A free online course offered by The GovLab on: How to take advantage of technology, data and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems.

• Courses
• Online courses

VoteAmerica builds technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy for all eligible voters.

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech
• Voter registration

Over the next seven years, building on the work we’ve already done to reimagine safety net services, we will partner with 15 states to reach 13 million people and unlock $30 billion in benefits in the areas of food assistance, health care, and other basic needs through our new Safety Net Innovation Lab.

• Access social benefits
• Supporting public sector from outside government

A Roof is a solution for identifying accommodation spaces to help refugees who arrive in Romania and need help immediately.

• Ukraine
• refugees
• housing

• Resource matching and sharing

Civic Tech Toronto project to support grassroots efforts to evacuate African nationals and people of color from Ukraine

• Ukraine
• refugees
• racial equity

• Support civic projects with tech

X's community-based approach to misinformation

• civic features
• X (Twitter)

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic features

Code for Romania's information portal for people fleeing war in Ukraine

• refugees
• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Mutual aid

Information sheets for people fleeing Ukraine, in English and Ukranian

• refugees
• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

In January 2022, CIR launched the Eyes on Russia project to collect and verify videos, photos, satellite imagery, or other media related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The goal of the project is simple: to provide the world with timely and reliable information concerning the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine and its people.

• refugees
• Ukraine

• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Celebrating purpose & mission-driven work from people, companies and organizations worldwide.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Awards and prizes

The public-private initiative supports Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and women-led small businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, and technology startups that are building a more equitable and sustainable future for New York City.

• Govtech
• Fellowships

Research with Code for America on CalFresh, by Donald Moynihan, Eric Giannella, Pamela Herd, and Julie Sutherland finds "hard evidence on the barriers administrative burdens pose."

• research

• Peer-reviewed research
• Access social benefits

An independent research institute with a mission to ensure data and AI work for people and society.

• The People
• Research and policy centers

Six European cities are looking for #AI solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality using pre-commercial procurement.

• city
• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

(PDF) How to develop collaborative data projects – for citizens, urban innovators, researchers and policy makers

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

An algorithm that attempts to analyze which information the YouTube algorithm is showing to people.

• Google
• YouTube

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech

Accelerating new, clean and safe infrastructure models

• The Tech
• The People
• Meet the others

Aira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.

• blind

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve and make calculated decisions in ways that will enable them to perform tasks previously thought to rely solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuit​y

• United Nations
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

OpenMedia works to keep the Internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

Find help in NYC with food, money, housing, work and more on ACCESS NYC.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Start a petition with one of the UK's largest campaign organisations. People power change

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Better government software. Services that work, for people.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Co-working Space, Events, Education, Programming, Incubators, Accelerators and a community of Entrepreneurs focusing on Innovation.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

All about changing communities, our workplaces, and the industry for the better.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The People
• Meet the others
• Adjacent Fields

Using synthetic media to make satirical videos spreading awareness about climate change

• Climate action

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

A2J Author aims to improve access to justice for people who represent themselves. The service hosts simplified legal information and resources created by legal professionals.

• The Tech
• Legal tech
• Justice tech

1776 is the largest network of incubators that cultivates and empowers startup ecosystems in the Northeast Corridor.

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

La Academia de Innovación Política es una plataforma que busca generar espacios de formación virtuales y presenciales para la transferencia y co-construcción de conceptos, prácticas, metodologías y herramientas de gobernanza democrática en los escenarios actuales.

• trainings

• The People
• Meet the others
• Learn about civic tech

Online civic forum

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Free 1Password accounts for people working on behalf of democracy

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

This book takes a close look at civic apps and general-purpose tech platforms and services.

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

ActionSprout makes it easy to find curated content, schedule posts, manage Facebook ads, and create donations and petitions to grow your following!

• commercial

• The Tech
• Media
• Media and social media analysis

AI in the Trap, a collaborative art project that explores the future of artificial intelligence and predictive policing through a hip-hop lens.

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

A Feminist AI Research network that gathers a cohort of social scientists, economists, and activists, side by side with data, machine learning and computer scientists to discuss how to fix the system and leverage AI for women’s rights.

• Gender Equality
• women

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Provincial powerhouse: Alberta’s new government lab

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

We improve the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works using rigorous, actionable and engaging evidence.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Evaluate impact

The Reporters’ Lab is a center for journalism research in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. Our core projects focus on fact-checking, but we also do occasional research about trust in the news media and other topics.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

En 2015, Transparencia Mexicana (TM) y el Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO) lanzaron la plataforma independiente #3de3 para promover y recibir las declaraciones de situación patrimonial, de intereses y fiscal de quienes competían por un cargo de elección popular.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

We're a nonprofit fundraising platform for campaigns and organizations and the small-dollar donors who support them

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

A collection of 232 resources for political progressives

• partisan

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

1776, and partner host Revolution, will be hosting the annual Challenge Cup competition, click here to learn more!

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

Find organizations, chapters, and groups that are leading the progressive movement.

• partisan

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

An evolving directory of tools and resources that OPSI believes may be useful for civil servants interested in the use of AI in government

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement

• The People
• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

Alia was an online platform to help house cleaners get benefits. National Domestic Workers Alliance has pivoted to an organizational membership model instead of a branded platform.

• labor

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

We are a network of people and projects, rooted in Detroit and connected to hundreds of other places across the globe. Together, we grow and exchange ways of using media to create the world we need.

• Decade-Plus Club

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

An innovative technology calculates the optimal time to talk about reform.

• gun safety

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic fiction

Take people on real-world treasure hunts and guided walks

• Decade-Plus Club

• The Tech
• The People
• Learn about civic tech