Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.
- December 12, 2025
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Ohio’s Community Lenders Grapple with Ongoing CDFI Fund Uncertainty
Category: Press
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- December 02, 2025
The Michigan Chronicle: Dream Studio Detroit Opens New Community Hub in Cody Rouge to Expand Family Economic Mobility
Category: Press
- November 21, 2025
FIintside: Volunteers of America Michigan’s Mission Made Possible by Social Enterprise Thrift Stores; Support from IFF
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- November 19, 2025
St. Louis Magazine: How the Brickline Greenway Can Drive Sustainable Development in North St. Louis
Category: Press
- October 29, 2025
Seed St. Louis Grows Gardens and Communities Through a Long-Term Partnership with IFF
Category: Stories
- October 27, 2025
Crain’s Chicago Business: Development in Chicago Still Looks Lopsided. Can the City Even It Out?
Category: Press
- October 17, 2025
Cleveland’s Iconic West Side Market Gets a $70 Million Overhaul
Category: Stories
- October 14, 2025
Crain’s Chicago Business: 95th Street’s Long-Awaited Revival May Finally Be Underway
Category: Press
- October 14, 2025
Crain’s Detroit Business: Future of Key Local Development Funding Tool Uncertain as Trump Administration Lays Off Staff
Category: Press
- September 25, 2025
A Community-Driven Nonprofit Transforms a Blighted Property into a “Beacon of Light” in Milwaukee
Category: Stories
- August 27, 2025
From Vacant to Vibrant: A Revitalized Community Asset Sets the Stage for Austin’s Next Chapter
Category: Stories
- August 08, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Event Explores Expansion Strategies to Scale CDFI Impact
Category: Stories
- August 01, 2025
MITechNews.com: Invest Detroit Closes $32 Million in Four Detroit Projects with New Markets Tax Credit
Category: Press
- July 29, 2025
Second Wave Michigan: Preserving Homes, Changing Lives
Category: Press
- July 01, 2025
June 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- June 25, 2025
Boston Square Embraces the Future: New ECE Center Nurtures Young Minds and Empowers Families
Category: Stories
- June 25, 2025
IFF’s Flex Loan Program Expands to Increase Nonprofits’ Access to Capital Across the Midwest
Category: Stories
- June 23, 2025
Crain’s Detroit Business: Invest Detroit to Open $48 Million Innovation Hub in Former School
Category: Press
- June 12, 2025
Crain’s Chicago Business: JPMorgan Chase Commits $18 Million to Chicago Nonprofit Lender
Category: Press
- June 12, 2025
Chicago Business Journal: JPMorgan Chase Injects $18 Million into IFF to Boost Nonprofit Real Estate Projects in Midwest
Category: Press
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- June 12, 2025
Block Club Chicago: Meet the Finalists for the $10 Million Chicago Prize to Revitalize South, West Sides
Category: Press
- June 01, 2025
May 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- May 15, 2025
Achieving Greater Impact with an Ecosystem Approach to Community Development Technical Assistance
Category: Thought Leadership
- May 01, 2025
April 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- April 28, 2025
A New Headquarters and Workforce Development Center Amplifies the Positive Community Impact of an Ohio Nonprofit
Category: Stories
- April 15, 2025
Soapbox Cincinnati: How IFF and CDFIs Provide Tangible Investments and Grow Nonprofits for Cincinnati Neighborhoods
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- April 01, 2025
March 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- March 24, 2025
Home Sweet Homan Initiative Gains Momentum as First Five Modular “Smart” Homes Are Sold
Category: Stories
- March 19, 2025
Crain’s Detroit Business: Lenders Sound Alarm Over Trump Order Targeting Critical Development Funding Tool
Category: Press
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- February 26, 2025
Urban Institute: Leveraging the Community First Fund to Scale FHLBanks’ Mission Impact
Category: Thought Leadership
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- February 25, 2025
Input Fort Wayne: IFF’s Community Development in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Category: Press
- February 24, 2025
Second Wave Michigan: CEDAM Bootcamp Alumni Make Real Community Impact Through Development, Place-Based Solutions
Category: Press
- February 01, 2025
January 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- January 01, 2025
December 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- December 06, 2024
Austin Weekly News: From Grassroots to Corporate Support – Highlighting the Partnerships Making the Aspire Center Possible
Category: Press
- December 04, 2024
Community Economic Development Association of Michigan: How CDFIs Strengthen Nonprofits: 10 Years of IFF’s Impact in Detroit
Category: Press
- December 01, 2024
November 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- November 26, 2024
Indianapolis Nonprofit Invests in Self-Sufficiency with Purchase of Longtime Headquarters
Category: Stories
- November 25, 2024
Second Wave Media: Nonprofits and Neighbors Provide Insight, Pride, Propel 49507 Community Development
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- November 12, 2024
