Grant Management & Funding
Grant management software, federal grant discovery, eligibility matching, and pipeline tracking from opportunity to award — plus GRANTS.GOV trends, IRS 990-PF foundation research, and peer benchmarking.
The blog
Insights, guides, and data analysis from the team.
Federal funding, municipal finance, property tax appeals, litigation research, real estate due diligence. We break down the data across 15,000+ municipalities so you don't have to.
Six beats, one platform behind them.
Municipal Finance & Analytics
Fiscal health scorecards, ACFR financial analysis, statewide rankings, per-capita spending trends, and side-by-side comparisons — how to benchmark budgets, tax rates, and services across municipalities.
Property Tax Research
Appeal research, assessment uniformity analysis, rate comparison by district and fund, TIF financial review, and anomaly detection across jurisdictions — built for attorneys, assessors, and taxpayers.
Litigation & Civil Rights
Section 1983 litigation tracking, police misconduct settlement data, taxpayer-funded liability analysis, and municipal risk assessment — sourced directly from federal court records.
AI & Civic Intelligence
How AI is transforming local government research — natural-language queries across municipal datasets, auto-generated visualizations, source-cited answers, and the technology behind the platform.
Real Estate & Community Data
Due diligence for real estate professionals — school performance rankings, crime trends, building permits, zoning records, and demographics. Evaluate any community before buying or investing.
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ProductApr 23, 2026
Document Workspace: Upload, Analyze, and Organize Your Municipal Documents
Upload PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, and more. Get AI-powered summaries, municipal data comparisons, and supporting evidence. Organize everything with initiatives and three visibility levels.
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ProductApr 18, 2026
The Grant Finder, Rebuilt: Smarter Scoring, Three Finders, and a Pipeline to Track It All
Three dedicated grant finders for towns, nonprofits, and businesses with intelligent matching, SBIR competitive analysis, Kanban pipeline tracking, and calendar sync for deadlines.
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Data & AnalysisApr 14, 2026
Best Suburbs of Chicago to Live In 2026 — Data, Not Opinions
We scored 206 Chicago suburbs across fiscal health and quality of life using real municipal data — crime, taxes, schools, pensions, income, homeownership, and environmental quality. Winnetka, Lake Forest, and Glencoe top the list.
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Data & AnalysisFeaturedMar 23, 2026
Which Illinois Towns Are Going Broke? A Pension Fund Health Check
Illinois faces a 143.7 billion dollar pension crisis. We analyzed which towns are on the brink and what it means for your property taxes.
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Product UpdatesFeaturedMar 21, 2026
Follow Your Town: Stay Updated Without Lifting a Finger
Follow any town on MyTownView with one click. Get email updates on meetings, news, and more. Manage subscriptions from your account page.
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Data & AnalysisMar 17, 2026
Where the Slot Machines Are: Illinois Towns Ranked by Gaming Density
Illinois has nearly 50,000 video gaming terminals. We ranked 529 municipalities by density and revenue per resident. Wilmington tops the list at one slot machine for every 47 people.
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Product UpdatesFeaturedMar 12, 2026
Your Town at a Glance: The New Customizable Dashboard
The new Customizable Dashboard lets you pick from 20 widgets, drag to reorder, and save your layout. See exactly the civic data you care about — meetings, crime, finances, schools — at a glance.
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Civic InsightsMar 11, 2026
How to Compare Illinois Towns Before You Move
Research Illinois towns for free with real government data on taxes, schools, crime, and more. Then compare up to 5 towns side by side across 100+ metrics.
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Company NewsMar 9, 2026
Join the MyTownView Community on Reddit
We launched a Reddit community for MyTownView. Discuss local government data, request features, report bugs, and connect with other Illinois residents who care about what's happening in their towns.
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Product UpdatesFeaturedMar 8, 2026
Never Miss What Matters: Custom Alerts for Your Town
Custom Alerts let you define exactly what civic data you care about — meetings, permits, crime, finances — and get emailed the moment something changes. Three creation modes, 14 categories, snooze controls.
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ProductMar 8, 2026
244 Illinois Towns, One Dashboard: What We Learned Building MyTownView
We built a civic data platform covering 244 Illinois towns across 5 counties. Here's what surprised us about local government transparency, public data, and the hidden web connecting every community.
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Product UpdatesFeaturedFeb 19, 2026
Inside the Dashboard: AI-Powered Analytics for Your Community
The MyTownView Dashboard gives you composite scoring, trend analysis, cross-town comparisons, rankings, litigation tracking, custom reports, and grant eligibility tools — all powered by real municipal data.
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Product UpdatesFeaturedFeb 18, 2026
What Is MyTownView? A Complete Guide to Your Town's Public Data
MyTownView aggregates meetings, finances, crime stats, school data, demographics, and more from government sources into one clean interface — free for every resident.
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