• The People
• Build something
• Smart Cities and sensors

The Innovations in American Government Awards is the nation's preeminent program devoted to recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Code for Milwaukee is looking for volunteers with a creative mind to come together to make our city better for everyone.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Urban 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.

• The People
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

Villgro Africa addresses the lack of access to quality and affordable health services & technologies in Africa by investing in innovations with the potential for scalable and sustainable business models and by offering technical assistance to entrepreneurs.

• Good health and well-being

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Hack Foster Care is a cross-sector movement to better leverage technology to improve the US Child Welfare System and the lives of foster youth.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

O Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio estuda o impacto e o futuro da tecnologia no Brasil e no mundo.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

To raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance

• The People
• Meet the others
• Find a job or hire someone

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

• United Kingdom (government)

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

A 4-month pre-acceleration program happening on 6-weekend sprints in the volcanic region of La Garrotxa (Girona), where +20 startups, social movements, cyber activists, corporate and government teams colive, boosting and cross-pollinating their projects on civic innovation, distributed governance and decentralized technologies

• youth

• The People
• Build something
• Incubators

Pentagon's humanitarian satellite imagery competition for object detection in overhead imagery

• The People
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

The Opportunity Project helps teams use federal open data to build solutions to our nation’s toughest challenges.

• methodology
• United States (federal government)

• The People
• Build something
• Supporting public sector from outside government

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Wir erforschen und erproben digitale Werkzeuge um gemeinsam mit Bürger*innen, Verwaltung und Unternehmen die Zukunft Berlins zu gestalten.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups

Everyone is empowered to build and preserve resilient democratic systems in which all people’s rights are protected.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.

• workshops

• The People
• Meet the others
• Peer networks

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• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

OpenOakland bridges technology and community for a thriving and equitable Oakland.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) provides fixed monthly stipends to individuals capable of addressing short-term and long-term threats to freedom of expression online.

• The People
• Digital security and privacy
• Adjacent Fields

Get unprecedented access to thousands of databases. It's called Open Data, and it's revolutionizing business.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

Think volunteer fire brigade for the 21st Century. We are a volunteer citizen brigade. We use technology and advocacy as a tool for open government, open data and civic engagement.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Refreshingly easy-to-use fundraising software and tools for nonprofits looking for a complete fundraising solution to support their mission. Cultivate donor relationships and generate new supporters, while saving time and raising more money. Network for Good makes fundraising simple for you.

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

A metadata description standard for public software

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

A resource from Joinup

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Aspiration’s mission is to connect nonprofit organizations, free and open source projects, philanthropic funders and activists with strategic frameworks, technology solutions, digital practices and data skills that help them more fully realize their missions.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Conferences

For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.

• research
• WhatsApp

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Rothamsted Research, a UK based research institution and one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, is working to make the results and data from their experiments universally accessible.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

To have been major transformations in global media infrastructure, the platformization of the Internet, and the ubiquity of the mobile phone.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to implement their innovative idea for social change. We are most interested in exceptional ideas at the intersection between technology, knowledge and learning, with openness being the key requirement.

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

As of October 2014, the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project is enabling scientists across the world to gain access to the company’s clinical trial data assets.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

An anthology of visionary science fiction and speculative fiction written by organizers and activists.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic imagination

To use science, technology and innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an innovation and entrepreneurship hub.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

The Urbanist serves to examine and influence urban policies by promoting and disseminating ideas, creating community, and improving the places we live.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Explore 366 South American civic tech entities in a data viz

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Join us in creating awareness of what our city provides for us and in creating new and creative solutions to problems we find.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Open Data Day is an annual celebration of open data all over the world.

• The People
• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagement, and drive measurable impact.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

MEGAPHONE is a community of activists working on issues such as the environment, women's rights, LGBTQ right, transparency and accountability and civic engagement

• LGBTQI
• women

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

• racial equity

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

The James Irvine Foundation

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Jefferson Center is a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues.

• methodology

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Co-design

OPEN DATA TODAY TO BUILD RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES TOMORROW

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

Announcement & Call for Submissions

• women

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

All

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

A 2012 white paper from Pro Publica by Richard J. Tofel

• The People
• Media
• Evaluate impact

The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.

• books

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Learn about civic tech

A digital hub where people determined to change the world can find a job, discover workshops and courses, locate funding, hire the right team, connect with mission-driven companies, share best practices, or learn from others who are using their careers to make an impact.

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions supports communities to solve their own challenges, with a special focus on opportunity youth.

• youth

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors