Civic Tools
Tools that open up how Chicago is governed
Public policy is often decided in spreadsheets and PDFs most people never see. With the Institute for the Public Good, we build free tools that show how officials vote, who funds their campaigns and what policy choices cost.
Read the interview in The TRiiBE ↗VoteTrack
How officials vote
Voting records on divided votes, side by side with who funds each official.
FinTrack
Who funds Chicago elections
Campaign finance made readable: totals, donor types and independent spending for and against candidates.
Calculators
What policy would cost
Put a proposal's numbers in front of the people it affects.
Have data that should be public?
If you're an organizer, reporter or public official with a question these tools could answer, I'd like to hear about it.