Projects - The People

Voqal Fund

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

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Organizations in Western New York and Southeast Michigan within our four core funding areas are now welcome to apply through our online process.

Association Civic Tech Europe (ACTE)

Representing Civic Tech at the European scale.

European Digital Rights (EDRi)

Brussels, Belgium

European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe. We defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment.

human rights

g0V Slack

Taiwan (T'ai-wan)

An online forum for community discussion

g0v

Pew Research Center data

Pew Research Center makes most of its datasets available for download once reporting has been completed for a given study. Here's how to find and access our data.

Center for Urban Pedagogy

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GovLab Academy

TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PUBLIC ENTREPRENEURS

trainings

Legislative Data and Transparency Conference

Washington, DC

Tanzania Data Lab dlab

University Of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre - SED, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Promoting innovation and data literacy through a premier center of excellence

trainings

NetHope

10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

Astraea Foundation CommsLabs

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.

The Civic Data Design Lab

MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA

“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.

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

Sara and Evan Williams Foundation

Hack for LA

Los Angeles, CA

Can you design, write, or code? Are you an activist with an idea? You can help Los Angeles live up to its potential at Hack for LA. Everyone is welcome!

CityLab Berlin

Platz der Luftbrücke 4-6, 12101, Berlin, Germany

The CityLAB is an experimental laboratory for the city of the future.

cities

Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

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

Open Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

Prototype Fund Projects Catalog

Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, Germany

A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

Democracy Engine

Washington, DC

Democracy 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.

China Green Horizon

China (Zhong Guo)

China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

TechSoup Global

However you do good in the world, there's something for you at TechSoup.

Open Maine

Portland, ME

OpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.

T4A.org roundtables with government

Fannie Mae Foundation

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.

Strong Towns

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

IoT Trustmark

Berlin

The Trustable Technology mark empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.

Integrity Action

The Leather Market, London

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

Connected Development (CODE)

Abuja, Nigeria

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto

Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

Institute of Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

Catalogue of all projects working to solve Misinformation and Disinformation

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

Next City's Vanguard Conference

Philadelphia

The Vanguard conference is an experiential urban leadership gathering of rising urban leaders working to improve cities across sectors, including urban planning, community development, entrepreneurship, government, transportation, sustainability, design, art and media. By selection only.

cities

Make the Breast Pump not Suck Hackathon

MIT Media Lab

Make the Breast Pump not Suck Hackathon

Sobrato Family Foundation

Mountain View, CA, USA

The mission of the Sobrato Family Foundation is to support low-income residents in Silicon Valley who seek stability and opportunities for upward mobility.