The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and local organizations that connect people with neighborhood data.

• cities
• neighborhoods
• trainings

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Indicators

The OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

NationalField was acquired by and folded into NGP VAN

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Graveyard

The Tech4Germany Digitalization Fellowship brings IT talent, designers and entrepreneurs together with government agencies and ministries to solve burning challenges for the federal government over three months.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH is one of Europe’s largest foundations associated with a private company.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A platform to show how the OTT Tax makes our digital and everyday lives harder, to learn what life would be like if the rest of the world had to pay it too, and to stop the spread of taxes like these elsewhere.

The Transit Innovation Partnership is a public-private initiative launched by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Partnership for New York City with the mission to make New York the global leader in public transit.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Public Private Partnerships

Pine Tree Legal Association provides online legal resources to improve access to law for people with low incomes.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.

• census

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

An open project that uses data science - the same technologies used by giants like Google, Facebook and Netflix - for the purpose of monitoring public spending and sharing information in a way accessible to everyone.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

The Social Media Election Policy Tracker is a tool created to broadly chronicle a timeline of selected social media companies’ evolving policies which have impacted the information environment related to U.S. elections and campaigns from 2016 – the present.

• Voting and elections
• Tech or Digital Policy
• Social media

We strive to support the development of more equitable and inclusive places through our belief in open, collaborative and data informed urbanism.

• cities

• Civic data
• Data science for social good
• Urban planning

Marketplacer is a marketplace platform and dropshipping solution that enables enterprise companies to expand by seamlessly integrating third-party seller inventory into their e-commerce platforms.

Landlord database & interactive map to promote property ownership transparency in rental markets

• landlord
• housing
• cities

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data science for social good

Project Multatuli is a collective initiative dedicated to carrying out the ideals of public journalism by serving the underreported and holding power accountable.

• Media

• Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)

A platform for women to be able to share their stories and knowledge related to water and river governance.

The Knowledge for Development (K4D) Foundation empowers communities and enables social inclusion through capacity building programs to advance data and digital literacy for data-driven innovations and culture.

• indigenous
• Gender Equality
• women

• Data rights

Capacitate Social Solutions is a social enterprise that was established in 2015 to support stakeholders across the social and green economy and drive innovation for impact.

• Build something
• Govtech vendors
• Social impact design firms

An open platform for training, serving, and evaluating large language models. Release repo for Vicuna and Chatbot Arena.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source AI

Making Generative AI Models Accessible

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source AI

The OSAID offers a standard by which community-led, open and public evaluations will be conducted to validate whether or not an AI system can be deemed Open Source AI. This first stable version of the OSAID is the result of multiple years of research and collaboration, an international roadshow of workshops, and a year-long co-design process led by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), globally recognized by individuals, companies and public institutions as the authority that defines Open Source.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Open source
• Open source AI

AI-generated election information hub

• US Election 2024
• 2024 elections

• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections

Post outlining OpenAI's partnerships with DARPA, US AID, and US National Laboratories

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Public Private Partnerships

CivicTechZenChiba is an alliance of civic tech action members in Chiba to support each other.

• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups
• Partner networks and coalitions

The SAGA Smart Machinaka Project is a demonstration project that aims to improve the convenience of the city center of Saga City through the use of technologies such as AI and IoT, and to create a city that is easy to live in.

• cities
• place-based

• Artificial Intelligence
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware

Empowering the people of Myanmar to engage in informed dialogue with their parliamentary representatives.

• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Trans Kids Deserve Better is a UK action network and resource hub advocating for the rights, healthcare, and support of transgender youth.

• Campaign organizations

Gender Avenger highlighted gender imbalance and advocates for equal representation of women in the public realm through three proprietary channels: The GA Tally App, GA Action Alerts, and GA Stamp of Approval

• Gender Equality

• Graveyard
• Crowdsourcing
• Certifications

The Breakout Program is a $250,000 seed funding initiative launched by eQualitie to support innovations in digital communication that can withstand network shutdowns and censorship of global connectivity.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Circumvention tech

Let's fund the Fediverse

• Mastodon
• Wordpress

• Get funding
• Decentralization
• Social networks

HedgeDoc (formerly known as CodiMD) is an open-source, web-based, self-hosted, collaborative markdown editor.

• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

eQualitie is a Canadian digital security organisation focused on the development and distribution of free, open-source software, services and security training to civil society, NGO's, investigative journalists and independent media to protect and promote human rights and press freedom online

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Governments across the globe are on their way to building national-scale digital infrastructure. A comprehensive view of the state of DPI, however, is missing. The DPI Map addresses this.

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Digital Public Infrastructure

A 2024 Election Simulation Game

• US Election 2024
• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Games and gamification

Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.

• Google
• commercial

• Civic data
• Research tools

mobilize our communities with messages that cut through the noise

• partisan
• toolkits
• US Election 2024

• Organize campaigns
• Creators and Influencers
• Campaign messaging

"The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal."

• Artificial Intelligence
• Tech for Bad Hall of Shame

In partnership with The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) and their lead training partner, The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), the Africa Accelerator will produce a cohort of purpose-driven data practitioners with interdisciplinary subject-matter expertise in climate and health data to effectively drive social impact.

• Civic data
• Build something
• Accelerators

Organiselab.org is an advocacy group & community making the case for a digital transformation, and innovation across all levels of the UK trade union movement.

• labor

• Organize campaigns
• Digital transformation
• Campaign organizations

Broadband Labels (Internet de Banda Ancha Etiquetas - en español) are designed to provide clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost and performance of high-speed internet services.

• Govtech
• Connectivity
• Trustmarks

Common Good AI is a new non-profit organization that leverages human abilities to innovate and find solutions by integrating AI to empower groups of any size to collaboratively ideate, debate diverse ideas, identify shared goals, and find a path forward together.

• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

The State Press is a bold, risk-taking digital student media organization at Arizona State University intent on ethically serving, provoking, and challenging a large and changing university community.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

La Prensa Iowa is a Spanish-language biweekly newspaper founded in 2006 in the rural community of Denison, Iowa, that is committed to providing accurate, balanced, and impactful local journalism that addresses the needs, interests, and concerns of its readers. It is offered free of charge at multiple locations throughout the state.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Indiana Public Broadcasting News equips residents of Indiana with timely and relevant information and resources to help build stronger communities across the state.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

EL CENTRAL Hispanic News informs multigenerational Hispanics/Latinos counter widely available mis- and disinformation by providing trusted, locally focused, and original news and feature stories and supporting the professional development of local reporters and photographers of color seeking to enter the journalism profession. 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

The Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis operates in one of the poorest cities in America, exploring and explaining critical issues affecting Greater Memphis and its many underserved communities. Its professionally staffed newsroom on the campus of the University of Memphis is also dedicated to training students who will become the next generation of journalists. 

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

The Sandpoint Reader is an alternative weekly newspaper featuring culture, arts, entertainment, news, and opinion that supports an informed community in Sandpoint and northern Idaho.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

BenitoLink connects San Benito County residents through trustworthy local news and information while encouraging public dialogue to foster an engaged community. It has built a trusted news site that covers government actions in the county, explores issues while educating readers, and publishes stories about everyday heroes and nonprofits that knit people together in common purpose.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

The Black Wall Street Times is the premier source for local and national news with a focus on amplifying Black voices and experiences. Located in the historic Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the publication stands at the intersection of journalism, advocacy, and community empowerment.

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news