Everything here is free to use, adapt, and brand as your own. Take what’s useful. Make it yours. Give us feedback on how we could improve or create next. If you want help customizing for your community or issue area, we’re available.
Want help customizing? Get in touch →The visual mechanic that shows what got funded versus what got cut — for any budget, any jurisdiction, any issue area. Use ours as-is, or swap in your own data for your state budget, your city council, your school board. The design is yours to keep.
What’s included: A plug-and-play version with our current data (ready to embed), a white-label template with placeholder fields, a CSV data guide, and a setup guide explaining how to customize everything.
Download Plug-and-Play →The “follow the money up” mechanic — a clickable index that connects everyday costs to the specific companies and decisions driving them. Use ours as-is, or bring your own data, your own domain, your own community’s story.
What’s included: A plug-and-play version with our current data (ready to embed), a white-label template with placeholder fields, and a setup guide explaining how to customize everything.
Download Plug-and-Play →The Safety Net Simulator walks users through the real-life tradeoffs families face when essential programs — SNAP, Medicaid, housing support, tax credits — are cut, restricted, or allowed to expire. This tool helps make policy personal. Embed it directly on your site, or reach out and we’ll help you build a version with households from your own community.
What’s included: Embed code for the existing simulator and a facilitation guide for running sessions in community meetings, staff trainings, donor events, and classrooms.
Get the Embed Code →Facilitation guide coming shortly.
Every statistic on this site lives inside a specific person making a specific tradeoff. Maria. David. Linda. Tyler. Priya. This guide explains how to find that person, identify their number, and write the tradeoff in a way that makes the abstract impossible to dismiss.
Implementation guide coming shortly.
The intellectual framework underneath all of these tools — how to use concrete policy choices to surface the deeper values argument in any issue area. Free to use, adapt, and put your organization’s name on.
Framework brief coming shortly.