Catch up on IFF news, read stories about community development projects across the Midwest, and gain insight from our team.
- February 02, 2026
Block Club Chicago: Historic Roseland Church, Once on Verge of Demolition, to Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center
Category: Press
- November 01, 2025
October 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- October 31, 2025
Soapbox Cincinnati: CDFI Support Enables NewPath to Expand, Celebrate New Chapter in Changing Futures of Youth
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- September 01, 2025
August 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- August 01, 2025
MITechNews.com: Invest Detroit Closes $32 Million in Four Detroit Projects with New Markets Tax Credit
Category: Press
- May 27, 2025
TCA Health Develops the Recipe for a Healthier Community with New Nutrition, Innovation, and Wellness Center
Category: Stories
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- May 01, 2025
April 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- April 21, 2025
Aurora Beacon-News: VNA Clinic Officially Opens in Bloomhaven on Near East Side of Aurora
Category: Press
- April 01, 2025
March 2025 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- January 27, 2025
Filling a Community Need for Affordable Dental Care, Nonprofit Clinic Doubles Capacity with New Facility
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
- September 01, 2024
August 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- August 27, 2024
A New Tribal Facility in Rural Wisconsin Leverages New Markets Tax Credits to Transform Health and Wellness Services
Category: Stories
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- August 01, 2024
July 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- July 01, 2024
June 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- June 20, 2024
Corktown Health Expands Access to Stigma-Free Health Care for the LGBTQ+ Community with Second Location in Metro Detroit
Category: 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 08, 2024
Sawyer County Record: IFF Client Receives Deal of the Year Award for New $42 Million Health Center
Category: Press
- May 08, 2024
Sawyer County Record: LCO Receives Deal of the Year Award for New $42 Million Health Center

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- May 02, 2024
Kansas City Business Journal: PACE KC Adult Wellness Center Receives Award for Community Impact
Category: Press
- May 01, 2024
April 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
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- April 23, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: CDFI Funding Helps Corktown Health Expand Services for Detroit Area’s LGBTQ Residents
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- April 01, 2024
March 2024 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- February 13, 2024
Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
Category: Stories
- January 23, 2024
New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
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 01, 2023
October 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- September 25, 2023
Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
Category: Stories
- September 01, 2023
August 2023 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- July 01, 2023
June 2023 Loan Round-up
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- April 01, 2023
March 2023 Loan Round-up
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- January 01, 2023
December 2022 Loan Round-up
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- September 21, 2022
Stronger Together: Health Care Systems Investing in Early Care & Education
Category: Thought Leadership
- August 23, 2022
St. Louis Nonprofit’s Capacity Expands in New Headquarters Amid an “Exponential Increase” in Demand for Behavioral Health Services
Category: Stories
- July 20, 2022
Construction Begins on World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House – Increasing Access to Pediatric Health Care in Central Ohio
Category: Stories
- July 19, 2022
Corktown Health Embraces Continuous Adaptation to Expand Access to Stigma-Free Health Care for Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Community
Category: Stories
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- June 21, 2022
Meeting the Moment: 3 Nonprofit Leaders Reflect on Serving More, Serving More Effectively, and Serving More Equitably
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- May 01, 2022
April 2022 Loan Round-up
Category: Stories
- December 14, 2021
Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
Category: Stories
- November 16, 2021
Birth Detroit Reimagines Maternal and Infant Care with Plan for Community-Based, Black-led Birth Centers
Category: Stories
- November 16, 2021
Bridging the Gap Between Communities of Color and the Health Care System: A Q&A with UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant
Category: Stories
- November 09, 2021
Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds
Category: Thought Leadership
- October 13, 2021
Family Christian Health Center Responds to Pandemic by Leaning Further into Its Mission
Category: Stories
- June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
Category: Stories
- June 14, 2021
Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
Category: Stories
- October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
Category: Stories
- September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
Category: Thought Leadership
- May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
Category: Stories
- April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
Category: Thought Leadership
- February 26, 2020
Chicago Tribune: There’s a 16-year gap in life expectancy between Chicago’s West Side and the Loop. Here’s what local hospitals are doing about it.
Category: Press
- February 04, 2020
What does $1 billion in community lending look like?
Category: Stories
- October 25, 2019
Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
Category: Thought Leadership
- October 09, 2019
IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Category: Stories
- October 08, 2019
New YMCA in Kentucky’s west Louisville neighborhood reimagines public health through an equity lens
Category: Stories
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- July 08, 2019
Erie Family Health Centers doubles its footprint in Evanston/Skokie, increasing access to high-quality, affordable health care
Category: Stories
- June 07, 2019
Addressing health disparities in the LGBTQ community
Category: Stories
- May 01, 2019
De-stigmatizing mental health care through integration, specialized support, and space design
Category: Stories
- April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
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- March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
Category: Thought Leadership
- February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
Category: Thought Leadership
- January 18, 2019
Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
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- November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
Category: Stories
- September 05, 2018
High School that Emphasizes Service Makes Investment in IFF

- September 04, 2018
Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
Category: Stories
- September 04, 2018
The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
Category: Press
- August 06, 2018
‘He always, always had my back’: How IFF partnered with Heartland Alliance to open a specialized health care facility on Chicago’s south side
Category: Stories
- August 06, 2018
Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
Category: Stories
- April 16, 2018
From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
Category: Stories
- April 04, 2018
Major update of YWCA Dayton centers on trauma-informed care
Category: Stories
- February 06, 2018
Foundation for Homan Square, IFF Bet on Future Together
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