 He also conceived and established the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, the Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Policy Studies Program, and related research and training programs.Salamon was the Director of the Center for Governance and Management Research at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.from 1980 - 1986 where he conceived, secured funding for, and managed the Urban Institute's Nonprofit Sector Project, a major inquiry into the scope and structure of the private, nonprofit sector.He was the Deputy Associate Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. from 1977 - 1979.