Building on years of work and investments, a growing group of national, regional, and local funders have come forward to invest in local news and information.

• Media
• Foundation initiatives
• Journalism

The European Democracy Hub acts as a hub for expertise on European democracy support, bringing together analysts and policymakers. 

• Participatory democracy
• Foundation initiatives

Civitates provides funding for civil society actors to come together, revitalise public discourse, and ensure that all voices are heard. Because we need a strong civil society to shape vibrant and open European democracies that work for all.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Foundation initiatives

We invest in ideas and organizations that expand human agency.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Foundation initiatives

The Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance is identifying 100 mayors that are the most sophisticated, ambitious, and advanced at harnessing data and help them set a new standard for local governments committed to using data to power better results for residents.

• cities

• Govtech
• Foundation initiatives
• Data science for social good

We provide resources to reimagine project-restricted giving

• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives
• Playbooks and design principles

Pushing the Boundaries of Scientific Innovation to Create a Smarter, Sustainable, and Resilient Future for Communities

• Govtech
• Foundation initiatives
• Public Private Partnerships

The Responsible Computing Challenge - supported by the Mellon Foundation, Omidyar Network, Schmidt Futures, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, USAID, Mozilla - fund academic teams that combine faculty and practitioners from Computing, Humanities, Library and Information Science, and Social Science fields in order to reimagine how the next generation of technologists will be educated.

• Quality education

• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

CS Fund is launching a new funding program on Just Transitions to advance social and ecological justice for a future grounded in justice, joy, belonging, and liberation for all beings.

• Reduced inequalities
• Zero hunger

• Emerging tech
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (TAI) is a donor collaborative working toward a democratic world where power and resources are more equally distributed; people are informed and empowered, governments and the corporate sector are open and responsive, and collective action advances the public good.

• Foundation initiatives
• Open philanthropy

A global not-for-profit fund to achieve the catalytic possibilities of digital public infrastructure

• Foundation initiatives
• Digital Public Infrastructure

The Tech We Want is four-year, $8 million portfolio of work focused on connecting and empowering a new wave of leaders, companies, and technologies that are built on inclusivity, mutualism, sustainability, accountability, and responsible innovation.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Foundation initiatives

Our mission is to ensure that information technology and social media play a proactive role in supporting democracy and human rights globally.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Foundation initiatives

Solutions exist. Let's make them a reality.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Foundation initiatives

NDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.

• cities
• research

• The People
• Meet the others
• Foundation initiatives

'Find that Charity', developed by David Kane and supported by 360Giving, is a tool for finding data about non-profit organisations.

• Civic data
• Get funding
• Data schemas and standards

Astraea’s CommsLabs is a radical global movement-building initiative that equips LGBTQI activists with the tools, skills and knowledge they need to securely organize and advocate in online spaces.

• The People
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

• The People
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

Technology at work for the public

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Get funding

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Get funding