in which students are partnered with a local community in Michigan for the purpose of using information and technology to effect change in how citizens interact with and are served by local units of government.

• rural

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.

• human rights

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Advancing peace through social innovation

• Build something
• Incubators

We bring together government, industry, and communities to unleash creativity and solve national challenges.

• census
• United States (federal government)

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

A fast way to get digitally safe & secure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Enspiral Space is Enspiral's co-working facility in Wellington, New Zealand. (Courtesy Enspiral)

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Desarrollamos tecnología cívica abierta: Promovemos el uso y desarrollo de software y hardware libre, diseño abierto y datos abiertos

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Digital security and privacy

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Innovation teams and labs
• Open innovation

Believing that technology provides endless opportunity, Microsoft Philanthropies works in creating a future where everyone has access to endless possibilities.

• Microsoft

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The easy and powerful solution for creating meaningful change in your community. Anywhere, anytime.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

We support organizations by convening the nonprofit community, offering professional credentials and training, and facilitating community skill and resource sharing.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Nonprofit tech

Our monthly newsletter is one of the ways we keep up with each other and share resources, funding opportunities and challenges. Now, we’re opening it up to our wider community.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Newsletters

Vote Forward volunteers encourage fellow citizens to participate in our democracy by writing and sending letters at their own expense. A diverse community of more than 150,000 volunteers from all over the country has written letters in 2020.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

The Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Internet access in major global subway networks

• city
• mass transit
• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity
• Foundational layers

Your business is your livelihood and your reputation. Mind My Business™ sent you customized notifications to help you make more informed decisions that save you time and money.

• apps

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

When we talk about digital identity, digital ID and digital identification, we are really describing how digital technology is altering identification programs - programs that existed before in analogue ways.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Identity

A HatchLab is a new kind of global storytelling workshop.

• workshops

• Narrative tech
• Story tech

The prices of basic necessities (e.g., maize flour) are very important

• Govtech

Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Parliamentary Initiative to open the National Assembly to citizens and the civic tech community

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

A global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence

• domestic violence
• Gender Equality

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

The city of Seattle, Wash, has been changing the way they deal with homeless populations, and gathering data to drive some evidenced-based solutions

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Our platform provides unprecedented situational awareness and actionable insights for decision-makers.

• city
• earthquakes
• floods

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Adjacent Fields

Founded in 2012, Civic Tech DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Continued American leadership in AI is of paramount importance to maintaining the economic and national security of the United States and to shaping the global evolution of AI in a manner consistent with our Nation’s values, policies, and priorities.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Fireside specializes in creating the most innovative and easy-to-use tools to help Congressional offices connect with their constituents more efficiently.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence

SIM|ED is a tech incubator housed in the SAFElab at Columbia University School of Social Work.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

A collaborative platform for open metadata built on intersectional and inclusive practices of ethical data governance.

• framework

• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Data schemas and standards

Ottawa Civic Tech (YOWCT) is a community of citizens from diverse sectors and experiences who are interested in better understanding our complex social and civic challenges and building solutions at t

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

A NON-PROFIT HOME FOR YOUR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

• resources

• The People
• Build something
• Toolkits

Help train an AI that encourages women to use more assertive language in their bios and professional descriptions.

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Making innovation in philanthropy easier.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

About The Civic Innovation Lab at BetaNYC is committed to serving the growing need for public interest technology in New York City. We use data, design, and technology to make research and information on urban issues more accessible to as many civic partners as possible, especially under-resourced organizations. