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Engineers Without Borders International (EWB-I)
Boulder, COWe’re on a mission to mobilise a global network of engineers for good.
All of Us Directory
United States of America (the)Our country is in crisis. Services and the rights we care about are under attack as those in power move closer to a dangerous authoritarian rule. The All of US Directory offers you the opportunity to respond.
Apply: Pilot Pitchfest -- up to $80K to fund NYC agency project team-ups
New York City, NY, USARegister for the Pilot Pitchfest in New York City on May 22nd—and apply for up to $80K to support high-impact projects.
Open Roles in Public AI
United States of America (the)All positions below are part-time and unpaid unless noted otherwise.
TLC is the first trans-led specialist gender identity legal practice in Britain, providing free and accessible legal help to transgender and non-binary people in need.
ImmigrationLawHelp
New York, NYHelping low-income immigrants find legal help
Immigration Advocates Network
New York, NYHarnessing the power of technology and collaboration to support immigrants and their allies.
Laboratorio de Ciudad
Asunción, ParaguayDescubrimos a grupos ciudadanos comprometidos con sus comunidades
Tufts Cybersecurity Clinic
MassachusettsOur Cybersecurity Clinic offers a range of pro bono services to non-profit and under-resourced organizations, while preparing both undergraduate and graduate students to become industry leaders.
Embaixadoras
Brazil (Brasil)Cada pessoa embaixadora de inovação cívica atua na organização de eventos locais, bate-papos, documentação de processos e, claro, na integração com os demais participantes da rede.
Hotline for Israel/Palestine
United States of America (the)A texting hotline promoting education for peace
Techies 4 Reproductive Justice (T4RJ)
United States of America (the)A hub of technologists dedicated to building technology for Reproductive Justice
Cyberharassment Clinic at New York Law School
New York, USAThe Cyberharassment Clinic is a program at a law school that allows students to represent victims of online harassment, cyberbullying, and revenge porn.
A program offered by K&L Gates for victims of nonconsensual photography based in the US and beyond
Open Briefing
CornwallWe also provide consultancy and advisory to help nonprofits and foundations take the right risks when supporting and resourcing grassroots change. We enhance your organisation’s security risk management, information security and data protection, and staff care and wellbeing.
ReliefWeb ICT Jobs
New York CityOver 3,500 jobs, internships, consultancies, and volunteer opportunities in disaster response and humanitarian relief
Social Coder
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We connect volunteer programmers with charities for specific, goal-oriented projects.
HOT Tasking Manager
1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005The tool to team up for mapping in OpenStreetMap
Out In Tech Digital Corps
New York CityOut in Tech Digital Corps provides web services to LGBTQ+ activists and social entrepreneurs around the world.
UN Mappers is a community of mapping enthusiasts collaborating to collect, validate and disseminate geospatial open data in areas where the United Nations carries out field operations with the goal of supporting the decision-making process with more accurate location-based data.
Digital Patrakar Defence Clinic
New DelhiLegal advice, assistance, and representation to indian journalists. Pro bono.
Just One Giant Lab
Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires (CRI) - 8 bis rue Charles V, 75004, ParisJust One Giant Lab (JOGL) is the first research and innovation laboratory operating as a distributed, open and massive mobilisation platform for collaborative task solving.
Data for Good group
CanadaWe are a collective of passionate socially minded people who are empowering social change makers to be better by allowing their data to speak to them.
Taproot Foundation connects nonprofits and other social change organizations with skilled volunteers through pro bono service.
To meet this need and help ensure fact-checkers can continue doing their important work, this new initiative will provide legal support including connecting fact-checkers with lawyers, establishing a fund to help pay legal fees when pro bono support isn’t available, and publishing guides covering the main legal and non-legal threats that fact-checkers face and how they can be mitigated.
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Invisible Hands
New York CitySafe, free deliveries for NYC’s most at-risk community members facing COVID-19.
Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación para el Desarrollo
Contribute to software projects for social good. Give your time or money to help build software to better the arts, education, government, science, and more.
Tech for Campaigns
San FranciscoTech for Campaigns (TFC) is a community where world class tech talent meets progressive and centrist political campaigns in need of skilled volunteer talent. The promise is not only different political outcomes but the sustained engagement of people concerned with the direction America is going.
Empoweringdisplaced personswith technologyOUR ACTIONS INNOVATIONWe support and help the deployment of responsible technology products and services for and with displaced persons across the world since 2015.
Crowdin is a localization project management platfom and translation tool for developers and website owners. We make it easy to work with content being translated using our collaboration platform.
If you have an interest in data and putting it into action for social good please join us at Data for Good - Calgary.Data For Good is a collective of volunteer do-gooders, who want to use their powers
The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC) is a free and confidential legal service for students at MIT and BU who seek legal assistance related to their research, advocacy, and creative projects.
Local STEM Database
Hayward, CA, USAA crowd-sourced web-based database of organizations, programs, and initiatives at the intersection of STEM and local government and communities.
Protect the Vote
Common Cause, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAProtect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.
CivicRush
CaliforniaVolunteer & Serve for Community Project
U.S. Digital Response
United States of America (the)We place experienced, pro-bono technologists to work with government and organizations responding to crisis, to quickly deliver critical services and infrastructure that support the needs of the public. We’re non-partisan, fast, and free.
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)
1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.
Urban Data Pioneers
Tulsa, OKUrban Data Pioneers is a program that empowers teams of city employees and community members to work in teams to deeply understand questions through data analysis.
Translators without Borders is a global community of over 100,000 members helping people get vital information and be heard, whatever language they speak.
Tempo – Time Credits
15 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PJ, UKWe co-design and deliver Time Credits programmes in partnership with local authorities, health, social care and housing providers, schools, businesses and voluntary sector organisations.
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