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September 25, 2024
IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Supporting Community-Driven Revitalization in Southeast Grand Rapids
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July 29, 2024
Cultivating St. Louis’ Next Generation of Community Leaders at Urban Sprouts Child Development Center
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May 07, 2024
IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
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May 02, 2024
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: IFF Research Study Highlights Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care in Kent County, Michigan
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April 28, 2024
10 Years of Impact in Detroit: How Three Nonprofits Have Evolved to Strengthen Communities
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April 25, 2024
Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave: Battle Creek’s Early Childhood Education Poised to Flourish — And Save a Church at the Same Time
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February 21, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Kent County Must Continue Early Childhood Funding
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November 03, 2023
WGVU’s The Shelley Irwin Show: How Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care Divides Kent County
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October 13, 2023
WGVU: New Study Finds Demand for Early Childcare Slots in Kent County Falls Thousands Short
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December 19, 2022
Together We Build More Vibrant, Equitable Communities
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September 17, 2021
The Kresge Foundation: New, state-of-the art Marygrove Early Education Center celebrates grand opening
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June 28, 2021
2020 Annual Report
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June 14, 2021
Long-term Relationships and Trust Underpin COVID-19 Vaccination Success in Homan Square
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February 01, 2021
Bridge Detroit: Cradle-to-career program at Marygrove campus serves Detroit’s littlest people
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July 15, 2020
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Plot twist: Horizon Books isn’t closing
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May 27, 2020
2019 Annual Report
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March 02, 2020
The Ticker: Local Child Care Study Outlines Shortcomings
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March 02, 2020
Experienced child care provider expands to serve 6x more children on Detroit’s east side
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December 12, 2019
Chalkbeat: Researchers say Detroit could become a national leader in pre-K
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Thought Leadership
December 02, 2019
Part 2: Reaching more leaders of color with the financing tools they want
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November 11, 2019
United Methodist Community House reimagines itself — and Grand Rapids’ Southeastern Community
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Thought Leadership
September 26, 2019
Using data to drive investment and impact
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September 04, 2019
Raising Quality, Promoting Equity: An Analysis of Location, Performance, and Challenges Facing Tulsa Public Schools
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September 04, 2019
Raising Quality, Promoting Equity: An Analysis of Location, Performance, and Challenges Facing Oklahoma City Public Schools
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Thought Leadership
July 24, 2019
Why community developers should care more about early childhood education
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May 06, 2019
Access and Quality for Illinois Children: Statewide Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment
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April 12, 2019
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Only one in five Milwaukee families has access to licensed child care for their pre-K kids
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April 11, 2019
IFF’s 2018 Annual Investors Report
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Thought Leadership
March 12, 2019
Exploring the continuum: Why community development projects need so much more than capital
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Thought Leadership
February 26, 2019
IFF CEO Joe Neri testifies at Congressional hearing on CDFI Fund
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