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Democracy.io
BerlinTo promote charitable projects that want to implement an innovative digital idea to strengthen our democracy.
Applying Bain Capital’s value-added approach to impact investing by building great companies, maximizing their financial potential, and scaling their social and environmental impact.
As the largest community foundation in the nation, SVCF helps build and strengthen the community by bringing together people and organizations who want to strengthen the common good.
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USAThe Rockefeller Foundation's mission, unchanged since 1913, is to improve the well-being of humanity around the world.
National Lottery Community Fund
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery
The Challenge is a three-phase, prize-based competition to find technology-based solutions that address or improve opioid abuse prevention, treatment and overdose avoidance and response.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.
Civic Innovation Challenge Ideas Competition
Washington, DCThe Civic Innovation Challenge aims to leverage social science, data, and technology to address complex community challenges, enhance job growth and economic competitiveness, and address equity in our communities.
Bloomberg Philanthropies' U.S. Mayors Challenge
25 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075It is a competition designed to help city leaders think big, be bold and uncover inventive – and, ultimately shareable – ideas that tackle today’s toughest problems.
Learn more about the @casefoundation, where they invest in people & ideas that will change the world.
City Experiment Fund
Slovakiaan initiative of UNDP and the Slovak Ministry of Finance, to support cities in the application of innovative approaches
Census Accelerate Video Challenge
United States of America (the)Census Accelerate, an initiative within the innovation arm of the U.S. Census Bureau, has launched its first-ever video prize competition to reward the most engaging, impactful and informative videos about the 2020 Census - with a total of $50,000 in cash prizes.
What we stand for: a just democracy, a fair economy and an environmentally sustainable future.
The Greater Washington Community Foundation works to strengthen the Washington metropolitan region by encouraging and supporting effective giving and by providing leadership on critical issues in our community. The Community Foundation - which serves the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Northern Virginia, and Prince George’s County – makes community change through charitable giving easy, flexible, tax-smart, and rewarding.
In many innovation settings, ideas are generated over time and managers face a decision about if and how to provide in-process feedback to the idea generators a
We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.
Digital Impact
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USADigital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Nesta
58 Victoria EmbankmentNesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.
Organizations in Western New York and Southeast Michigan within our four core funding areas are now welcome to apply through our online process.
Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.
The Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) is a European programme that's part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age.
The New profit Accelerator Initiative
225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, USAIt identifies, connects, advises, and invests in diverse social entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions to persistent problems in their communities
Call Time
Los Angeles, CAOnline political fundraising tools powered by artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics. Call Time provides online donor research and an automated fundraising platform.
Welcome to the Ford Foundation. We envision a just, fair, and peaceful world with opportunity for all
DonorsChoose.org connects teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, California, United StatesEspecially the Transparency, Participation, and Accountability grantmaking
Open Tech Fund
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USASUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.
Health Innovation Tech Challenge
New York, NYOne Idea, One Minute to Apply, and the Chance to Win $50,000!
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