Chicago 2026 Budget Recommendations by Department and Fund

data.cityofchicago.org provides line-item budget recommendations for fiscal year 2026 proposed by the Mayor to the City Council. It details planned expenditures by department, appropriation account, and fund type, including Local, Community Development Block Grant, and other Grants. The dataset was last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyze funding distribution across departments using DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION and 2026 RECOMMENDATION columns.
• Compare proposed 2026 budgets against 2025 revised appropriations using the 2025 REVISED APPROPRIATION and 2026 RECOMMENDATION fields.
• Categorize expenditures by revenue source using FUND TYPE and FUND DESCRIPTION columns.
• Track appropriation authority changes over time using APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY and APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY DESCRIPTION fields.

Strengths

• Contains detailed line-item budget proposals for a major U.S. city.
• Includes comparative columns for 2025 and 2026 fiscal year appropriations.
• Data is structured with 12 distinct columns for granular analysis.

Limitations

• Exact row count and dataset size are unknown.
• Limited to proposed recommendations, not final enacted budgets.
• Temporal coverage is restricted to two fiscal years (2025-2026).

Provenance

Source

data.cityofchicago.org

Collection Method

Produced as part of the city's official budget recommendation process.

Time Range

Fiscal years 2025-2026.

Freshness

Last updated October 2025.

Geography

City of Chicago, Illinois, USA.