Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.

• apps
• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People

A crowdsourced resource for technologists building things for the (probably) upcoming general election

• 2024 elections

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.

• city
• noise
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.

• Wikipedia

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

GoGetta has New York’s most up-to-date service information on food, personal care, shelter, and clothing.

• homelessness

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Founded in 2008, the Sentinel Project is a Canadian non-profit organization that assists communities threatened by mass atrocities worldwide through direct cooperation with the people in harm’s way and the innovative use of technology.

• human rights
• humanitarian

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Fight disinformation

ipaidabribe.com is Janaagraha's unique initiative to tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens.

• corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Monitoreo ciudadano de datos sobre ciclismo urbano en Cochabamba

• cycling
• mobility

• Civic data
• Communicating with the government
• Crowdsourcing

U-Report is a free SMS social monitoring tool for community participation, designed to address issues that people care about

• United Nations

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

Collect the place-based data you need using our easy mobile tools and web dashboard. Create your own survey or engage around community health, safety, commercial development, blight, historic resources, and more. Quickly export your data for Excel or as a Shapefile.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Organising community involvement with road safety on a grand scale

• road safety
• speeding
• Vision Zero

• Crowdsourcing
• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer

by the City of Denver

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Report street-fixing issues in Hungary

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”

• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

An investigative series deploying algorithms to detect copy-paste legislation

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Media

Report transportation hazards and dangerous traffic behaviors in our community

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

We crack the SCHUFA

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Quality data collection for challenging settings

• commercial

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Communicating with the government

Project to create articles about notable women that do not currently exist on Wikipedia

• women
• Gender Equality
• Wikipedia

• Adjacent Fields
• Crowdsourcing
• Foundational layers

Create greener communities and explore our urban forests, together.

• Life on land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migration—all free.

• Adjacent Fields
• Crowdsourcing
• Tech for public challenges

Help build the free database of UK election candidates

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

Watchdogging apps for voter suppression, police brutality, and bullying

• apps
• police violence
• youth

• Civic data
• Communicating with the government
• Crowdsourcing

Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.

• apps
• Climate action

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

ODK lets you build powerful offline forms to collect the data you need wherever it is. Join the leading social impact organizations that use ODK to make the world a better place.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

BERN was mostly used for “relational organizing”, which is a tactic of asking supporters to reach out to their friends to persuade them to vote and volunteer.

• apps

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

With Hush City app, you are an active part of a soundscape and citizen science research project to map and evaluate everyday quiet areas.

• apps
• city
• noise

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

a tool to crowdsource answers to FOIA request.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Zooniverse gives people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to participate in real research with over 50 active online citizen science projects.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

• apps
• fires

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Tech for public challenges

First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

We work to build citizen capacity to use data for better engagement with government and other stakeholders.

• Crowdsourcing

The goal of OpenElections is to create the first free, comprehensive, standardized, linked set of election data for the United States, including federal, statewide and state legislative offices.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Voting and elections

The City of Amsterdam equipped 700 cyclists with a device that allowed them to ping when encountering a complicated, clumsy or unsafe traffic situation. 31,000 events were registered, which will inform upgrades to their bike network in the coming years.

• cycling
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

It is Africa’s premier repository for documents that the public need to help make more informed decisions, or that help civic watchdogs such as the media or social justice NGOs substantiate their reportage, or documents that have been suppressed or censored elsewhere.

• free speech

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Popit database and API service that helps you make and maintain information about politicians, politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their memberships in organizations and generates Popolo standard compliant open data to power your project.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing