Performance Based Budgeting
  • README
  • What Is Performance-Based Budgeting?
  • Principles for Implementation
    • Determine a method for aligning performance-based budgeting with the current budget cycle and proces
    • Develop guidelines for department or agency budget proposals that include guidance on choosing goals
    • Identify an objective interdisciplinary team to evaluate budget requests and proposals and make reco
    • Use an executive group to reconcile budget proposals.
    • Monitor the budget through a defined performance framework.
  • Conclusion
  • Worksheet: Guiding Prompts for Performance-Based Budgeting Exploration
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A
    • Appendix B
    • Appendix C
    • Appendix D
    • Appendix E
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Last updated 2 years ago

by Lena Geraghty and Katherine Klosek

with contributions from Kristen Ahearn and Carter Hewgley

Performance-based budgeting is the allocation of funds based on programmatic results that contribute to organizational goals. For governments, performance-based budgeting uses evidence to maximize the allocation of funds toward programs that work and away from those that don’t. This guide details performance-based budgeting and describes how it can be tied into new or existing performance management and analytics programs.

To assist cities in developing performance-based budgeting practices, the , a partner in the , has created this guide. By learning from the experiences of other cities and following the steps described in this guide, cities will have a greater understanding of performance-based budgeting and be well on their way to rethinking how budgeting can work for them.

Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University
What Works Cities initiative