What we do

The Participatory Budgeting Project works with local governments and organizations to open up public budgets to democratic community participation. We provide support and technical assistance to elected officials, public agencies, and community groups that are interested in developing participatory budgeting processes in the U.S. and Canada. Josh Lerner and Gianpaolo Baiocchi founded the organization in 2006, initially as an online resource center. The PBP has received institutional support from The Watson Institute in Providence and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC.