Civic Tech Field Guide
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Resources to help you find financial support for your work, no matter which type you seek.
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Luminate
36-38 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB, UKLuminate is a global philanthropic organisation focused on empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.
Challenge.gov
United States of America (the)Challenge.Gov is the official GSA government website supporting prize challenges and prize competitions that are sponsored by the US federal government.
Donorbox
The Hearst Building, 5 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USASmart donation form that embeds directly to your website or as a pop-up.
Open Tech Fund's list of funders
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USAOTF maintains a helpful list of alternate funding sources and services that support efforts relevant to the fields of Internet freedom, software development, journalism, and human rights.
European AI & Society Fund
Rue Royale 941000, Brussels, BelgiumThe European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe
Urban Innovation Fund
San FranciscoA venture capital fund that identifies early-stage innovators solving our toughest urban challenges and provides them with the capital and regulatory expertise to scale into tomorrow's most valued companies.
Towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society Our journey began with Education. Over the years, our work has expanded to Grants, Health and Livelihoods Read more Towards a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society Our journey began with Education. Over the years, our work has expanded to Grants, Health and Livelihoods Read more What […]
BBVA's Innova Challenge
Bilbao, SpainSpanish regional bank BBVA shared anonymized credit card transactions data with participating developers in its Innova Challenge.
Across Green Country, from the Tulsa Zoo to ONEOK Field, education to health, assisting neighborhoods to assisting nonprofits, Tulsa Community Foundation (TCF) is making a difference in Eastern Oklahoma
We seek to unlock the possibility inside every individual
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
PortugalThe Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was created in 1956 and aims to improve people's lives through art, charity, science and education.
Investing in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems
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Find out more about Data City | Data Nation, a global data sharing initiative between Singapore and London.
The Church Commissioners exist to support the work and mission of the Church of England today and for future generations, helping it to remain a Christian presence in every community.
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.
"I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to create change — but in yours." President Barack Obama
Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi (Arabic :سليمان بن عبد العزيز الراجحي, born 1929)[1] is a Saudi Arabian corporate figure and billionaire.
The Hive Chicago Fund for Connected Learning (Fund) at The Chicago Community Trust is a funder collaborative that empowers educators to use connected learning principles, including the thoughtful integration of digital media and technology, to help engage youth in meaningful 21st Century learning experiences.
The use of prizes and awards is a visible element of the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote innovation in government
Blackbaud
Charleston, South CarolinaThe world's leading cloud software company powering #socialgood.
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.
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.
Google.org
United States of America (the)We bring the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone.
The Langeloth Foundation supports health and racial equity outcomes in order to foster and sustain safe and healthy communities.
Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Palo AltoThe Skoll Foundation presents the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship each year to a select group of social entrepreneurs whose innovations have already had significant, proven impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems, and invests directly in the promise of even greater impact at scale.
Knight Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAKnight Foundation is a national foundation with strong local roots
The European Social Innovation Competition, launched in memory of Diogo Vasconcelos, is a challenge prize run by the European Commission across all European countries
Find That Charity
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)'Find that Charity', developed by David Kane and supported by 360Giving, is a tool for finding data about non-profit organisations.
The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.
Ford's Public Interest Technology campaign
320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017, USATechnology at work for the public
Nesta
58 Victoria EmbankmentNesta is an innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time.
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.
We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.
The Open Society Foundations work to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110, USAAt the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, we work together with communities in education and entrepreneurship to create uncommon solutions that empower people to be uncommon, take risks, achieve success and give back to society.
Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation program
Bloomberg Philanthropies, 25 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10075, USAAPPLYING THE BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES APPROACH TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN CITIES
A state affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
The Foundation supports long-term, free basic research beneficial to Sweden, mainly in medicine, technology, and the natural sciences. This is achieved through long-term grants to excellent researchers and to projects of the highest international standard.
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.
Community is about trust and sharing. Open Collective lets you manage your finances so everyone can see where money comes from and where it goes. Collect and spend money transparently.
Living Cities
1040 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018, USAWe take risks, catalyze fresh thinking and test new approaches in order to creatively disrupt the status quo.
Google.org Global Impact Awards
United States of America (the)Global Impact Awards go to entrepreneurial teams who think on a global scale and have a healthy disregard for the impossible.
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