Polco empowers finance teams to overcome common budgeting challenges
Polco’s innovative solutions address the key challenges finance and budgeting departments face, turning obstacles into opportunities for growth, transparency, and community engagement.
Increase transparency & trust
Polco helps finance teams clearly communicate public fund allocation, fostering transparency, building community trust, and enabling informed budget discussions.
Close resident engagement gaps
Polco makes it easy to involve residents in budgeting, gather feedback, and ensure financial plans reflect community priorities, strengthening government relationships.
Achieve clear financial outcomes
Follow best practice budgeting frameworks recommended by GFOA, ICMA, and NLS. Simplify strategic financial planning with tools designed for budgeting decisions.
Turn data overload into clarity
Polco simplifies community economic data, helping teams understand complex datasets and providing actionable insights that make strategic planning and sound fiscal decisions easier.
Integrate data seamlessly
Polco unifies financial data from various systems, giving decision-makers a comprehensive view of community finances in one place, reducing confusion.
Benchmark with confidence
Polco lets finance teams benchmark their community's financial health against national standards, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring accurate performance measurement.
Transform Your Budgeting Process with Polco’s Tools
Polco offers a range of solutions designed to enhance your budgeting process, from interactive simulations to data-driven insights. These tools empower you to engage residents, analyze financial data, and create budgets that reflect the needs and values of your community.

Budget Simulations
These simulations enable residents to explore different budget scenarios, understand the trade-offs involved, and see how their tax dollars are allocated.

Taxpayer Receipt
Polco’s Taxpayer Receipt tool provides residents with a clear and detailed breakdown of how their tax contributions are spent.

Benchmark Surveys
Polco’s Benchmark Surveys, including the National Community Survey (NCS) and National Business Survey (NBS), offer valuable insights into how your community’s financial health compares to others across the country.

Domain Dashboards
Domain Dashboards provide a detailed view of your community’s economic metrics, offering insights into areas such as revenue generation and key economic trends.

Strategic financial planning with AI
Whether refining priorities, addressing challenges, or enhancing transparency, Polco AI offers insights and recommendations.

Engage and inform your community
By involving residents in the budgeting process, you not only increase transparency but also ensure that your financial decisions reflect the true needs and priorities of your community.
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Rethinking Budgeting
Rethinking Budgeting is a structured, data-driven approach that helps local governments transform their budgeting processes.
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8,640,000 hours of residents' time wrestling with budgeting trade-offs
Over 150,000+ balanced budgets submitted by residents
500+ communities use Polco to make supported budgeting decisions
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Rethinking Budgeting Roadmap
Download your copy of "A Roadmap to Strengthen Trust and Align Your Community with Budgeting," created by Polco in partnership with GFOA, ICMA, NLC, and other leading organizations, today!
Real results: Success stories from our users
Polco isn’t just a tool—it’s a catalyst for transformation in communities nationwide. Our users have harnessed the power of data-driven insights to address challenges, engage residents, and make impactful decisions. Discover how Polco has helped other communities achieve their goals and see what’s possible for yours.

A Transparent Path to Smarter Budgeting

Interactive Budget Simulations: A New Era of Public Engagement
