Museum of Modern PB| Partner | Role | Sector | Commitment level |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Boston Mayor's Office, through an Oversight Committee of City staff (Youth Engagement and Employment, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, Capital Planning and Budget Office, New Urban Mechanics, Mayor's Youth Council) | Convener | Public | — |
| Mayor Martin J. Walsh (process announced by Mayor Thomas Menino in 2013) | Champion or steward | Public | Handshake |
| Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) | Specialist | Nonprofit | Contractual |
| Steering Committee of youth-serving organisations (about 30 in 2014, 25 in 2016), each sending an adult and a youth representative | Rule-setting governing body | Community-based organization | Handshake |
| Mayor's Youth Council (mayoral-appointed youth delegates; co-chair of the Steering Committee in 2014, all members enrolled as Change Agents in 2016) | Outreach | Public | — |
| Change Agent committee facilitators (hired adult facilitators with youth co-facilitators in 2014; trained youth facilitators in 2016) | Facilitator | — | Contractual |
| City departments and staff (Budget Office, Parks and Recreation, Boston Public Schools administrators, Arts and Culture) | Specialist | Public | Handshake |
| Boston Public Schools (main vote sites; Office of Data and Accountability matched voter IDs in 2016) | Outreach | School or educational institution | Handshake |
| My Brother's Keeper Boston (2016 recruitment of young men of color) | Outreach | Public | Handshake |
| Research team led by Tara Grillos with guidance from Archon Fung (2014) | Evaluator | Academic | — |
| Boston University Initiative on Cities and School of Social Work (2016) | Evaluator | Academic | — |
The City holds the system and appoints everyone else: it selected PBP through a request for proposals and contracts it each year, and its Oversight Committee appoints the Steering Committee, which writes the rules and governs the process but decides neither the projects nor the money. The Steering Committee is entered as a write-in role because it governs rules rather than outcomes; its members range from grassroots youth groups to the Bar Association, the Zoo and City departments, so the sector cell is the majority not the whole. Attrition was severe: 68 individuals at the start of 2014, about 5 at the final meeting. The Mayor's Youth Council grew from co-chair to the backbone of the process by 2016, when every council member was a Change Agent and the two bodies blurred. Commitment levels for the Youth Council, the facilitators in 2016 and the evaluators are not stated. No fiscal sponsor is needed since the money sits in the City's capital budget, and no press, influencer or standing accountability-holder role is documented.
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