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  1. April 01, 2024

    March 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  2. March 01, 2024

    February 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  3. February 22, 2024

    The Aux: Leveraging the Power of Connection to Help Black-owned Businesses Thrive
    Category: Stories
  4. February 13, 2024

    Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
    Category: Stories
  5. February 02, 2024

    FHFA’s Home Loan Bank Report is a Policy Unicorn. Don’t Let It Escape.
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  6. 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
  7. January 01, 2024

    December 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  8. December 01, 2023

    November 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  9. November 20, 2023

    A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
    Category: Stories
  10. November 19, 2023

    Evanston RoundTable: The Aux Launches First Phase of Construction
    Category: Press
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  11. November 01, 2023

    October 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  12. October 25, 2023

    NXG Youth Motorsports Gets to the Starting Line for a Permanent Headquarters
    Category: Stories
  13. October 16, 2023

    Shelterforce: Let’s Act Now to Stop Racism in Real Estate Appraisals
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  14. September 29, 2023

    NBC Nightly News: Iowa Neighborhood’s First New Grocery Store in 50 years Bringing ‘Real Hope’ to Community
    Category: Press
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  15. September 25, 2023

    A New Community Hub Helps Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton Neighborhood Pivot Toward a Fresh Start
    Category: Stories
  16. September 25, 2023

    Going “All In” on Waterloo’s East Side with the Iowa Community’s First Grocery Store in 54 Years
    Category: Stories
  17. September 22, 2023

    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: All-in-Grocers Store to Celebrate Grand Opening in Waterloo Oct. 3
    Category: Press
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  18. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  19. August 21, 2023

    “Game Changing” Urban Farm Expands Kheprw Institute’s Capacity to Build Community Wealth
    Category: Stories
  20. August 04, 2023

    Indianapolis Business Journal: Momentum builds to turn dormant far-east-side high school into services hub
    Category: Press
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  21. August 01, 2023

    July 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  22. July 19, 2023

    A Historic Cornerstone of Columbus’ Black Community to “Rise from the Ashes” with $3.4 Million Revitalization
    Category: Stories
  23. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  24. June 21, 2023

    “Live Here, Create Here, Sell Here”: Two Detroiters Team Up to Create a $30 Million Haven for the Arts in a Historic Auto Factory
    Category: Stories
  25. June 07, 2023

    Stronger Nonprofits Initiative: Five Years of Investment and Impact
    Category: Stories
  26. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  27. May 24, 2023

    Persistence Pays Off for Enlace Chicago as Hard-Won Facility Serves as a Stepping Stone for Continued Growth
    Category: Stories
  28. May 01, 2023

    April 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  29. April 24, 2023

    Photo Tour: A Nonprofit Social Innovation Hub Bridging St. Louis’ Delmar Divide
    Category: Stories
  30. April 01, 2023

    March 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  31. March 22, 2023

    Celebrating 10 Years of Impact in Indiana and Doubling Down on Statewide Solutions
    Category: Stories
    At the Paramount Cottage Home school, a photo of the 10-year celebration of IFF's work in Indiana
  32. March 01, 2023

    February 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  33. February 01, 2023

    January 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  34. January 19, 2023

    IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Going Deep in Place in Chicago’s North Lawndale Neighborhood
    Category: Stories
  35. November 11, 2022

    October 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  36. August 31, 2022

    August 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  37. August 23, 2022

    $2 Million IFF Loan Provides New CDFI in Akron with Flexible Capital to Accelerate Impact
    Category: Stories
  38. July 20, 2022

    Construction Begins on World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House – Increasing Access to Pediatric Health Care in Central Ohio
    Category: Stories
    A groundbreaking for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio's facility expansion project
  39. July 18, 2022

    Building a More Sustainable Future While Lifting Up Businesses on Chicago’s South and West Sides: Q&A with 548 Development Founder & CEO A.J. Patton
    Category: Stories
    548 Development Founder and CEO A.J. Patton
  40. July 08, 2022

    Crain’s Chicago Business: Auburn Gresham sets itself up for a revitalization
    Category: Press
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  41. July 01, 2022

    June 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center
  42. June 21, 2022

    Chicago’s Academy for Global Citizenship Anchors New State-of-the-Art Learning, Sustainability, and Wellness Hub Catered to Community Needs
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of the Academy for Global Citizenship at the Cultivate Collective hub
  43. June 01, 2022

    May 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  44. May 18, 2022

    IFF’s 2021 Annual Report | Meeting the Moment: Change, Equity, Impact
    Category: Stories
    Cover of IFF's 2021 Annual Report
  45. May 01, 2022

    April 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of Galleria 89 in South Chicago
  46. April 19, 2022

    Photo Tour: A Repurposed School Begins Its Second Act as a Building Block for Revitalization in North St. Louis
    Category: Stories
  47. April 19, 2022

    A Collaborative Approach to Community Building and a Newly Renovated Facility Create a Platform for Transformation in Grand Rapids’ Third Ward
    Category: Stories
    Members of the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation stand outside of the group's facility
  48. April 01, 2022

    March 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories