MARC

Since MARC's inception, with the support of over fifteen of the nation's leading philanthropies, including the Ford, Rockefeller, and MacArthur foundations, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and in partnership with dozens of the nation's premier universities and research centers, MARC has completed (or is in the process of completing) over forty studies of regional polarization. See below for a list of our clients and partners.

MARC's studies are often produced in collaboration with local organizations seeking reform in terms of land use and affordable housing, taxes and revenue sharing, and improved regional decision-making. All over the country, MARC's local partners have been successful in using MARC data and maps to build support for a variety of policy reforms.

Elected officials and regional activists in many of the regions MARC has studied (such as Denver, Philadelphia, Seattle, St. Louis, and Washington D.C.) are also using MARC's research for education and outreach on issues of regional equity and sprawl. In these places, MARC's maps and study findings have become important tools for building the kinds of broad-based coalitions that are necessary ultimately to achieve regional reform.

If you would like more information about partnering with MARC on a study of your region, visit our Contacts page for our e-mail and mailing address.

* indicates a project in progress

Project	Date	Funder(s)	Local Partner
AMERICAN METROPOLITICS Social & fiscal analysis of 25 largest US regions; 500+ maps	1/01	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Deutsche Bank, Ford Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), The McKnight Foundation, Mid-America Regional Council, The Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Department. of Housing and Urban Development	The Brookings Institution
ATLANTA	12/98	Turner Foundation	Atlanta Regional Commission
BALTIMORE	3/98	The Abell Foundation, Inc.	Citizens Planning and Housing Association
BOSTON	10/01	Harvard University	Citizens' Housing and Planning Association
CA CENTRAL VALLEY	1/01	The David and Lucile Packard Foundation	The Great Valley Center
CALIFORNIA short report	9/00	The David and Lucile Packard Foundation	The Great Valley Center
CALIFORNIA statewide study	4/02	The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation	The Great Valley Center San Diego Dialogue Urban Habitat Program
CANADA-US health indicators study	10/01	Canadian Population Health Initiative	The University of British Columbia
CHICAGO	10/96	Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation	The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
CHICAGO congressional districts	2/98	The Brookings Institution	The Brookings Institution
CHICAGO maps only	11/00	Chicago Metropolis 2020	Chicago Metropolis 2020
CINCINNATI	8/01	Regional Initiatives Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation	Citizens for Civic Renewal
CLEVELAND	7/01	Cleveland State University The George Gund Foundation	United WE-CAN!
CLEVELAND maps only	3/98	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State University
COMMUNITY TYPOLOGY 50 largest regions	*	The Brookings Institution	The Brookings Institution
CONNECTICUT maps/reforms	*	Archdiocese of Hartford	Archdiocese of Hartford
DENVER	4/00	City and County of Denver Denver Regional Council of Governments	Center for Regional and Neighborhood Action Metro Mayors Caucus
DETROIT	1/99	Archdiocese of Detroit	Archdiocese of Detroit
ERIE, PA	10/01	The County of Erie	The County of Erie
GAINSVILLE, GA redistricting maps	1/01	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
GARY, short report	2/02	Northwest Indiana Interfaith Federation	Northwest Indiana Interfaith Federation
GARY maps only	7/97	Northwest Indiana Interfaith Federation	Northwest Indiana Interfaith Federation
GRAND RAPIDS	5/99	Frey Foundation	Grand Valley Metropolitan Council
KENTUCKY fiscal analysis of northern cities	*	Forward Quest	Forward Quest
KENTUCKY rural-urban analysis	5/00	Ford Foundation	Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, Southern Rural Development Initiative
LOS ANGELES	5/00	ARCO Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation	None
MIAMI	6/98	The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation	Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc.
MICHIGAN statewide study	*	Archdiocese of Detroit Diocese of Saginaw Kalamazoo Community Foundation (other funders pending as of 10-1-01)	Archdiocese of Detroit, Center for Applied Environmental Research, Ezekial Project, Grand Valley Metropolitan Council, ISAAC, MI Enviromental Council, MI Land Use Institute, MI Local Government Management Association, MI Municipal League, MOSES
MILWAUKEE	5/98	The University of Wisconsin	Center on Wisconsin Strategy
MISSISSIPPI redistricting maps	*	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law	Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
NEIGHBORHOOD REGIONALISM TOOLKIT	6/02	National Neighborhood Coalition	National Neighborhood Coalition
NEW JERSEY	*	ISLES	ISLES
OFFICE SPACE 23 regions mapped	*	Fannie Mae Foundation U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development	Fannie Mae Foundation
OHIO statewide study	*	The Cleveland Foundation; George Gund Foundation; Cincinnati Foundation; University of Toledo; Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority; Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission; Wilder Foundation	ACTION, Citizens for Civic Renewal, Sierra Club - Ohio Chapter, United WE-CAN!, MORPC, MVRTA, University of Ohio-Toledo
PENNSYLVANIA statewide study	*	The William Penn Foundation; Brookings Institution	Pennsylvania Environmental Council 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA	3/97	The Claniel Foundation, The Energy Foundation, The William Penn Foundation	Pennsylvania Environmental Council
PITTSBURGH	6/99	The Heinz Endowments	The Heinz Endowments
PORTLAND	7/99	Northwest Area Foundation U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development	The Coalition for a Livable Future
SAGINAW	10/00	Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	Ezekiel Project Diocese of Saginaw
SAN DIEGO	12/99	ARCO Foundation The James Irvine Foundation	San Diego Dialogue
SAN FRANCISCO	5/98	The Nathan Cummings Foundation Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund	Urban Habitat Program
SEATTLE	5/99	Northwest Area Foundation The Energy Foundation	Institute for Washington's Future
SEATTLE update and report	12/00	Northwest Area Foundation	Northwest Area Foundation
ST. LOUIS	8/99	St. Louis City Community Development Agency St. Louis County Economic Council & other local contributors	Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis
WASHINGTON D.C.	7/99	Annie E. Casey Foundation, Robert P. Kogod, Meyer Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Prince Charitable Trust, Philip L. Graham Foundation, W. Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation	The Brookings Institution
WISCONSIN statewide study	2/02	The Joyce Foundation, Wisconsin Sustainable Cities	Citizens for a Better Environment, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Wisconsin Sustainable Cities
WORKING FAMILIES 26 regions mapped	3/01	Annie E. Casey Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation	The Brookings Institution
YOUNGSTOWN	9/01	ACTION, the City of Youngstown, the City of East Liverpool, LISC, Mahoning County Board of Commissioners, Mahoning Valley Economic Development Corporation	ACTION