The records are organized into two series, which best represent the Institute's research agenda. The more recent documents have been organized in the first series, which contains the application to the national community building project introduced by President Bill Clinton. The application and information regarding community building are followed by the City of Atlanta's 1993 strategic plan, which won Atlanta the title of Empowerment Zone and funding. The second series chronologically precedes the 1993 strategic plan, but it provides a history of the strategic planning research, which was addressed in the 1994 Empowerment Zone award. The second series is arranged into two subseries: the administrative attention given to strategic planning and the strategic planning research materials. The second series covers the funding problems faced by Grady Memorial Hospital between 1975 and 1995. The records in this series primarily consist of financial and research information from the 1980s.