Civic Tech Field Guide
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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
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.
The first-of-its-kind organization whose sole mission is to develop and support sustainable business models for great local journalism. Learn more.
Investing in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was created in 1956 and aims to improve people's lives through art, charity, science and education.
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.
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.
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.
Find out more about Data City | Data Nation, a global data sharing initiative between Singapore and London.
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.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation provides education, scholarships, exhibits, events, and media related to the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
The Barr Foundation is a private, Boston-based foundation with core programs in Arts & Creativity, Climate, and Education.
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.
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.
Learn about and give to any of Canada's 85,000 charities online.
The Langeloth Foundation supports health and racial equity outcomes in order to foster and sustain safe and healthy communities.
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.
Believing that technology provides endless opportunity, Microsoft Philanthropies works in creating a future where everyone has access to endless possibilities.
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.
The Siragusa Family Foundation is a private foundation that is committed to sustaining and developing Chicago’s extraordinary nonprofit resources.
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.
The only solution designed to activate employees for good and maximize impact through workplace giving and volunteering.
A state affiliate of the National Endowment of the Humanities.
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.
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 MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world
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.
Civic Tech Pitch during the 86th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.
Since 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.
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
Welcome to the Ford Foundation. We envision a just, fair, and peaceful world with opportunity for 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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