The Montana Budget & Policy Center (MBPC) is a nonprofit organization created in 2008 to provide in-depth research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues. Our mission is to advance responsible tax, budget, and economic policies through credible research and analysis in order to promote opportunity and fairness for all Montanans.

We advocate for policies to ensure that everyone can share in the state's prosperity. We produce reports and policy recommendations on a range issues that create a fair opportunity for everyone to work, learn, and improve their lives.

We seek to engage, include, and elevate the voices of those sometimes left out of conversations about economic policies, including women, seniors, people with disabilities, American Indians, and families living on low incomes.

We strive to advance public policy that will result in:

• Smart budgets that prioritize investments in public education, health care and other public services that create opportunity for all;
• Fair taxes that produce sufficient revenue to pay for needed public investments, such as protecting clean water and educating our kids; and
• Economic policies that ensure all families, not just a wealthy few, enjoy the benefits of a growing economy.