• New IFF Study Assesses Chicago Neighborhood Schools
• IFF Survey of Nonprofit Financial Health in Illinois Issues
• New Grant to Fund School Choice Initiatives
• Grounded and Growing in Wisconsin
• Grant Toward Project Feasibility Study and Site Search/Evaluation
• Supporting Child Care Facilities Legislation
• Lending in Action: Using Facility Loans Strategically
• Mobilizing on Behalf of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
• Technical Assistance: Making a Facility Decision

Winter 2009

• IFF receives prestigious Wachovia NEXT Award
• New IFF Wisconsin Director and office
• Record year for IFF’s Loan Department
• New Web site for child care planning
• Turn-key finance and real estate services for high-performing charter schools
• IFF comes in as a loan and real estate partner
• Equipment investments go far in today’s economy
• Financial tips for surviving tough economic times
• Planning tool for financing a new facility project

Fall 2008 

• IFF surpasses the $200 million mark in loans closed
• CDFI Fund awards $1 million for IFF’s Midwest expansion
• IFF picked to compete for $5.5 million Wachovia NEXT Awards for Opportunity Finance
• First-ever survey on the financial health of Missouri nonprofits
• Client Success Story: Identifying and creating new spaces
• Client Success Story: Helping charter schools accommodate more students
• IFF awarded generous investment from The Kresge Foundation
• Useful planning tool for developing community facilities

Spring 2008

• Benchmark: IFF Closes 600th Loan
• IFF Opens Third Fully-Staffed Office
• Charter School Capital Program Serves Indiana
• Client Success Story: WTVP Peoria, IL
• By Any Measure: Twenty Years of Collaboration with the Child Care Field
• IFF Wins Social Capitalist Award
• Projecting Your New Occupancy Budget

Summer 2007

• IFF Expands to Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin
• Early Impact of IFF Lending in Expansion States–Two Success Stories
• $10MM Grant Expands Charter School Bonds to Five States
• Study Reveals Challenges to Providing and Accessing Services in Latino Communities
• Working Groups are Building Community Child Care Capacity
• Plan Before Expanding: Estimate Cash Flow

Fall 2006

• Bond Financing: A New Approach for Charter School Capital Expansion
• Tool Available for Providers Planning Pre-K
• New Center One of Nine to Increase Child Care Capacity in Chicago
• IFF Honored for Innovative Bond Financing Initiative

Summer 2006

• The Board's Role in Achieving Financial Health
• Initiative to Develop Community Facilities for CHA Mixed-Income Sites
• Are Programs Driving Your Facilities Needs? Guidelines for Assessing Facilities Needs
• Bringing Capital and Project Resources to Health Care Nonprofits
• Gap Financing Moves $6.5M Project Forward in McHenry: A Client Success Story

Winter 2006

• New Charter School Program Assisting with Capital Needs
• Get the Most From a Project Development Budget
• Governance and Technology: Focus of Financial Health Study Action Steps
• Agency Taps IFF to Construct Facility: A Client Success Story
• Early Care and Education Needs Discussed at Peoria Summit
• In Memoriam: Colleague and Friend Karl Swanson (1966-2005)

Summer 2005

• Study Reveals Illinois Nonprofits Moving Toward Financial Health
• New Strategic Facilities Plans Help Realize Efficiencies, Meet Long-Term Program Goals
• Choosing Debt Over Cash Reserves for Facility Repairs: A Client Success Story
• IFF Office Opened to Serve Central Illinois Nonprofits

Spring 2005

• Build Financial Sustainability with New Consulting Services
• IFF Loan Allows Agency to Complete Cost-Savings Facility Plan: A Client Success Story
• Reap the Benefits and Avoid Pitfalls When Buying Real Estate
• New Financing Available to Purchase Vehicles
• Reader Feedback Requested

Winter 2005

• Early Care and Education Bolstered by New Economic Impact Data
• Agency's Building Honored for Community Design: Showcases IFF Design Team
• New Handbook for Early Care and Education Design Now Available
• Peoria Agency Obtains New Downstate Affordable Housing Loan: A Client Success Story
• Meeting the Need for Capital: IFF Tops 100 Loans in 2004

Fall 2004

• New Research on Allocation of Performing Schools in Chicago
• Tips for Navigating Property Tax Exemption Process
• Small Loans and Gap Financing Available
• Conference Offers Resources to Design Early Childhood Facilities
• On the Right Track: A Client Success Story

Summer 2004

• Achieve Ownership through Innovative Lease Program: New Community Facilities Equity Fund
• Find Real Estate Professionals through Statewide Referral Network
• $20,000 Saved on Equipment Financing: A Client Success Story
• Affordable Housing Loans Introduced
• Use Research to Better Allocate Nonprofit Resources
• Design Conference for Early Childhood Care & Education Facilities

Spring 2004

• New Research for New Solutions in Child Care
• Paying for Your Project
• Putting Child Care Where It’s Most Needed: A Client Success Story
• Two New Loans to Meet Your Capital Project Needs
• Reaching More Nonprofits