Michiana Area Council Of Governments

Michiana Area Council of Governments (doing business as M A C O G), a U.S. local government entity and inter-municipal council of governments headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, operates as a federal grant recipient in transportation, infrastructure, and regional economic development, delivering capital projects and planning services to the Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall, and St. Joseph County region of northern Indiana. MACOG functions as a prime recipient on 51 awards (67% of its federal footprint) and as a sub-recipient on 25 awards (33%), with no federal contract work. All grant activity flows through state and federal transportation and development agencies rather than through contract vehicles.

MACOG's capability portfolio centers on transit capital procurement and operations, environmental remediation planning, and regional economic development strategy. On the transit side, MACOG has received $3.3 million in Federal Transit Administration formula grant funding for the purchase of three 35-foot revenue vehicles for the Interurban Trolley fixed-route system (awarded September 2024, performance through December 2024), $929,984 in FTA funding to purchase four ADA paratransit replacement vehicles and upgrade dispatch and surveillance systems (May 2025, completion December 2027), and $625,000 for purchase of a 35-foot revenue vehicle for the Interurban Trolley (July 2026, completion June 2027). MACOG also received $812,500 in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) operating assistance for the Interurban Trolley Route 30 extension into South Bend (September 2025, running through December 2030). On the environmental side, MACOG received $1.5 million in EPA Brownfields cooperative agreement funding to conduct 27 Phase I and 35 Phase II environmental site assessments, hold 20 community meetings, and develop 10 site-specific cleanup plans across Elkhart, South Bend, Warsaw, Plymouth, and surrounding towns (October 2024 through September 2028). MACOG also secured $1.25 million in Federal Railroad Administration project grant funding for a St. Joseph and Elkhart County Rail Corridor study and environmental review to address safety at four Norfolk Southern rail-road crossings (May 2025, completion August 2027).

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Transportation. The top five funding agencies account for 99% of awards: the Federal Transit Administration leads with 33 awards (primarily capital vehicle procurement and operating assistance for the Interurban Trolley system), followed by the Federal Highway Administration with 24 awards (electric vehicle charging infrastructure planning, Safe Streets and Roads for All safety action planning, and pass-through planning grants), the Economic Development Administration with 12 awards (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy development), the EPA with 3 awards (brownfields assessment and cleanup planning), and the Corporation for National and Community Service with 3 awards (AmeriCorps program administration). The FTA and FHWA dominate both award volume and dollar concentration; no contract vehicles or GWACs appear in MACOG's footprint.

MACOG operates as a sub-recipient on multiple federal grant streams flowing through the Indiana Department of Transportation (planning sub-awards, multiple instances across 2024–2026) and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (AmeriCorps member placements, $486,230 investment in December 2025 deploying 51 AmeriCorps members across 7 organizations in the four-county region, and prior AmeriCorps sub-awards in 2023 and 2024 supporting environmental stewardship initiatives). The source identifies no private prime contractors or teaming relationships; sub-recipient activity is state-to-local government pass-through only.

Activity has grown year over year, from 3 awards in 2022 to 13 in 2025, with 9 awards recorded in 2026 to date. Only 3 awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete cliff exposure. Combined dollars obligated across 76 total awards in the source dataset total $81.3 million. MACOG's federal footprint reflects its statutory role as a metropolitan planning organization and inter-municipal regional planning entity; the vendor does not compete on federal contracts and holds no awarded contract vehicles or GWACs.