Operating budgets
About this dataset
Operating budgets by fiscal year
The Operating Budget allocates funding throughout the City to fund operations and services. Rows in this dataset show budget at the expense or revenue account level. Each row includes the corresponding department and fund type, but additional corresponding information is available in separate reference datasets. Read our explanation on how to join the reference datasets to the budget datasets.
For the budget that estimates costs to build and upgrade City infrastructure, see the dataset for the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) budget.
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| File name | Download actions | File Format | File size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Budget | Download |
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Data Sample
| Field | Sample Value |
|---|---|
| report_fy | 15 |
| budget_cycle | adopted |
| fund_type | Special Revenue Funds |
| fund_number | 200611 |
| dept_name | Department of Information Technology |
| funds_center_number | 1314141211 |
| account | Financed Purchase - Principal |
| account_number | 590113 |
Understand the data
Each field in the data is defined in the table below. Use this information to inform usage of the data.
Download dictionaryData Dictionary
| Field | Description | Possible_values |
|---|---|---|
| amount | Amount budgeted | |
| fund_type | Groups funds by general purpose | |
| fund_number | Uniquely identifies the fund. Capital funds are preceded by the letter C in the data. | |
| dept_name | Department name | |
| funds_center_number | Unique identifier for a funds center. A funds center represents the lowest level of organizational detail within a department and can represent a team, function, or facility within a department. Department group, name, division, and section represent groupings of funds centers. | |
| account | Describes the smallest subset of an account group, typically defined by a specific function, service, or item | |
| account_number | Uniquely identifies an expense or revenue account. Revenue accounts begin with a 4 while expense accounts begin with a 5. |
- PublisherDepartment of Finance
- Last Updated May 22, 2026
- Update Frequency As needed
- Date Issued Jun 30, 2017
- Available Formats .CSV
- License View License
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