Canton Repository: ABCD Honors Leader Will Dent, Continues Expansion with New Offices, Apartments
Category: Press
- November 01, 2024
October 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- October 17, 2024
IFF Selected to Participate in CDFI Fund’s Record-Setting 2024 Bond Guarantee Program
Category: Stories
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- October 02, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Growing Fruitful Neighborhoods – IFF’s Commitment to Eastside Detroit
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- September 25, 2024
IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Supporting Community-Driven Revitalization in Southeast Grand Rapids
Category: Stories
- September 23, 2024
Celebrating 30 Years of the CDFI Fund
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- September 17, 2024
Michigan Chronicle: $30 Million Redevelopment Transforms Historic Auto Plant into Vibrant Community Hub
Category: Press
- August 20, 2024
Celebrating the McClellan Early Childhood Center
Category: Stories
- August 08, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Commongrounds Uses Co-Op Model to Serve Missing Needs of the Community
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- August 02, 2024
Crain’s Detroit Business: Final Pieces of Cradle-to-Career Plan at Marygrove Campus in the Works
Category: Press
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- July 29, 2024
Honoring an Indianapolis Community’s Past by Facilitating a Resident-Driven Plan for the Future
Category: Stories
- July 16, 2024
Foundation for Homan Square Celebrates Past, Present, and Future Housing Opportunities
Category: Stories
- July 11, 2024
Regions Bank: ‘Small Dollars, Huge Impact’
Category: Press
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- July 10, 2024
Urban Institute: Federal Home Loan Banks Can Act Now to Better Support Community Development
Category: Thought Leadership
- July 09, 2024
City of Chicago: Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces Major Accomplishments Since Launch of Cut the Tape Initiative
Category: Press
- July 01, 2024
June 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- June 26, 2024
Home Sweet Homan: Affordable, Single-Family Smart Homes Offer Wealth-Building Opportunities on Chicago’s West Side
Category: Stories
- June 25, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Repurposing Community Assets Strengthens Communities in Pontiac and Detroit
Category: PressCategory: Stories
- June 06, 2024
The Ark Celebrates the Reopening of a Human Services Hub for Chicago’s Jewish Community
Category: Stories
- June 01, 2024
May 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- May 15, 2024
Creating an Inclusive Space for the Blind and Visually Impaired Community in Northwest Indiana
Category: Stories
- May 10, 2024
Chicago Defender: Pullman and Roseland Communities Celebrate Latest Milestone in their Revitalization
Category: Press
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- May 01, 2024
April 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- April 30, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Hispanic Center of Western Michigan Buys Former Church for Expansion Plan
Category: Press
- April 28, 2024
10 Years of Impact in Detroit: How Three Nonprofits Have Evolved to Strengthen Communities
Category: Stories
- April 10, 2024
Male Mogul Initiative Celebrates Grand Opening of Small Business Incubator on Chicago’s South Side
Category: Stories
- April 01, 2024
March 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- March 01, 2024
February 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- February 13, 2024
Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
Category: Stories
- February 02, 2024
FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
Category: Thought Leadership
- January 23, 2024
Investing in Chicago’s West Side, One Young Person at a Time: Q&A with MAAFA Redemption Project’s Marshall Hatch, Jr.
Category: Stories
- January 01, 2024
December 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- December 01, 2023
November 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- November 20, 2023
A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
Category: Stories
- November 19, 2023
Evanston RoundTable: The Aux Launches First Phase of Construction
Category: Press
- November 01, 2023
October 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- October 16, 2023
Shelterforce: Let’s Act Now to Stop Racism in Real Estate Appraisals
Category: Thought Leadership
- September 29, 2023
NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
Category: Press
- September 25, 2023
A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
Category: Stories
- September 25, 2023
Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
Category: Stories
- September 22, 2023
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
Category: Press
- September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- August 21, 2023
“Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
Category: Stories
- August 04, 2023
Indianapolis Business Journal: Momentum builds to turn dormant far-east-side high school into services hub
Category: Press
- August 01, 2023
July 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories