Fiscal Trim is a civic‑tech platform dedicated to turning opaque public ledgers into practical intelligence for everyone—residents, reporters, watchdogs, and officials alike.
To make public finance truly public. When taxpayers can see how every dollar is raised, spent, and borrowed, they can ask better questions, shape smarter policy, and hold leaders accountable.
From 2012 through the latest year that public data is available, every local government unit lives in one searchable hub—no paywalls.
Every figure traces back to official Local Government Finance Historical Census Datasets so you can open the hood on our methodology.
Proprietary indicators like Spending Pressure®, Debt & Spending Index, and Taxes‑to‑Interest™ distill sprawling ledgers into single‑number snapshots.
Reveal the departments, programs, expense, revenue and debt data.
Compare Chicago’s municipal payroll to Phoenix’s, or project next year’s bond obligations with one toggle.
Pipe our standardized data straight into your models and stories.
We transform publicly available census data into clear, easy-to-understand insights.
Select any two entities - cities, counties, school districts, or pension funds - and instantly see where their revenues, spending, and debt diverge.