Civic Tech Field Guide

The 2022 Ranking Digital Rights Telco Giants Scorecard

740 15th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005

Ranking Digital Rights's inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard reveals that telecom companies, despite being gatekeepers of the internet for most of the world, are less transparent overall and more susceptible to government demands than their Big Tech peers.

reports

Molloy Consultants

Cincinnati, Ohio

With over 15 years of experience working with domestic and international non-profits to create and manage programs, events, and communication projects for global health we have a successful record of systematically improving processes and outcomes.

Govtech vendors

Federal Unionists Network (FUN)

United States of America (the)

The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) is an informal association of federal unionists and our allies organizing to support each other in strengthening our unions, improving our agencies and building solidarity across the federal sector of the labor movement.

Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Article in Nature by Christopher Yeh, Anthony Perez, Anne Driscoll, George Azzari, Zhongyi Tang, David Lobell, Stefano Ermon & Marshall Burke

No poverty

Democracy Innovation Hub

New York, USA

We convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.

AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance (AVAR)

United States of America (the)

As ARVA, our mission is to empower communities to recognize, diagnose, and manage vulnerabilities in AI that affects them.

Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders

United States of America (the)

Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker

TheirStory

Rochester, NY

Use TheirStory to capture, transcribe, edit, and preserve oral histories.

history

Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Building the Agenda for the 9th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Spain on Consider.it

Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (Civic Data Coop)

Liverpool

The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (LCR CDC) is a data governance project funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and hosted by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool.

city

Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS)

Paris, France

The first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.

IAN's Slack Community

New York, NY

IAN is building a Slack community to connect our members and provide more opportunity for collaboration, networking and real time answers to legal questions.

immigration

Mobile Pathways

Berkeley, CA, USA

We are a technology nonprofit that partners with immigration nonprofits and attorneys to advance their use of technology and data to increase fair access to justice.

immigration

Asylum Navigator

Berkeley, CA, USA

Asylum Navigator is a groundbreaking data insights platform designed to empower immigration attorneys and human rights defenders.

Legal Defense Coalition

Berkeley, CA, USA

‍We provide tech and data for immigration nonprofits to inform more immigrants about their legal rights.

immigration

¡Reclamo!

New York, NY

The All In One Platform To Help Workers Recover Stolen Wages JOIN US

labor

Justice tech

Immi

New York, NY

Free and simple information for immigrants

Immigration Advocates Network

New York, NY

Harnessing the power of technology and collaboration to support immigrants and their allies.

immigration

Bluesky

Seattle, WA

We’re building an open foundation for the social internet so that we can all shape its future.

commercial

Bulk Texting and Whatsapp on MyCamino

Berkeley, CA, USA

Mobile Pathways MyCamino platform equips immigration nonprofits with cutting edge mobile technology so immigrants know their legal rights.

WhatsApp

Judge Profiles

Berkeley, CA, USA

Access data on immigration judges, including cases, backlogs, grant rates, and removal statistics

immigration

Citizenshipworks

New York, NY

Making the path to citizenship easy and affordable

GitLab Foundation Learning for Action Fund

United States of America (the)

The GitLab Foundation launched the Learning for Action Fund in June 2024 to alleviate these problems and increase our grantees’ capacity to deepen their impact measurement, learning, and feedback work.

Evaluate impact

ImmigrationLawHelp

New York, NY

Helping low-income immigrants find legal help

immigration

Justicia Lab AI

New York, NY

The World's First Non-Profit AI Lab for Immigrant Justice

immigration

Pathfinder

Berkeley, CA, USA

Built with precision and purpose by Mobile Pathways, Pathfinder is a secure analytics and insights platform uniquely designed for and tested with immigration attorneys, paralegals, and accredited representatives.

immigration

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

"An official website of the United States government" but mostly an embedded X feed

Project 2025

GitLab Foundation

United States of America (the)

Improving people’s lifetime earnings through access to opportunities.

The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals

Carnegie Mellon University

By Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein

guides

Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

Founded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University serves a global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance.

Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research and resources for city leaders to expand their problem-solving capacity, build effective city hall organizations, and improve outcomes for residents around the world

Academic programs

The Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Strengthening society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.

libraries

AI and Democracy Movements Project

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.

Nonviolent Action Lab

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The Nonviolent Action Lab is an innovation hub for activists, researchers, and supporters who share common goals around defending and advancing democracy worldwide through civil resistance — protests, demonstrations, and other actions.

Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarization with research and field-building.

Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Harvard’s hub for research and teaching on democracy

Prosocial Media

We propose an alternative platform model that the social fabric an explicit output as well as input. By E. Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, Emillie de Keulenaar, Jacob Mchangama, Divya Siddarth, Audrey Tang

Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

The Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast brings you the latest research, insights, and ideas on how nonviolent action can — or sometimes fails — to transform injustice.

podcasts

Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)

Harvard Kennedy School, John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, USA

A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.

Federal Taxpayer Receipt

Middleton, WI

The Federal Taxpayer Receipt provides American taxpayers with an itemized receipt that estimates how your tax dollars are spent by the government based on how much you paid in taxes.

taxes

The 74

United States of America (the)

The 74 is a nonprofit news organization covering America’s education system from early childhood through college and career.

Quality education

Wiki Education

Chico, California

Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia

Federal Environmental Web Tracker

United States of America (the)

EDGI’s website monitoring team is monitoring thousands of federal government webpages to track changes under the Trump administration.

Watchdogging and transparency

Grants Enablement and Monitoring System (GEMS)

212 W Main Street Durham, NC 27701

Prudence B2B's Grants Management Software streamlines the grant management process with real-time tracking, detailed reporting, and robust compliance features.