Special Initiatives respond to an identified need for models, but differ in scope or duration from IFF’s core services.

IFF Housing, a development and finance initiative in Illinois, is funded by:

• Community Memorial Foundation
• F.B. Heron Foundation
• Grand Victoria Foundation
• Helen V. Brach Foundation

Charter School Capital Program, a regional initiative, is funded by:

• Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
• The Chicago Community Trust
• Chicago Public Schools
• Circle of Service Foundation
• The Joyce Foundation
• The Northern Trust Company
• U.S. Department of Education’s Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Grants Program

Building Blocks, a child care community planning initiative in the metro Chicago area, is funded by Grand Victoria Foundation.