2015-09-17T10:43:23-07:00 2014-12-31 Gray Hunter Stenn LLP 1200 Harger Road Suite 521 Oak Brook IL 605231819 990 2014-01-01 362675852 Business and Professional People for the Public Interest BUSI 3127598259 25 E Washington Street Chicago IL 60602 E Hoy McConnell II Executive Director 2015-09-17 true Kelly C Cusack P00854489 6305714900 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z 4092489 false false X www.bpichicago.org X 1969 IL The organization operates in the Chicago metropolitan region as a public interest law and policy center concerned with the challenges of urban poverty, housing and educational opportunity, building vital communities, and juvenile justice reform. 41 39 19 0 722125 1318086 809369 17225 419294 810418 224933 176514 2175721 2322243 0 0 1328901 1341690 0 302819 525745 490055 1854646 1831745 321075 490498 8364055 8876653 45099 44115 8318956 8832538 X The organization operates in the Chicago metropolitan region as a public interest law and policy center concerned with the challenges of urban poverty, housing and educational opportunity, building vital communities, and juvenile justice reform. false false 500429 PUBLIC SCHOOLS - TO ASSIST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. 448511 HOUSING/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC HOUSING DOMINATED NEIGHBORHOODS INTO WELL-WORKING MIXED-INCOME COMMUNITIES.GAUTREAUX - TO ENFORCE A COURT ORDER PREVENTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE PLACEMENT OF CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HOUSING. 303994 REGIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING - TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF BROADLY DISPERSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO REGION. 87033 17225 1339967 true true false true false false false false false true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 1 0 false 19 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 41 39 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false IL X E Hoy McConnell II 3126415570 25 E Washington St 1515 Chicago IL 60602 Daisy Feidt Secretary 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Lucy Ascoli Vice President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Stacie Young Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sheldon L Baskin Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frank H Beal Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Glenn Brewer Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara T Bowman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Nicholas J Brunick President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Robin S Coffey Director 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Pam Daniels-Halisi Treasurer 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Camilla Diaz-Perez Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Cummings Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Geller Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Geoghegan Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Julie Hamos Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Guacolda Reyes Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Frances R Grossman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Deborah Harrington Vice President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Robert Kaplan Vice President 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Steven A Kersten Director 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Iris Krieg Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joel Bookman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul A Levy Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert B Lifton Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 E Hoy McConnell II Executive Direc 40.00 40.00 X X 166000 0 0 Neil Guterman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sheila Berner Kennedy Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alexander Polikoff Director 24.00 0.00 X 88250 0 0 Cara A Hendrickson Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Amar Parikh Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lowell Sachnoff Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bettylu K Saltzman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ann E Smith Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Hon Sanjay Tailor Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Judy Wise Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Timothy W Wright III Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mark A Segal Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rosanna A Marquez Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jonathan M Kaden Director 0.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Josh Lowitz Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Myles D Berman Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Adam Gross Dir-Affrd Housing 40.00 0.00 X 112000 0 0 Ellen Elias Dir. 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To assist those clients, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Inc. at times engages a paid lobbyist and also includes travel and lodging expenses. 4195160 474137 221768 33600 4413929 1834023 1659897 930546 202763 26543 4195160 1807635 26538 150 1834023 1861469 77760 131349 245 1807635 1671520 131237 63947 5200 35 1861469 0.98000 0.02000 false false false 22119 18450 3669 167800 155206 12594 16263 2345327 87246 -64162 23084 2322243 2322243 1831745 1831745 1831745 false Law Day Event 237786 237786 65025 237786 237786 65025 65025 172761 X false false false false false false false false false false E Hoy McConnell II Executive Direc 145500 20500 166000 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: JUVENILE JUSTICE - ASSISTING THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE IN EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM THE ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM INTO ONE THAT IS YOUTH-FOCUSED AND DEDICATED TO REHABILIATION AND IMPROVING YOUTH OUTCOMES. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Other Program Services:POLITICAL REFORM - TO PROMOTE OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE AND HONEST GOVERNMENT IN ILLINOIS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Two Directors are married to each other Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Organization submits the tax return to the audit and finance committee of the board of directors for review. Any questions or concerns are directed to the appropriate personnel and are addressed before the filing of the return. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. In addition, the financial statements are available via the Illinois Attorney General's website. Conflict of Interest Policy Page 6, Part VI, Section B, Question 12CThe organization has an annual review with its directors.