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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CivVic Labs
AustraliaCivVic Labs brings government and startups together to solve public sector challenges and deliver better outcomes for Victorians.
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.
The California Health Care Foundation is dedicated to advancing meaningful, measurable improvements in the way the health care delivery system provides care to the people of California, particularly those with low incomes and those whose needs are not well served by the status quo.
LaunchGood
Detroit, MICrowdfunding Incredible Muslims
Civic Tech Pitch during the 86th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.
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.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
New York, NYThe Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
Reid joined Greylock Partners in 2009. He focuses on building products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants and businesses th...
Innovate Africa
AfricainnovateAFRICA is the continent’s largest fund for supporting civic media experimentation and digital news startups in everything from data-driven journalism and investigative reporting, to newsroom management, audience engagement, digital convergence, and media business models.
Formerly StayClassy, Classy’s online fundraising platform gives nonprofits easy, effective, and customizable solutions to manage your fundraising efforts.
Blue Utopia
Seattle, WA, United States of AmericaSoftware and data to help you fundraise, communicate, organize and optimize your campaign.
The Cleveland Foundation’s mission is to enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.
Media Democracy Fund
Media Democracy Fund, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAAt the crossroads of digital technology and social justice.
Bots for Charity
Direct Relief, 6100 Wallace Becknell Road, Santa Barbara, California 93117, USADirect Relief began leveraging the Facebook Chatbot technology to better solicit their stakeholders.
Voqal grantmaking is a philanthropic program that promotes social equity in creative and disruptive ways. We have a deep commitment to racial and social justice. We invest in leaders, organizations, and movements who are closest to injustice and are fighting for collective liberation. We are committed to the promotion of social, economic, and racial justice
Organizations in Western New York and Southeast Michigan within our four core funding areas are now welcome to apply through our online process.
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 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
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.
Democracy Engine
Washington, DCDemocracy Engine offers a suite of fundraising tools to empower donors to support the organizations and issues they care about at any level, in any party, in any state.
Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We are a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders and our financing makes sustainable homeownership and workforce rental housing a reality for millions of Americans.
The Barr Foundation is a private, Boston-based foundation with core programs in Arts & Creativity, Climate, and Education.
Sobrato Family Foundation
Mountain View, CA, USAThe mission of the Sobrato Family Foundation is to support low-income residents in Silicon Valley who seek stability and opportunities for upward mobility.
Learn more about the @casefoundation, where they invest in people & ideas that will change the world.
Open Tech Fund (OTF)
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USAWe support the research, design, development, and deployment of technology-focused projects that counter online censorship and combat repressive surveillance, to enable global internet users to exercise their fundamental human rights online.
As the nation's largest public health philanthropy, we strive to build a national Culture of Health that will enable all to live longer, healthier lives.
The Packard Foundation works with people and communities to create solutions for just societies and a healthy, resilient natural world.
By Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab
With support from the NetGain Partnership, researchers J. Nathan Matias and Sarah Gilbert from CAT Lab and Jo Lukito from the Center for Media Engagement at University of Texas Austin produced two reports that detail the challenges faced by independent researchers who conduct platform research, and provide recommendations for how to overcome them.
Since 2000, the Montpelier Foundation has worked to transform James Madison's Montpelier from a privately owned estate into a destination for more than 125,000 visitors each year. Learn more about the Foundation and support Montpelier's future.
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
Pew's work lays the foundation for effective policies and practices by invigorating civic life, conducting research, informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause, and insisting on tangible results.
The Duke Endowment
North CarolinaSince 1924, The Duke Endowment has worked to help people and strengthen communities in North Carolina and South Carolina by nurturing children, promoting health, educating minds and enriching spirits.
Charitable giving on the blockchain - revolution.eth
Omidyar Network
1991 Broadway Street, Suite 200, Redwood City, California 94063Omidyar Network is a social change venture that reimagines critical systems, and the ideas that govern them, to build more inclusive and equitable societies—for the benefit of the many, not just the few—across the globe.
Health Innovation Tech Challenge
New York CityOne Idea, One Minute to Apply, and the Chance to Win $50,000!
The only solution designed to activate employees for good and maximize impact through workplace giving and volunteering.
Kiva
Kiva, Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, USASupport women, entrepreneurs, students and refugees around the world with as little as $25 on Kiva. 100% of your loan go to support borrowers.
London Civic Innovation Challenge
City Hall, London, UKIn partnership with the Social Tech Trust, the Civic Innovation Challenge is calling on tech startups and innovators to develop solutions to London’s biggest challenges.
The Siragusa Family Foundation is a private foundation that is committed to sustaining and developing Chicago’s extraordinary nonprofit resources.
Kaiser Permanente Foundation
Oakland, CaliforniaKaiser Permanente | Our News and ViewsNews and views from one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans.
We build better fundraising tech and give it away for free (seriously). Our products drastically improve the online giving experience and help 501(c)(3) nonprofits raise more for their causes.
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.
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