Look here to see if your city is doing PB! Depending on where you live, you may be able to take part in PB in your community. See below for information on how to participate in the existing PB processes in North America. Even if you don’t live in one of these communities, you’re always welcome to visit and observe PB in action.
And ANYONE can participate in PBP’s donor-led PB process – PB2.
Boston, Massachusetts: Youth Lead the Change
Funds: $1 Million
Website: https://www.boston.gov/departments/boston-centers-youth-families/youth-lead-change
Type: Citywide Youth Process
Buffalo, New York
Funds: $150,000
Website: https://www.cacwny.org/campaigns/participatory-budgeting/
Type: 1 Council District
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Funds: $700,000
Website: http://pb.cambridgema.gov/volunteer2
Type: Citywide Process
Chicago, Illinois
Funds: $5 Million
Website: http://www.pbchicago.org/get-involved.html
Type: 7 Wards & 1 High School
Cleveland, Ohio: Ballot Box Project - Arts Funding
Website: http://www.ballotboxproject.org/
Type: District
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Funds: $300,000
Website: http://www.dieppe.ca/en/servicesmunicipaux/Participatory-Budget-.asp
Type: Citywide Process
Greensboro, North Carolina
Funds: $500,000
Website: greensboropb.org
Type: Citywide
Hartford, Connecticut
Website: http://www.hartforddecides.org/get-involved
Type: Citywide Process
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Website:http://wayemason.ca/pbfaq/
Type: 2 Council Districts
Hamilton, Ontario
Funds: $1 Million
Website: http://www.pbward2.ca
Type: Citywide Process
Long Beach, California
Funds: $250,000
Website: http://www.pblongbeach.org
Type: 2 Council Districts (including 1 Youth Process)
New York City, New York: PBNYC
Funds: $33+ Million
Website: http://pbnyc.org
Type: 31 City Council Districts
Oakland, California
Website: http://pboakland.org/
Type: Two City Council districts (district 1, District 2)
Peterborough, Ontario
Website: http://www.peterborough.ca
Type: Citywide
Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec
Website: http://www.ville.saint-basile-le-grand.qc.ca/vie-democratique/
Type: Citywide
San Francisco, California
Website: http://sfpbd10.sfgov.org / Volunteer with District 7
Type: 2 Council Districts (District 7, District 10)
San Jose, California
Funds: $50,000
Website: District 2: https://d2bernalbaileypb.wordpress.com/ // District 3: http://d3decides.com/get-involved/
Type: 2 Districts
Seattle, Washington
Website: http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/programs-and-services/seattle-participatory-budgeting
Type: Citywide
St Louis, Missouri: PBSTL Ward 27
Funds: $100,000
Website: http://pbstl.com/getinvolved
Type: 1 Council District
Toronto, Ontario
Funds: $8 Million
Website: Ward: http://www1.toronto.ca/ // Housing: http://www.torontohousing.ca/pb
Type: Three Wards and Toronto Community Housing (public housing)
Vallejo, California
Website: www.pbvallejo.org
Funds: ~$1,000,000
Type: Citywide Process
Participate in PB
Does your community do PB? If so, you may be able to take part by sharing your ideas, developing proposals, and voting!
But even if your local administrators aren't doing PB, you can still be involved in the movement for direct democracy and local control of public funds.
Here's more ways to participate:
Stay Connected
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Organize & Advocate for PB
Find out how to start a PB process with your elected officials, schools, universities, public agencies, and community groups.
Volunteer with PBP
PB (and we at PBP) rely on lots of volunteer help--find out how you can contribute!
Donate and Amplify PB
Help the PB movement grow by making a tax-deductible donation today!
Jobs & Internships
Interested in working with PBP? We regularly post job openings and offer summer and fall/spring semester internships.
Contact Us
Have a question that our website doesn't answer? Let us know!
Engaging thousands of people in budgeting is not easy, so we strive to provide materials and resources for local PB organizers and participants. If you're organizing to win PB in your community, feel free to draw on these materials to make your case. If you already have PB, you can use them to spread the word and improve your process. If you know of other materials that you think we should share, let us know.