Grantee Profile
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
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Grants to Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
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$750,000Active Strategy
2011 (Duration 4 years)
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)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To support monitoring, technical assistance and an advisory role in the Plan for Transformation of public housing (over two years).
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$200,000Active Strategy
2009 (Inactive Grant)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To support activities related to the Preservation Compact: An Action Plan for Cook County (over three years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Business and Professional People for the Public Interest $1,350,000 between 2009 and 2012.