2026 budget explained
What is in the Chicago Park District’s 2026 budget?
The Park District root is the printed all-funds operating appropriation. Its published net appropriation excludes internal service earnings.
Figures in the published tree
| Budget box | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Park District | $637,580,350.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Parks and recreation | $146,505,400.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Maintaining the parks | $122,680,109.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Soldier Field, harbors, golf and other managed venues | $79,556,554.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
| Building and fixing parks (capital) | $10,523,042.00 | Adopted/approved budget |
How to read this
Managed venues and parks/recreation are different branches. The building-and-fixing category here is within the operating appropriation, not a substitute for a multi-year capital plan.
Limits and method
The Park District is a separate government. Its all-funds total differs from its net appropriation, and operating appropriations do not capture every future capital project.
These are three separate governments, not one official consolidated City budget. The City and Park District use 2026 budgets, while CPS FY2026 runs July 2025 through June 2026. Transfers across governments may overlap. See methods and unresolved gaps.
Primary sources
These official references are attached to the cited budget boxes in the exported tree, rather than inferred from unrelated search results.
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