Supporting public interest news organisations in the UK.

the global coalition againts corruption

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

The international NGO's China branch

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

Inactive academic program on Free & Open Source Software

Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies to help you build products and services

• United Kingdom (government)

Uruguay's open data portal

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals
• Open government data

Knowing without Seeing is a research project by Amber Sinha which explores meaningful transparency solutions for opaque algorithms, and privileges comprehension over mere access to information.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Algorithmic transparency

Public Knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works.

• Open knowledge

China’s Participation Center developed a “mini app” for the popular WeChat platform, and grew the number of participatory budgeting users in Chengdu city to more than 3 million

• WeChat (Weixin)

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

A guide for civil society organizations looking to get started on a cybersecurity plan

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Disinformation is threatening our ability to get credible facts. Built on our trusted technology stack, Waterbear helps you fight back.

• Fight disinformation
• Digital security and privacy
• Crowdsourcing

A RCT on government staff customer service reps found that providing information on organ donor registration rates led to a 25% increase in signups

• health

• Govtech
• Behavioral economics programs

Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Evaluate impact

privacy filters for shared location links

• apps

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Location

This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact

The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust or ARTT is focused on helping people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.

• Fight disinformation
• Evaluate impact
• COVID Engagement Projects

In Cascadia 9.0, you play as several different characters to learn how to survive and thrive in this earth-shaking catastrophe!

• earthquakes

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Games and gamification

People can request digital security help using their everyday messaging apps. We provide secure Signal, Whatsapp & Telegram channels for your community.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Open database and map of recipients, donors

• United Nations
• United Nations Development Programme

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

We asked experts on social media to grade how ready Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube are to handle the task.

• Voting and elections
• Report cards and audits
• Social media

A report on 'data for good' efforts by Susan Ariel Aaronson, George Washington University

• reports

• Civic data
• Data science for social good
• Data donations

Event: A critical look at the future of emerging tech

• Conferences
• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)

The task force is creating multi-faceted policy and practice tools to inform, guide, and facilitate responsible data governance by cities and counties

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Working groups
• Data governance

In the first cycle of Denver's Participatory Budgeting, residents guide the selection of $2 million of neighborhood infrastructure.

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

The Closing The Gap Conference is an annual assistive technology conference that presents an opportunity to deepen your assistive technology (AT) knowledge and strengthen your implementation strategies.

• Conferences
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• Predecessors

2022 Nonprofit Software Development Summit

• Conferences

The mission of the Coalition for Independent Tech Research is to advance, defend, and sustain the right to ethically study the impact of technology on society.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Academia

The Wildcard Workbook: A Practical Guide for Jokering Forum Theatre is a resource for facilitators of all kinds looking for new ways to bring fun, creativity, and critical thinking into their work!

• books

• Artistic interventions
• Books

Have a secret that you want to share? Why not hide it in a picture?

• apps

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Circumvention tech

On June 15, 2021, the Sacramento City Council approved the use of up to $1 million in Measure U funds for residents to propose ideas and vote on project concepts.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

2022 is going to be another record-breaking year for Black women candidates, and Higher Heights for America has collected the information for every Black woman running for office at the state and federal levels. These Black women are ready to run, win, and lead.

• racial equity

• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office

A set of recommendations for infrastructure improvements based on a series of interviews with and stories collected from local election officials

• reports

• Voting and elections
• Election administration

We’ve launched the latest WFP Innovation Challenge in search of game-changing innovations addressing the Global Food Crisis.

• food
• Zero hunger
• United Nations

• Challenges

Risk Assessments Made Beautiful! A framework and methodology to holistically assess an organization’s digital health, highlight areas of excellence, and provide a visual roadmap of recommended improvements.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgment of Institutional Racism (L.A. REPAIR) is L.A.'s first participatory budget pilot program. L.A. REPAIR will distribute roughly $8.5 million directly to nine L.A. City neighborhoods, called REPAIR Zones.

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

Turn your photos and videos into secure, signed visual evidence

• apps

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Cameras

Save (Share Archive Verify Encrypt) by OpenArchive enables you to safely preserve, organize, and share your mobile media. Designed with and for newsrooms, human rights defenders, and archivists, Save keeps you in control of your mobile media at all times.

• apps

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Doing Better Work Together is an online learning and collaboration event for organisational innovators.

• Conferences
• Group decision making

Open data from an investigation of disparate outcomes in internet deals across 38 major cities in the United States.

• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Connectivity

We search for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.

• Civic data
• Effective altruism
• Open philanthropy

Air Alliance Houston is a non-profit advocacy organization working to reduce the public health impacts from air pollution and advance environmental justice.

• air quality

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

Funding massively-scalable, long-termist projects with an effective altruism lens

• Graveyard
• Funders & donors
• Effective altruism

The FTX Foundation is a philanthropic collective

• Graveyard
• Funders & donors
• Effective altruism

Effective altruism is a research field and practical community that aims to find the best ways to help others, and put them into practice. Read our intro

• Get funding
• Effective altruism
• Open philanthropy

Nft-gated directory of low cost resources

• Access social benefits
• Blockchain
• Emerging Tech Report Projects