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  1. July 22, 2026

    IFF’s 2026-2030 Strategic Framework
    Category: Stories
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  2. June 19, 2026

    Rooted in Paseo Boricua, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center Expands Its Footprint to Serve Chicago’s Latine Families
    Category: Stories
    People stand behind a barricade at a parade, holding and waving Puerto Rican flags on a sunny day.
  3. May 01, 2026

    April 2026 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Construction sign for the Northside Youth and Senior Services Center, featuring logos, a construction vehicle, and surrounding buildings and trees.
  4. April 29, 2026

    IFF’s 2025 Annual Report: Standing Together for Midwest Communities
    Category: Stories
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  5. April 23, 2026

    KSAL.com: Salina Family Healthcare Gets $34 Million Investment
    Category: Press
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  6. March 01, 2026

    February 2026 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  7. February 02, 2026

    Block Club Chicago: Historic Roseland Church, Once on Verge of Demolition, to Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center
    Category: Press
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  8. November 01, 2025

    October 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A single-story building with a green metal roof and white exterior sits in a park-like setting. A curving driveway and pathway lead to the entrance. Cloudy sky above.
  9. October 31, 2025

    Soapbox Cincinnati: CDFI Support Enables NewPath to Expand, Celebrate New Chapter in Changing Futures of Youth
    Category: Press
    Category: Stories
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  10. September 01, 2025

    August 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  11. August 01, 2025

    MITechNews.com: Invest Detroit Closes $32 Million in Four Detroit Projects with New Markets Tax Credit
    Category: Press
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  12. May 27, 2025

    TCA Health Develops the Recipe for a Healthier Community with New Nutrition, Innovation, and Wellness Center
    Category: Stories
  13. May 23, 2025

    Block Club Chicago: $65 Million United Yards Development Now Open in Back of the Yards
    Category: Press
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  14. May 21, 2025

    IFF’s 2024 Annual Report: Investing in People, Places, and Possibilities
    Category: Stories
  15. May 01, 2025

    April 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Five people in helmets participating in a groundbreaking ceremony with shovels.
  16. April 21, 2025

    Aurora Beacon-News: VNA Clinic Officially Opens in Bloomhaven on Near East Side of Aurora
    Category: Press
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  17. April 01, 2025

    March 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A building with beige and red brick facades, featuring the Jane Pauley Community Health Center logo on the right. A mural of a Native American headdress is on the adjacent red brick wall.
  18. January 27, 2025

    Filling a Community Need for Affordable Dental Care, Nonprofit Clinic Doubles Capacity with New Facility
    Category: Stories
  19. January 01, 2025

    December 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  20. December 06, 2024

    Austin Weekly News: From Grassroots to Corporate Support – Highlighting the Partnerships Making the Aspire Center Possible
    Category: Press
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  21. September 01, 2024

    August 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  22. August 27, 2024

    A New Tribal Facility in Rural Wisconsin Leverages New Markets Tax Credits to Transform Health and Wellness Services
    Category: Stories
  23. August 19, 2024

    Milwaukee’s Serenity Inns Opens the Doors to New Residential Treatment Facility
    Category: Stories
  24. August 01, 2024

    July 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  25. July 01, 2024

    June 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  26. June 20, 2024

    Corktown Health Expands Access to Stigma-Free Health Care for the LGBTQ+ Community with Second Location in Metro Detroit
    Category: Stories
    Seven people stand in front of a mound of dirt holding shovels for a groundbreaking ceremony.
  27. June 06, 2024

    The Ark Celebrates the Reopening of a Human Services Hub for Chicago’s Jewish Community
    Category: Stories
  28. June 01, 2024

    May 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  29. May 28, 2024

    In Muncie, Reimagining ‘The Y’ for the Needs of Gen Z and Beyond
    Category: Stories
  30. May 08, 2024

    Sawyer County Record: IFF Client Receives Deal of the Year Award for New $42 Million Health Center
    Category: Press
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  31. May 08, 2024

    Sawyer County Record: LCO Receives Deal of the Year Award for New $42 Million Health Center
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  32. May 07, 2024

    IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
    Category: Stories
  33. May 02, 2024

    Kansas City Business Journal: PACE KC Adult Wellness Center Receives Award for Community Impact
    Category: Press
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  34. May 01, 2024

    April 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  35. May 01, 2024

    Indian Gaming Magazine: IFF Borrower, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Awarded for New Community Health Center
    Category: Press
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  36. April 23, 2024

    Second Wave Michigan: CDFI Funding Helps Corktown Health Expand Services for Detroit Area’s LGBTQ Residents
    Category: Press
    Category: Stories
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  37. April 01, 2024

