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  1. June 12, 2025

    Block Club Chicago: Meet the Finalists for the $10 Million Chicago Prize to Revitalize South, West Sides
    Category: Press
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  2. May 21, 2025

    IFF’s 2024 Annual Report: Investing in People, Places, and Possibilities
    Category: Stories
  3. March 24, 2025

    Home Sweet Homan Initiative Gains Momentum as First Five Modular “Smart” Homes Are Sold
    Category: Stories
    Aerial view of a community gathering near modern townhouses with a food truck and a tent set up, people are assembled in small groups outdoors.
  4. October 10, 2024

    New Early Childhood Center Coming to Grand Rapids’ Boston Square Neighborhood
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  5. September 25, 2024

    IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Supporting Community-Driven Revitalization in Southeast Grand Rapids
    Category: Stories
  6. August 20, 2024

    Celebrating the McClellan Early Childhood Center
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    Welcome sign for McClellan Ribbon Cutting.
  7. July 16, 2024

    Foundation for Homan Square Celebrates Past, Present, and Future Housing Opportunities
    Category: Stories
    A gathering of people are standing outside in front of two homes. There is a tent and balloons and it looks to be a celebration.
  8. July 11, 2024

    Crain’s Detroit Business: Detroit Seeks Developer for Neighborhood Center Near Michigan Central
    Category: Press
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  9. June 26, 2024

    Home Sweet Homan: Affordable, Single-Family Smart Homes Offer Wealth-Building Opportunities on Chicago’s West Side
    Category: Stories
  10. May 14, 2024

    Crain’s Chicago Business: North Lawndale Getting New Factory-Built Affordable Homes
    Category: Press
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  11. May 13, 2024

    JPMorgan Chase: Quality Child Care Anchors Detroit Community
    Category: Press
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  12. May 07, 2024

    IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
    Category: Stories
  13. April 28, 2024

    10 Years of Impact in Detroit: How Three Nonprofits Have Evolved to Strengthen Communities
    Category: Stories
  14. April 08, 2024

    WTTW-TV’s Whitney Reynolds Show: Forgotten City
    Category: Press
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  15. March 26, 2024

    The Real Deal: Which Developers Won Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in Chicago?
    Category: Press
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  16. March 24, 2024

    Chicago Sun-Times: Affordable Housing Developments in Edgewater, West Pullman Among Those Awarded Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
    Category: Press
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  17. March 14, 2024

    Weekly Citizen: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
    Category: Press
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  18. March 07, 2024

    WGHN-AM: Rep. Scholten Secures $11.5M for Community Projects Across West Michigan
    Category: Press
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  19. March 06, 2024

    City of Chicago Press Release: Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Housing Announce 2023 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Awardees
    Category: Press
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  20. February 20, 2024

    The Kresge Foundation: How IFF Navigated Layering Partners, Capital to Build a New Early Childhood Center
    Category: Press
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  21. May 05, 2023

    IFF’s 2022 Annual Report: Together We Build a Stronger Midwest
    Category: Stories
  22. January 19, 2023

    IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Going Deep in Place in Chicago’s North Lawndale Neighborhood
    Category: Stories
  23. December 19, 2022

    Together We Build More Vibrant, Equitable Communities
    Category: Stories
  24. November 17, 2022

    Students to start Nov. 28 at new North Chicago middle school; ‘This will empower our students to do so much more’
    Category: Press
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  25. November 16, 2022

    Press Release: North Chicago’s New Neal Math and Science Academy Opens, Funded by a Donation from AbbVie
    Category: Press
    a Black girl and an Asian boy playing with a water table at the Chicago Children's Museum
  26. May 18, 2022

    New Neal Math and Science Academy on Track for November 2022 Grand Opening
    Category: Stories
    Architect's Rendering of the new Neal Math and Science Academy
  27. May 18, 2022

    IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
    Category: Stories
    Cover of IFF's 2021 Annual Report
  28. January 18, 2022

