BACP for Nonprofit Capacity Building

About the program

The Nonprofit Capacity Building Program is administered by the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection and funded via the City of Chicago Recovery Plan, an effort to amplify once in a generation federal funding to create an equity-based investment strategy to catalyze a sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about this Program and BACP’s Recovery Plan efforts, please visit Chicago.gov/BACPRecoveryPlan.

Program Overview: 
Nonprofit Capacity Building Program includes four types of programs: 

• Readiness Summits: Quarterly virtual meetings covering best practices and common mistakes when applying for City RFPs and upcoming opportunities.  
  • Schedule: Next Readiness Summit will be Thursday, March 9, 2023 from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.  
  • View the March 9, 2023 Readiness Summit 
  • The Nonprofit Readiness Summit recordings are now on BACP's YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/chicagobacp) and link to the YouTube page is also on te BACP Recovery website (www.chicago.gov/BACPrecoveryplan) 

• Monthly Webinars
• Weekly Small-Group Workshops  
• One-on-one Application Assistance 

Participant Sign Up - Register Here

Schedule of Events – Coming Soon! 

Upcoming City RFPs - Coming Soon !

List of  Nonprofit Capacity Building - Phase 1 Grantees