Civic Tech Field Guide

Civic Information Index

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Civic Information Index uses data to map drivers of engaged, informed, equitable, and healthy communities nationwide.

Centre For Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID)

Abuja, Nigeria

We break information barriers and strengthen African democracies through research and media innovation

AI and the Future of Digital Public Squares

Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.

Federal Balancing Act

United States of America (the)

An Interactive Budget Simulation

Meta Third-Party Fact-Checking Partnership

Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA, USA

The company previously worked with 3rd party fact-checking organizations to fight disinformation on their platforms. They killed the program at the beginning of the 2025 Trump administration. It's still operating outside of the USA (for now).

Simply Stakeholders

From advanced stakeholder mapping and relationship health tracking to sentiment and qualitative analysis, each feature works together to help your organization get more from your stakeholder relationships.

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ProTECHtion: Digitally Powered Community Protection

Oslo, Norway

Norwegian Church Aid, with the support of Innovation Norway, is working on the design of a digital “meeting place” for communities at risk of violence to talk safely about needs, priorities, and aspirations.

Decidim

Council on Technology and Social Cohesion

United States of America (the)

The Council on Tech and Social Cohesion is catalyzing the field of technology for social cohesion.

ECHO

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)

Record, reflect, report: At lightspeed

ComprasGPT

Ecuador

Diseñado para resolver tus dudas sobre contratación pública en Ecuador

MENA Observatory on Responsible AI

Cairo

The MENA Observatory on Responsible AI is an interdisciplinary platform connecting policy-oriented researchers and innovators, aimed at fostering collaboration and building capacity for responsible data and AI practices.

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PLURALL

Paris, France

PLURALL is a boutique consultancy firm transforming complex policy challenges into opportunities for sustainable, community-driven digital infrastructures.

Building in the private sector

Use Gemini for nonprofits guide

Documentation on how to use Google Gemini for nonprofit use-cases

Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma

United States of America (the)

Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos

Lenfest Institute Communities of Practice

The Lenfest Institute is home to communities of practice serving various types of journalism professionals and organizations.

How to Think/Act in Dark Times: Exploring a Critical Praxis

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

Taught By: Eduardo Staszowski

Project 2025

Data as Material Course

The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

Taught By Richard The

DigiAdGood

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

DigiAdGood seeks to create new digital advertising principles and measurement frameworks that go beyond this and better align human and business goals.

Democracy Innovation Hub

New York, USA

We convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.

Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders

United States of America (the)

Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker

AI in the Nonprofit Human Services: Distinguishing Between Hype, Harm, and Hope

New York, NY

Article in Human Service Organizations by Lauri Goldkind, Joy Ming, and Alex Fink

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Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Building the Agenda for the 9th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Spain on Consider.it

Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (Civic Data Coop)

Liverpool

The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (LCR CDC) is a data governance project funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and hosted by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool.

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Prosocial Media

We propose an alternative platform model that the social fabric an explicit output as well as input. By E. Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, Emillie de Keulenaar, Jacob Mchangama, Divya Siddarth, Audrey Tang

Wiki Education

Chico, California

Wiki Education engages students and academics to improve Wikipedia

Porticus

Amsterdam

Since 1995, we've coordinated the philanthropic endeavours founded by the Brenninkmeijer family business owners, continuing a tradition of social engagement stretching back as far as 1841.

How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?

Ontario

Ever wonder, “How can civic tech help improve government service delivery?” If so, check out this new research from the Canadian Digital Service! It includes 5 case studies of partnerships between the Canadian government and civic tech groups, plus tools to assess if civic tech might be a good partner for a government initiative. Find it here: https://digital.canada.ca/2025/01/23/how-can-civic-tech-help-improve-government-service-delivery/

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Mentimeter

Turn presentations into conversations with interactive polls that engage meetings and classrooms.

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SustainOSS

SustainOSS is a community-driven initiative focused on sustaining open-source software (OSS) projects in the long term

Everwall

Everwall is a leading provider of social walls for events, offering customizable and real-time solutions to collect, curate, and display social media content across various platforms and devices

Twin Cities Innovation Alliance

Minneapolis

Our mission is to build and develop a problem-solving ecosystem fueled by a critical mass of diverse, highly engaged residents, policymakers, and entrepreneurs made up of Black Indigenous and People of Color, in addition to other marginalized groups traditionally identified as the end-users and consumers of innovation and design, and transforming them into the innovators, purveyors, and beneficiaries.

Institute for Government Academy

The IfG Academy provides practical training and support to those working in government, as well as those outside government who want to understand and engage with it

The Tree Listening Project

The Tree Listening Project uses highly sensitive microphones to make audible the internal sounds of trees, allowing people to experience the hidden world behind the bark and gain a deeper understanding of how trees work

WhatGov

WhatGov is a platform that allows users to engage with their local government and representatives, providing a space for debates, discussions, and accessing information about their elected officials and parliamentary activities

Vocem

We are a new social enterprise developing tools to strengthen place-based awareness and engagement.

The online information environment

A report by the Royal Society on the impact of the internet on our information environment, and on misinformation relating to scientific issues

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Fight disinformation

Renovate the Public Hearing

Burnaby, Canada

Renovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requirements as a means to enhance social justice, community-building and strengthen democratic culture.

The Dialogue on Technology Project (DoT)

Burnaby, Canada

DoT’s mission is to convene a sustained and nuanced societal dialogue between leaders, experts and community members around the social impacts of AI in British Columbia and Canada.

Datack

Paris

Agence de communication et relations publics, Datack est spécialisée dans les stratégies de mobilisation et d’engagement des publics

AskClem.com

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

An AI chatbot developed for to engage party members at the Labour Party Conference

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Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France

This report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.

Africa Tech Workers Rising

Africa Tech Workers Rising, Kenya is a project to organize and empower front line content moderators and data enrichment workers in the AI data supply chain to improve conditions of pay, workload, health and safety, whistleblower protections, voice and respect.