Philly Budget Data

This website provides both visualizations of the Philadelphia city budget as well as raw budget data from 2016 - 2026.

Open Budget bubble charts

The following visualisations are built off the the City of Philadelphia's open budget implementation, based on a project by OpenData.ch, the Swiss division of the Open Knowledge Foundation.

About this website

The goal of this website is to provide data and visual artifacts to better understand the city budget. It is created by acouch, is open source, and builds off of previous open source budget tools. The author particpated in the People's Budget Working Group.

Budget icon from the noun project.

About Philly's Budget

a visual of the city budget cycle

The city budget is a year-round process with very limited opportunities for public input. See the People's Budget Office for more information.

Resources

People's Budget Office

A wealth of resources and events about the city budget.

City's Payment Dashboard

An up-to-date dashboard of the city's payments.

Economy League Budget Dashboard

A budget analysis by the Economy League of Philadelphia.

Building an equitable budgeting process for Philadelphia Report

A review of contemporary practices and recommendations created by the People's Budget Working Group.