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  1. April 01, 2026

    March 2026 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A modern street with a gray multi-story building and a flower mural next to older brick buildings.
  2. March 01, 2026

    February 2026 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Digital rendering of a three-story residential building with blue and beige façade, set against a blue sky.
  3. February 01, 2026

    January 2026 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A large group of children and adults posing on grass in front of a pavilion with banners.
  4. January 01, 2026

    December 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Two people in a workshop glassblowing, with one holding a rod and the other assisting.
  5. December 01, 2025

    November 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Students seated at round tables in a sunlit classroom.
  6. 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.
  7. October 01, 2025

    September 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A group of nine adults standing outside a building with yellow bricks, behind a green sign that says, "Brickton Montessori School."
  8. September 01, 2025

    August 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A multi-story building with colorful panels and large windows next to a modern extension with a translucent facade.
  9. August 01, 2025

    July 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Aerial view of a school campus in a suburban area with houses and a distant city skyline.
  10. July 01, 2025

    June 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    An architect's rendering of a bright pottery studio with tables, stools, pottery wheels, and large shelves filled with ceramics.
  11. June 01, 2025

    May 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Entrance sign for Riverside Village apartments, with shrubs and a residential building in the background.
  12. May 01, 2025

    April 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Five people in helmets participating in a groundbreaking ceremony with shovels.
  13. 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.
  14. March 01, 2025

    February 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A group of people standing behind weaving looms in a room with textile samples on the wall.
  15. February 01, 2025

    January 2025 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  16. January 01, 2025

    December 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  17. December 01, 2024

    November 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  18. November 01, 2024

    October 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  19. October 01, 2024

    September 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  20. September 01, 2024

    August 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  21. August 01, 2024

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

    June 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  23. June 01, 2024

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

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

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

    February 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  27. February 01, 2024

    January 2024 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  28. January 01, 2024

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

    November 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  30. November 01, 2023

    October 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  31. October 01, 2023

    September 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  32. September 01, 2023

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

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

    June 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  35. June 01, 2023

    May 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  36. May 01, 2023

    April 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  37. April 01, 2023

    March 2023 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Two people in a workshop glassblowing, with one holding a rod and the other assisting.
  38. March 01, 2023

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

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

    December 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  41. December 01, 2022

    November 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  42. November 11, 2022

    October 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  43. October 01, 2022

    September 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  44. August 31, 2022

    August 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  45. August 01, 2022

    July 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of Detroit Public Theatre's new facility
  46. July 01, 2022

    June 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    An architect's rendering of the Lillian Marcie Center
  47. June 01, 2022

    May 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    People standing inside a Volunteers of America Michigan thrift store
  48. May 01, 2022

    April 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    Architect's rendering of Galleria 89 in South Chicago
  49. April 01, 2022

    March 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  50. March 01, 2022

    February 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A team of people dressed in purple shirts and hats holds shovels, posing together in a sunny outdoor setting.
  51. January 31, 2022

    January 2022 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A group of staff and volunteers from Star Farm Chicago standing in front a van the nonprofit uses to distribute locally grown organic produce in and around Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood
  52. December 31, 2021

    December 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  53. December 01, 2021

    November 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  54. October 31, 2021

    October 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  55. October 01, 2021

    September 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    RecycleForce Groundbreaking
  56. August 31, 2021

    August 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
    A table reading at the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company in Chicago, IL
  57. July 31, 2021

    July 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  58. June 30, 2021

    June 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  59. May 31, 2021

    May 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  60. March 31, 2021

    March 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  61. February 28, 2021

    February 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories
  62. January 31, 2021

    January 2021 Loan Round-up
    Category: Stories