Projects - The People

Health Innovation Tech Challenge

New York City

One Idea, One Minute to Apply, and the Chance to Win $50,000!

Citizen Foundation

Iceland (Ísland)

Bringing people together to debate and prioritize innovative ideas to improve their communities while connecting citizens to governments to build up trust.

Code for DC

Washington, DC

Founded in 2012, Code for DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.

Code for Hackensack

Hackensack, NJ

We are futurists. We are founders. We are friends.We are the Hackensack Brigade of Code for America.

Tech 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.

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Discovery Sprints

Washington, DC

A “discovery sprint,” is a short, intense period of problem investigation.

GSBI Online

Santa Clara Station, Railroad Avenue, Santa Clara, CA, USA

GSBI Online Accelerator provides transformative mentorship, for transformative impact

Code for Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Code for Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh region’s Code for America Brigade, makes the Pittsburgh region a better place through the use of information and technology.

London Civic Innovation Challenge

City Hall, London, UK

In 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.

CryptoHarlem

Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

CryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.

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The Markup

New York City

We are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.

Siragusa Foundation

The Siragusa Family Foundation is a private foundation that is committed to sustaining and developing Chicago’s extraordinary nonprofit resources.

Journalism Festival

Perugia, Italy

The biggest annual media event in Europe.

Civic Solidarity Platform

A platform that brings together non-governmental organizations committed to improving the human rights situation in Europe, Eurasia and North America

OKTHANKS

United States of America (the)

Okthanks is an independent organization providing research and product design services for open source technology. We unite with a mission to leverage technology for social good.

Digital Sherlocks 360/OS

RoundhouseChalk Farm Rd, Camden Town, London NW1 8EH, UK

360/OS brings together journalists, activists, innovators, and leaders from around the world as part of our grassroots digital solidarity movement fighting for objective truth as a foundation of democracy.

Candid

32 Old Slip, 24th Floor New York, NY 10005

Foundation Center and GuideStar are now Candid. "Candid gets you the information you need to do good."

Kaiser Permanente Foundation

Oakland, California

Kaiser Permanente | Our News and ViewsNews and views from one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans.

New York City Civic Engagement Commission

1 Centre Street, New York, NY, USA

The Civic Engagement Commission will enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City.

Facebook, OECD and World Bank Measuring Business Sentiment

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France

Facebook, World Bank and the OECD launched a measure of business sentiment based on a “Future of Business Survey” questioning companies that use their Facebook pages to connect with customers.

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What We Learned in Minnesota

Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for leaders and organizations dedicated to building fairer, more inclusive societies.

EuroCities

Brussels

EUROCITIES is the network of major European cities.

City Journal

52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA

Urban Affairs Magazine

Digital Government Institute's working groups

DGI curates focused, in-depth programs where technical communities gather to share their knowledge and success. DGI delivers substantial, useful information

New America Public Interest Fellowships

New America’s Public Interest Technology Fellowship Program is an ambitious new initiative designed to support an emerging public interest technology sector in America.

Civic Tech Playbook for Canadian Municipalities

Canada

A guide to engaging with your local civic tech community

MIT Privacy Legislation: Law and Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

This course brings together engineering students from MIT with law students from Georgetown Law School to explore current issues in privacy policy and technology.

Civic Innovation School

Civic Innovation School is an International Extitution structured as a Distributed Network that promotes Collaborative Learning Environments focused on Civic Innovation, Collective Intelligence, Open Design, Civic Engagement.

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Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)

United Nations Foundation

Advancing an inclusive digital society

Visualization and Data Analytics Lab (ViDA)

New York University, New York, NY, USA

The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.

Electionland

Are you a reporter interested in covering voting issue this election cycle? See our Electionland project.

Creative Placemaking Policy Fellows

Arizona State University

It is the strategic integration of arts, culture and community engaged design into comprehensive community planning and development.

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Kiva

Kiva, Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

Support women, entrepreneurs, students and refugees around the world with as little as $25 on Kiva. 100% of your loan go to support borrowers.

BrightFunds

The only solution designed to activate employees for good and maximize impact through workplace giving and volunteering.

CIV:Lab

335 Madison, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10173

A global platform connecting physical places: a curated network for civic innovation, connecting local innovators with government, academia, business, and community both within their cities and around the world.

GOT Data

Prishtina, Kosovo

GOT Data is an annual international conference, formerly known as ODPA (Opening Data in Public Administration), which gathers public officials and other International open data and transparency stakeholders to discuss the importance and impact that open data has.

Digital Engagement Evaluation Team at World Bank

DEET undertakes a number of evaluation and research activities that apply cutting-edge methodologies to examine the effects of technology on participation, transparency, accountability and government responsiveness.

North America Google Policy Fellowship

Washington, DC

Our fellowship gives undergraduate and graduate students a paid opportunity to spend 10-weeks diving head first into Internet policy at leading nonprofits, think tanks and advocacy groups.

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Giveth donations

Charitable giving on the blockchain - revolution.eth

Public Interest Tech at the Royal Society of Arts Conference

Moscone Center, Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

Across six sessions on March 7, 2019, we’ll look at how public interest tech is already changing the way power is distributed and decisions are made across public policy, philanthropic organizations, and Silicon Valley board rooms.

Transit Tech Lab

New York City

The Transit Tech Lab is an accelerator program for startups solving public transportation challenges. Successful companies have an opportunity to pilot their technology with the MTA and transform New York City.

BU Technology & Cyberlaw clinic

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.

Columbia Journalism School Data program

Journalism in the 21st century involves finding, collecting, analyzing and visualizing data for stories. The Journalism School offers foundational courses in data‐driven journalism as well as a three-semester M.S. in Data Journalism degree for students interested in advanced skills.