    March 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  38. February 13, 2024

    Ohio Nonprofit Completes Facility Expansion to Create the World’s Largest Ronald McDonald House
    Category: Stories
  39. January 23, 2024

    New Residential Treatment Facility Expands Milwaukee Nonprofit’s Capacity to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
    Category: Stories
  40. January 01, 2024

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

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

    A $50 Million Healthy Living Campus Aims to Address Historic Inequities in West Dayton
    Category: Stories
  43. November 01, 2023

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

    Kansas City Community Health Center Establishes First-of-its-kind Health and Wellness Center for Older Adults
    Category: Stories
  45. September 01, 2023

    August 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  46. July 01, 2023

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  47. June 07, 2023

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

    March 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  49. January 01, 2023

    December 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  50. September 21, 2022

    Stronger Together: Health Care Systems Investing in Early Care & Education
    Category: Thought Leadership
  51. August 23, 2022

    St. Louis Nonprofit’s Capacity Expands in New Headquarters Amid an “Exponential Increase” in Demand for Behavioral Health Services
    Category: Stories
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  52. 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
  53. July 19, 2022

    Corktown Health Embraces Continuous Adaptation to Expand Access to Stigma-Free Health Care for Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Community
    Category: Stories
    A billboard advertising Corktown Health's service offerings
  54. 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
  55. June 21, 2022

    Meeting the Moment: 3 Nonprofit Leaders Reflect on Serving More, Serving More Effectively, and Serving More Equitably
    Category: Stories
  56. May 18, 2022

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

    April 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
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  58. December 14, 2021

    Full Circle Communities and Christian Community Health Center Take on Link Between Health and Housing in South Suburban Chicago
    Category: Stories
  59. November 16, 2021

    Birth Detroit Reimagines Maternal and Infant Care with Plan for Community-Based, Black-led Birth Centers
    Category: Stories
    A child plays at the Birth Detroit Care facility while a staff member watches him
  60. 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
    UniteWI Founder and Executive Director Bria Grant sitting for a posed photo
  61. November 09, 2021

    Better Together: How FQHCs and CDFIs can leverage COVID-19 Relief Funds
    Category: Thought Leadership
  62. October 13, 2021

    Family Christian Health Center Responds to Pandemic by Leaning Further into Its Mission
    Category: Stories
    Ribbon Cutting for Family Christian Health Center's Maternal Health Clinic
  63. June 28, 2021

    2020 Annual Report
    Category: Stories
  64. June 14, 2021

    Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
    Category: Stories
  65. October 12, 2020

    Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
    Category: Stories
  66. September 01, 2020

    Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  67. May 27, 2020

    2019 Annual Report
    Category: Stories
  68. April 15, 2020

    Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
    Category: Thought Leadership
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  69. 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
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  70. February 04, 2020

    What does $1 billion in community lending look like?
    Category: Stories
    Montage of images from projects contributing to the $1 billion of loans
  71. 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
  72. October 09, 2019

    IFF clients give advice on how to spread awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
    Category: Stories
  73. October 08, 2019

    New YMCA in Kentucky’s west Louisville neighborhood reimagines public health through an equity lens
    Category: Stories
  74. August 06, 2019

    Small health care center in rural Indiana steps up to meet big community need
    Category: Stories
  75. July 08, 2019

    Erie Family Health Centers doubles its footprint in Evanston/Skokie, increasing access to high-quality, affordable health care
    Category: Stories
  76. June 07, 2019

    Addressing health disparities in the LGBTQ community
    Category: Stories
  77. May 01, 2019

    De-stigmatizing mental health care through integration, specialized support, and space design
    Category: Stories
  78. April 11, 2019

    IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
    Category: Stories
  79. March 12, 2019

    Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
    Category: Thought Leadership
  80. February 26, 2019

    IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
    Category: Thought Leadership
  81. January 18, 2019

    Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
    Category: Stories
  82. January 09, 2019

    ‘Schools, not jails:’ Kansas City leaders welcome new child care center
    Category: Stories
  83. November 12, 2018

    IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
    Category: Stories
  84. September 05, 2018

    High School that Emphasizes Service Makes Investment in IFF
  85. September 04, 2018

    Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
    Category: Stories
  86. September 04, 2018

    The Real Deal Neighborhood Spotlight: Can North Lawndale’s future live up to its past?
    Category: Press
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  87. 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
  88. August 06, 2018

    Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
    Category: Stories
  89. April 16, 2018

    From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
    Category: Stories
  90. April 04, 2018

    Major update of YWCA Dayton centers on trauma-informed care
    Category: Stories
  91. February 06, 2018

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