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Engaging communities & deepening democracy in
cities and towns schools organizations policy-making decision-making

Engaging communities & deepening democracy in
cities and towns schools organizations policy-making decision-making

What is Participatory Budgeting?

Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. It gives people real power over real money.

What We Do

We are a nonprofit organization that works with communities to enable them to decide together how to spend public money. We create and support participatory democratic processes, such as participatory budgeting, that deepen democracy, build stronger communities, and make public budgets more equitable and effective.

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PB participants across the US & Canada

Campaigns & Advocacy

Learn, Advocate + Win

We educate stakeholders and advocate for equitable, accessible and significant participatory democracy practices.
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Participation Lab

Innovative Resources + Tools

We support participatory democracy practices by developing and piloting resources and tools.
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Technical Assistance

Want support getting started?

We offer project planning and management, individually tailored training, coaching, materials, and other support.
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Want to dig deeper?

Looking for tools on how to implement PB in your school, community or organization? Check out the resource library!

Latest News

Meet PBP’s New Research Fellow Loren Peabody

Our team at the Participatory Budgeting Project is excited to welcome a new Research Fellow, Loren Peabody. As a doctoral candidate at the University of...

Lessons from 30 years of a global experiment in democracy

The Hewlett Foundation and Omidyar Network recently funded a major new report on the lessons learned from 30 years of participatory budgeting (PB). In July,...

Making PB Inclusive and Fair

Typically, when we want to know how inclusive and fair a Participatory Budgeting (PB) process is, we ask “Who shows up?” While this is a...

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