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Granting exemptions from the property tax has been criticized be-cause it eliminates a source of municipal revenue. Exempt properties appear to be concentrated in urban areas, so this effect is especially problematic for cities because of the existence of urban fiscal stress. Recent writers have indicated that exempt institutions may provide valuable services to their communities, but the cost of municipal servi-ces to their properties represents a significant fiscal impact on local governments. This paper investigates the fiscal impact of a single exempt insti-tution, Brown University, on the City of Providence, R.I. Fiscal impact analyses were used to measure the. cost of municipal services provided to the university. The results of this investigation are that the costs of services to exempt educational institutions are minimal, and are not significant i