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December 31, 2021
December 2021 Loan Round-up
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December 14, 2021
Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas
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December 14, 2021
“If you want better, you have to change your narrative”: A Q&A with Dr. Nicole Howell-Scott, Founder and CEO of the American Association of Single Parents
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October 31, 2021
October 2021 Loan Round-up
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October 13, 2021
Transforming the Emergency Food System with an Eye on Equity: A Q&A with Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Nicole Robinson
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October 01, 2021
September 2021 Loan Round-up
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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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May 31, 2021
May 2021 Loan Round-up
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October 12, 2020
Partnerships, Equity & the CDFI Way: How 159 Midwest nonprofits received PPP loans through IFF
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September 01, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History (Part 2)
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May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
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April 15, 2020
Racial Equity in Times of Crisis: Let’s Interrupt History
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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.
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January 24, 2020
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Treasury awards $4.4 million in funds to help St. Louis organize low-income banking services
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January 02, 2020
10 pieces of advice to help your organization prosper in 2020
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October 25, 2019
Intro: Two community investors, two Midwest cities, two approaches to reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
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April 30, 2019
WTTW: The Hatchery Chicago Cooking Up Food and Jobs on the West Side
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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
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February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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January 18, 2019
Top 10 Pieces of Advice in 2018
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December 07, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times: The Hatchery, a $34 million food/beverage incubator, opens in East Garfield Park
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November 12, 2018
IFF celebrates 30 years by convening 500+ partners across the Midwest
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October 15, 2018
Illinois Fresh Food Fund generates $34 million in community investment
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September 05, 2018
High school that emphasizes service makes investment in IFF
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September 04, 2018
Profile: Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
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August 06, 2018
Profile: Eric Weinheimer, President and CEO, Forefront
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April 16, 2018
From IFF CEO Joe Neri: Celebrating 30 Years of Change
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April 04, 2018
New full-service grocery store opening in Milwaukee’s Park West neighborhood
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March 08, 2018