Gates gives it up for Chicago; Foundation has given $67 million to fund city's public schools.(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation provided finance to Northwestern University Settlement Association)

From: Crain's Chicago Business | Date: August 21, 2006| Author: Stainburn, Samantha | Copyright information

Byline: SAMANTHA STAINBURN

For the Northwestern University Settlement Assn. in Chicago, good news began with a phone call from Seattle. The caller, a representative from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, eventually gave the community organization $1.4 million to help it start two charter schools on Chicago's West Side.

The schools, opening today on 1337 W. Ohio Street and 4121 W. Cortland Ave., are the second and third of the organization's planned netwo...

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