The Change.org Foundation oversees two mutually supporting organizations: (1) Change.org Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), a wholly owned corporate subsidiary, and (2) Change.org Programs, the charitable activities of the Foundation.

• Organize campaigns

A place to post an opinion you accept may be flawed, in an effort to understand other perspectives on the issue. Enter with a mindset for conversation, not debate.

• Reddit

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

Petition interactions, built with Amplify.ai

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech

Change.org is the web's leading platform for social change, empowering anyone, anywhere to start petitions that make a difference.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Change Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Change by Us is a place for citizens to put ideas into action to make their city a better place to live.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The world’s platform for change

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

In 2020, the initiative launched a yearly civic innovation and governance training to empower community champions to become lifelong changemakers by developing and scaling solutions for disrupting civic participation and improving governance and social justice in their communities.

• Fellowships

The Global Innovations in Democracy: Parliamentary Exchange (GID), led by the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) at The Ohio State University, and the Center for Democracy Innovation (now part of the National Civic League), was established in 2022 to provide a global forum for legislators to discuss the most innovative methods and tools for gathering input, overcoming divisions, building trust, and gaining public support for public policy.

• Meet the others
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• In-person meetings

It can be tough for government decision makers to find current, reliable information on tried-and-tested technologies. The Exchange solves that problem by serving as a one-stop shop, featuring over 500 digital tools, products and opportunities for government technology decision makers, IT developers, and product vendors.

• Govtech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

The Digital Donors Exchange, or DDX, is a community of global digital development funders who are committed to improving the lives of all people through harnessing that power.

• development

• Peer networks
• Tools for Funders

Fostering youth engagement in Tunisia

• youth

• Citizen Engagement
• Social media

The Changemaker Award, which celebrates and recognises the best role model and leader from within the EIT Community's education programmes, and whose activities and achievements have the potential to generate a significant social impact.

• Awards and prizes

Housing Courts Must Change! (HCMC) is a statewide campaign launched by the Right to Counsel NYC Coalition in 2020 to transform the courts across New York State (NYS) from an “eviction machine” to a place that holds landlords accountable, upholds tenants’ rights, and enables tenants to remain in their homes.

• housing

• Justice tech
• Civic maps

Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, we propose a multi-faceted metric which future researchers, journalists and news agencies will be able to use when analysing media impact.

• Media
• Evaluate impact
• Investigative journalism tech

Expanding the Democratic and progressive data ecosystem by facilitating a real time, blind exchange of voter contact data across the Left.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools
• Voter outreach

We create engaging courses and events on topics that matter

• Learn about civic tech
• Online courses

Did you know hundreds of scientists have researched what makes activism effective?

• guides

• Advocacy tech
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

We help changemakers use video to create more impact by enhancing their knowledge, strategies, technology, networks, and storytelling skills.

• Media
• Narrative tech
• Story tech

We provide resources to reimagine project-restricted giving

• Get funding
• Playbooks and design principles
• Foundation initiatives

A report: How can stories help us change systems?

• reports

• Media
• Narrative tech

A series of articles interrogating the concept of rigor in the context of impact evaluation in our work, by Keira Lowther

• Evaluate impact
• Fieldwide resources

IT for Change is an NGO based in Bengaluru, India. IT for Change aims for a society in which digital technologies contribute to human rights, social justice and equity.

• Gender Equality
• Quality education

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D
• Internet governance

Data Rights for Digital Workers

• labor

• Civic data
• Peer networks
• Crowdsourcing

Inspirit Foundation program "to shift the Canadian narrative landscape for equity-seeking groups through pop culture."

• Reduced inequalities

• Media
• Narrative tech
• Diversity & Inclusion

We're a supportive community in British Columbia, Canada enabling the government to deliver better digital services.

Initiators of successful political projects in a specific area of politics provide their know-how, experience and dos-and-don’ts in a highly motivating dialogue

• Conferences
• Peer networks

When fintechs and nonprofits work together, they can offer a powerful combination of well-designed tech solutions and supportive relationships with trusted partners to improve financial health.

• Partner networks
• Fintech for good

A storyteller’s guide to reframing Africa

• guides

• Media
• Translation and linguistic representation
• Diversity & Inclusion

Design for Civic Change is a professional development program for government workers interested in implementing community-engaged design within their work.

• trainings
• coaching

• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

Name It. Change It releases research projects and studies demonstrating gender-based challenges women face from the media when they run for office.

• women

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Voting and elections

• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

An Airtable of over 200 social change design firms led by BIPoC. Curated by George Aye.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Social impact design firms
• Design

This class uses the idea of values-driven design to help creators consider the politics of the technologies we use and which we bring into the world and teaches methods of research, design and deployment intended to help technologies meet the needs of real-world communities.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Courses

Where ideas and action intersect to create real social impact.

• Research and policy centers
• Academic programs

A community of practice for data analysts across City agencies that has since grown to over 800 members at more than 60 agencies.

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Data science for social good

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

‘Pocket Change’ is a Hindi digital content channel that creates relatable, comedy content for young Indians with civic engagement at its heart.

• YouTube

• Civic fiction
• Shows and films

The Climate Change AI summer school is designed to educate and prepare participants with a background in artificial intelligence and/or a background in a climate-change related field to tackle major climate problems using AI.

• Climate action

• Artificial Intelligence
• Courses

People Powered's course for government and organization staff managing citizen participation + environmental programs

• Climate action

• Courses
• Participatory budgeting

E-newsletter for Climate Change AI

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

Embeddable map of parallel events and buses going to the People's Climate March in Washington, DC.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

• Civic and social impact companies

Reach for Change is a non-profit organisation founded by the Kinnevik Group to improve the lives of children and youth.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

To create a software platform that aggregates consumer buying power and lets them direct it toward businesses that behave in socially responsible ways

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Social Media Exchange (SMEX) is a media advocacy and development organization with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial, development, and postconflict media environments

• trainings

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital literacy

Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Combating media manipulation through knowledge and action

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Climate Change AI aims to facilitate work at the nexus of climate change and machine learning.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Projects