Research Institutes
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think
tanks, is an independent, nonpartisan organization devoted
to research, analysis, and public education with an emphasis
on economics, foreign policy, governance, and metropolitan
policy.
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202)797-6000
Fax: (202) 797-6004
www.brookings.edu
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s
premier policy organizations working at the federal and state
levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low-
and moderate-income families and individuals.
820 1st Street, NE, #510
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 408-1080
Fax: (202) 408-1056
www.cbpp.org
Clasp
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national
non-profit that works to improve the lives of low-income people.
CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security,
educational and workforce prospects, and family stability
of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal
justice for all.
Center for Law and Social Policy1015 15th Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Alan W. Houseman - Executive Director
Phone:(202) 926-8000
Fax: (202) 842-2885
www.clasp.org
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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a nonprofit and tax-exempt
educational institution established in 1974. Its mission as
a school is to study and teach land policy, including land
economics and land taxation. The Institute is supported primarily
by the Lincoln Foundation, which was established in 1947 by
the Cleveland industrialist John C. Lincoln. He drew inspiration
from the ideas of Henry George, the nineteenth-century American
political economist, social philosopher and author of the
book Progress and Poverty.
113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 661-3016 (1-800-526-3873)
Fax: (617) 661-7235 (1-800-526-3944)
help@lincolninst.edu
www.lincolninst.edu
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MARC
Metropolitan Area Research Corporation
The Metropolitan area Research Corporation (MARC) is a non-
profit research and geographic information system (GIS) firm
with a history of service to the public interest, government,
philanthropy, academia, and private research institutions.
MARC's expertise lies in presenting citing edge demographic
research through the striking spatial display of data.
1313 5th Street SE, Suite 108
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 379-3926
Fax: (612) 676-1457
marc@metroresearch.org
www.metroresearch.org
National Association of Realtors
National: 500 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Toll Free: 1-800-874-6500
www.realtor.org
NHI
National Housing Institute
The National Housing Institute is a 28-year old independent
nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the
crisis in housing and community in America. NHI examines the
key issues affecting affordable housing and community development
practitioners and their supporters. These issues include housing,
jobs, safety, and education, with an emphasis on housing and
economic development, as well as poverty and racism, disinvestment
and lack of employment, and breakdown of the social fabric.
460 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 211
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: (973) 509-2888
Fax: (973) 509-8005
Nicole Brown- Executive Director
www.nhi.org
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Pioneer Institute
Pioneer Institute, Massachusetts’ leading think tank,
promotes research that challenges the “conventional
wisdom” on public policy issues. Committed to individual
freedom and responsibility, limited and accountable government,
and the application of free market principles to state and
local policy, Pioneer is known for developing sensible, innovative
ideas and converting them into action.
85 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: (617) 723-2277
Fax: (617) 723-1880
Lovett C. Peters - Founding Chairman
www.pioneerinstitute.org
The Urban Institute
The Urban Institute measures effects, compares options, shows
which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional
wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits, and risks
explicit.
William Bullock - Executive Director
2100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Fax: (202) 833-7200
paffairs@ui.urban.org
www.urban.org
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