundup

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 Roundup

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 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

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

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

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

May 2021 Loan Roundup

April 2021 Loan Roundup

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