Grantee Profile
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
Grants to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
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$750,000Active Strategy
2011 (Duration 4 years)
MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPI) is a Chicago-based, public interest law and policy center that advocates for solutions to a range of social justice issues, including affordable and public housing, public education, and state and local political reform. The grant will support the Polikoff-Gautreaux Fellowship Endowment Fund, strategic planning activities, and an upgraded suite of communication tools, including a redesigned website.
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$400,000Active Strategy
2010 (Inactive Grant)
Housing
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To support monitoring, technical assistance and an advisory role in the Plan for Transformation of public housing (over two years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Business and Professional People for the Public Interest $1,150,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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