Civic Tech Field Guide
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Health Innovation Tech Challenge
New York CityOne Idea, One Minute to Apply, and the Chance to Win $50,000!
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.
In the 2020 Microsoft AI for Good Challenge, Australian students in Grades 7-12 are supported by their teachers to learn the basic concepts of Artificial Intelligence.
DonorsChoose.org connects teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help.
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.
Knight Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAKnight Foundation is a national foundation with strong local roots. We invest in journalism, in the arts, and in the success of cities where brothers John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers. Our goal is to foster informed and engaged communities, which we believe are essential for a healthy democracy.
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.
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.
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
Razoo
Alexandria, VARaise money online for your nonprofit or charity. Create an online fundraising page for your campaigns and events, or donate to any US registered nonprofit.
Higher Ground Labs is an incubator and accelerator for political technology. We help entrepreneurs building tools to help democratic campaigns win.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
CivVic Labs
AustraliaCivVic Labs brings government and startups together to solve public sector challenges and deliver better outcomes for Victorians.
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.
LaunchGood
Detroit, MICrowdfunding Incredible Muslims
Believing that technology provides endless opportunity, Microsoft Philanthropies works in creating a future where everyone has access to endless possibilities.
The Code for America Technology Awards recognize outstanding products and implementations of government technology.
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.
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.
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
Organizations in Western New York and Southeast Michigan within our four core funding areas are now welcome to apply through our online process.
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
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.
Open Tech Fund
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USASUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.
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