    Photo Tour: The Marygrove Early Education Center Puts Young Learners at the Center of Community Revitalization
    Category: Stories
  29. November 16, 2021

    Understanding that we are a collective: How vision became reality for the Chatham Education & Workforce Center
    Category: Stories
    A multi-purpose room at the Chatham Workforce Education & Workforce Center
  30. November 04, 2021

    ENR Midwest: ENR Midwest Names 2021 Best Projects
    Category: Press
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  31. September 17, 2021

    The Kresge Foundation: New, state-of-the art Marygrove Early Education Center celebrates grand opening
    Category: Press
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  32. September 15, 2021

    Equitable Community Development in Action: The Redevelopment of North Chicago’s Neal Math and Science Academy
    Category: Stories
    Neal Math and Science Academy External Rendering
  33. June 28, 2021

    2020 Annual Report
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  34. June 14, 2021

    Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
    Category: Stories
  35. February 25, 2021

    Model D: This faith-based nonprofit helped spark a revival in Detroit’s Regent Park
    Category: Press
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  36. February 01, 2021

    Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people
    Category: Press
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  37. November 06, 2020

    Lake County News-Sun: Renovation will essentially create new 5-story North Chicago middle school
    Category: Press
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  38. October 12, 2020

    Press Release: $22 million financing package closes to support cutting edge early childhood center on Marygrove campus
    Category: Press
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  39. June 12, 2020

    Chicago Tribune: Designs for new North Chicago middle school in final stages
    Category: Press
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  40. May 27, 2020

    2019 Annual Report
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  41. March 02, 2020

    Detroit breaks ground on $15 million early education center that will serve as national model
    Category: Stories
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  42. February 27, 2020

    Affordable Housing Finance: Housing and Finance Organizations Receive Capital Magnet Funds
    Category: Press
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  43. November 22, 2019

    Associated Press: New state-of-the art Early Childhood Education center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
    Category: Press
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  44. November 22, 2019

    Crain’s Detroit Business: $15 million Early Childhood Education Center breaks ground on Marygrove campus
    Category: Press
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  45. November 22, 2019

    The Detroit News: Early childhood education focus at Marygrove center’s groundbreaking
    Category: Press
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  46. July 15, 2019

    The Detroit News: Plans unveiled for early childhood center at Marygrove
    Category: Press
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  47. June 07, 2019

    ‘Leveling Up’ with Maya Camille-Broussard: A conversation with one of The Hatchery’s first resident food entrepreneurs
  48. April 30, 2019

    WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side
    Category: Press
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  49. April 11, 2019

    IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
    Category: Stories
  50. March 22, 2019

    Crain’s Chicago Business: AbbVie donates $40 million to rebuild Neal Math & Science Academy
    Category: Press
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  51. March 01, 2019

    Chicago Tribune: AbbVie pledges $40 million to fund construction of new middle school in North Chicago
    Category: Press
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  52. February 05, 2019

    Model D: Inside Marygrove College’s new direction: How it was saved and where it’s going
    Category: Press
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  53. January 09, 2019

    ‘Garfield Park rules!’ as The Hatchery opens doors to food entrepreneurs in Chicago
    Category: Stories
  54. December 07, 2018

    Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
    Category: Press
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  55. December 05, 2018

    WBEZ: Vacant School Buildings Litter Chicago Neighborhoods After Mass School Closings
    Category: Press
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  56. November 30, 2018

    WBEZ: Chicago Has A Plan To Build Near CTA Trains. But Who Does It Help?
    Category: Press
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  57. October 15, 2018

    Illinois Fresh Food Fund generates $34 million in community investment
    Category: Stories
  58. September 14, 2018

    Crain’s Detroit Business: Kresge puts $50 million behind Marygrove ‘cradle-to-college’ center
    Category: Press
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  59. September 04, 2018

    The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
    Category: Press
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  60. February 06, 2018

    Foundation for Homan Square, IFF Bet on Future Together
    Category: Stories