Attendee Resources
The resources below are from the sponsors and speakers of
DDC25 Emerging Developers Conference held on October 30, 2025.
Market Analysis & Site Selection — Identifying the Right Deal and Running the Numbers by Tania Kadakia & James Daughrity
Bridging Mission and Markets: Blended Finance Strategies for Scalable Development - By Kelly Boyer
Strategic Shifts — Repositioning for Stability in a Volatile Market
Urban Minds, Rural Returns — Reimagining the Next Market
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Attendee Resources
The resources below are from the sponsors and speakers of
Deep Dive Series held on June 2025.
Lyneir Richardson Resources
Community Desk Chicago Resources
Community Desk Chicago (The Desk) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that functions as a “help desk” for community-centered development projects. The Desk provides technical coaching and access to capital for nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and community developers pursuing brick-and-mortar initiatives that build wealth and improve quality of life in historically under-resourced communities. The Desk, a leading voice in advancing commercial shared ownership models in Chicago and has:
● Coined the term Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs)
● Developed the CIV Playbook as a practical roadmap for implementation
● Participated in the City of Chicago’s $15 million Community Wealth-Building Advisory Council
● Organized a standing Community of Practice (CoP) for CIV practitioners
Attendee Resources
The resources below are from the sponsors of
The Diverse Developers Conference, on October 10, 2024.
CCT Resources
The Chicago Community Trust is Creating a Thriving, Equitable, and Connected Chicago. The CCT Pre-Development Fund was created primarily to support commercial real estate development projects, businesses with brick-and-mortar needs, and neighborhood scale land use projects that will stimulate economic activity in disinvested communities.
CCLF Resources
The mission of the CCLF is to provide flexible, affordable, and responsible financing and technical assistance for community stabilization and development efforts and initiatives that benefit low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, families, and individuals throughout metropolitan Chicago.
CohnReznick Resources
CohnReznick provides tax, compliance, transaction planning, and innovation services that drive growth and competitive advantage. Creating wealth is no easy task. But protecting and growing the wealth you've built may be even harder in light of complex tax and compliance laws.
Cinnaire Resources
Since 1993, Cinnaire has invested $6.3 billion to revitalize communities, resulting in more than $11.7 billion in community impact. Cinnaire has supported 1,107 housing developments, provided 69,279 affordable apartment homes and created or retained more than 98,000 jobs. A nonprofit headquartered in Lansing, MI, with offices in five states, Cinnaire provides access to investment funding, lending options, and title services that support community and economic development, creating stable, sustainable, and vibrant communities.
CIC Resources
CIC is the region’s leading lender for affordable rental housing. We build vibrant communities, strengthen local businesses, and provide well-maintained homes for families by serving as a one-stop resource for local owner-operators and property managers of affordable rental housing.
FHL Bank Resources
FHLBank Chicago is a wholesale bank and one of 11 district FHLBanks chartered in 1932 by the U.S. Congress to support mortgage lending and community investment. Each FHLBank operates as an independent organization and is governed by a board of directors elected by its member institutions. As a cooperative, we provide reliable liquidity to our member banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions located in Illinois and Wisconsin, focusing on the distinct needs of their individual businesses and communities.
Forward Community Investments Resources
Forward Community Investments ignites the future of diverse developers in Wisconsin by providing the financial support and technical assistance services they need to thrive. For over 30 years, FCI has been committed to reducing social, economic, and racial disparities across the state by igniting the future of mission-driven organizations and diverse developers with our unique loan products.
J.P. Morgan | Chase Resources
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America (“U.S.”), with operations worldwide. JPMorgan Chase had $3.9 trillion in assets and $313 billion in stockholders’ equity as of June 30, 2023. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. Under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the Firm serves millions of customers in the U.S., and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally.
Level 1 Resources
Level-1 transforms our clients’ disparate hardware and software subsystems into comprehensive technology infrastructure solutions. This alignment simplifies the client’s technology and helps them make progress toward their business goals.
National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF) Resources
National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF) is a leading non-profit, multi-family, affordable, real estate investment manager with a mission to create and deliver innovative, collaborative financial solutions to expand the creation and preservation of affordable housing. Through its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) syndication platform and its lending and investing platforms, NEF generates opportunities rooted in its vision that all individuals and families across the country have access to stable, safe, and affordable homes.
Since being founded in 1987, NEF has invested over $24.5 billion, representing 242,500 new or preserved affordable homes for individuals, families, and communities in need across the country. NEF is Chicago-based and has donated more than $240 million in grants to support its affiliate LISC's nationwide community development work. To learn more about NEF's impact, innovative financial solutions, and opportunities, visit www.nefinc.org.
NREL Resources
At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), we focus on creative answers to today's energy challenges. From breakthroughs in fundamental science to new clean technologies to integrated energy systems that power our lives, NREL researchers are transforming the way the nation and the world use energy.
The Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) program provides communities with expertise and tools to achieve their clean energy goals. C2C is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by NREL with support from Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Chicago Prize 2024
How would you invest $10 million to increase economic opportunity in your community?
The Chicago Prize was created to advance community-led real estate development plans on Chicago’s South and West sides. These plans must be envisioned by the community and built for the community. Applications for the third Chicago Prize will open on October 15, 2024.
Attendee Resources
The below resources are from the presentations during our second Deep Dive Series, held on June 6, 2024.
Raising Capital: Debt & Equity
Navigating the Funding Ecosystem
Attendee Resources
The below resources are from the presentations during our first Deep Dive Series, held on January 25, 2024.
Energy Tax Credits: Buildings and the IRA
The New Incentives for Going Green
Gap Financing
Securing Equity & Debt Gap Financing
Historic Tax Credits
Review Standards & Financing and Economics
The Real Estate Outlook
Still cloudy but…
Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Benefits For Investors, Tax Credits vs. Tax Deductions
New Markets Tax Credits
Program Goals, Participants, and Projects
Attendee Resources
The below resources are from the sponsors of our Inaugural Event - the Diverse Developers Conference on October 12, 2023.
Baker Tilly Resources
Baker Tilly is a top ten advisory tax and assurance firm dedicated to customized business solutions that generate and sustain growth. They lead with purpose, and they walk with you every step along your journey.
CRG Resources
CRG is a privately owned North American real estate development and investment firm founded in 1993 with deep expertise in delivering and owning industrial, office, multifamily, student housing and mixed-use assets. CRG has developed more than 12,500 acres of land and delivered over 220 million square feet of assets exceeding $14 billion in value.
We aim to dismantle the barriers hindering Developers of Color in the CRE sector, PILLAR was created to address the lack of diversity in CRE and to remove barriers to entry for developers of color in the CRE sector. Our team collaborates with Chicago-based developers, pooling our resources to help overcome design and development challenges in commercial real estate.
Moderne Ventures Resources
Moderne Ventures is a strategic venture capital firm with over $450M AUM. Moderne invests in technology companies in and around the multi-trillion-dollar industries of real estate, finance, insurance and home services. It has both a Fund and an Industry Immersion Program, the Moderne Passport, designed to foster innovation, partnership and growth between industry partners and new emerging technology companies.