Where ideas and action intersect to create real social impact.

• Research and policy centers
• Academic programs

We connect and support national digital campaigning organizations around the world which provide opportunities for activists to influence national and international politics.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Partner networks and coalitions

Transparency and accessibility in council action; videos, transcripts, voting records, and legislation -- all searchable under a single website.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Citizen Engagement

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
• Find your polling place

Housed at TED, The Audacious Project is a funding initiative that encourages the world’s greatest changemakers to dream bigger.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Bringing organizations in Detroit together for cross-sector collaboration on urban innovation.

• cities

• Partner networks and coalitions

A community of practice for data analysts across City agencies that has since grown to over 800 members at more than 60 agencies.

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Data science for social good

We take planning proposals out of city hall and onto their urban context, seamlessly communicating projects with a large, diverse audience to win community support while crowdsourcing stakeholders' feedback.

• apps
• cities

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Urban planning

The Alliance is a nonpartisan collaborative that is bringing together election officials, designers, technologists, and other experts to help local election departments improve operations, develop a set of shared standards and values, and obtain access to best-in-class resources to run successful elections.

• Voting and elections
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Election administration

We are a hands-on, empathy-guided consultancy agency. Our projects help start-ups, corporates, and administrations navigate city ecosystems and deploy impactful urban tech solutions globally.

• cities

• Govtech vendors

The Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA) works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively.

• Civic data
• Govtech

We are a digital agency focused on innovative work for social good.

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

Feminist.AI works to put technology into the hands of makers, researchers, thinkers and learners to amplify unheard voices and create more accessible AI for all.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Fakten für die Demokratie

• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

The NoC a collaborative initiative among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications, and legal issues concerning the Internet.

• Research and policy centers
• Partner networks and coalitions

The CUNY Mapping Service at CUR engages with foundations, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other CUNY researchers to use spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and execute applied research projects.

• gerrymandering

• Data visualization
• Mapping

We are environmental charity with a unique approach - we use the power of our laws to protect life on Earth.

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Legal tech

The right's answer to ActBlue, ActRight aggregates actions and donations to conservative causes

• partisan

• Activism aggregators

Public Agenda's Healthier Democracies project studied public engagement systems from 15 locations around the world, and, accordingly, each study has its own report with key learnings and takeaways.

• case studies
• reports

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Reports

Publish and preserve your data

• Civic data
• Open data publishing platforms
• Archives

The Digital Public Goods Standard is a set of specifications and guidelines designed to maximise consensus about whether a digital solution conforms to the definition of a digital public good: open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm by design and are of high relevance for attainment of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Partnerships for the Goals

• Data schemas and standards

GovStack offers governments with open-source tools for digital services, including building block specifications, a sandbox for testing (upcoming), and communities of practices, and more.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Digital transformation

The EU Whistleblowing Monitor was created by the Whistleblowing International Network to track the progress of transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing across all 27 Member States over the next 18 months.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging
• Report cards and audits

La coalición Acción por la Justicia Algorítmica (AxJA) se crea para desafiar la falta de control democrático, transparencia y rendición de cuentas en el uso y adquisición de sistemas de toma de decisiones automatizadas e inteligencia artificial en España.

• Digital security and privacy

ENCO (European Network of Corporate Observatories) is a network of European civic and media organisations dedicated to investigating corporations and corporate power.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

KivuHub is a community hub of entrepreneurs, developers, business and startups with the right technological skills and business.

• Decent work and economic growth

• Hubs

Community Voting - Turning Ideas into Action. Vocaleyes is an advanced participation and engagement tool.

• Engagement tech
• Graveyard
• Digital participation platforms

A Popular Science piece with key takeaways educational section

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic fiction

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

The lives of Ukrainian children with cancer depend on specialized treatment. This is where they find critical help for them in Romania.

• Ukraine
• Good health and well-being

• Resource matching and sharing

The City's crowdsourced, data-driven obituaries for New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19

• COVID-19

• Media
• Crowdsourcing
• COVID Engagement Projects

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

Twitter's community-based approach to misinformation

• civic features
• X (Twitter)

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic features

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

Investigating disinformation campaigns by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine

• Ukraine

• Media
• Media and social media analysis
• Investigative journalism tech

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

"a free interactive game available on Minecraft Education Edition and Minecraft Marketplace, designed to teach children as young as 7 how to protect themselves and their homes from bushfires."

• Climate action

• Games and gamification

Crowdsourced mapping of cultural locations in Sweden

• culture
• history
• place-based

• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping tools

An artistic project to bring poetic composition to accessible alt text on the web

• Artistic interventions
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Democracy Pioneers is an award for innovations that are experimenting with ways to re-energise civic participation and everyday democracy in the UK.

• Engagement tech
• Awards and prizes

A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe

• guides

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

The Institute for Rebooting Social Media is a three-year, “pop-up” research initiative to accelerate progress towards addressing social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance.

• Research and policy centers
• Social media

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

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Awards and prizes

Etiqueta y visualiza el contenido de tu texto en relación con los objetivos de la Agenda 2030

• Sustainable Development Goals

• Data visualization

EL THINK-AND-DO TANK de la Fundación Salvador Soler

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency

análisis de 30 medios de comunicación en España

• Media
• Data visualization
• Media and social media analysis

Using integrated sensors and artificial intelligence, Livio AI enhances your listening experiences, proactively manages your health and provides access to information to simplify your life.

• Deaf

• Artificial Intelligence
• Hardware

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

Algorithm Watch is a non-profit research and advocacy organization committed to evaluating and shedding light on algorithmic decision-making processes

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Artificial Intelligence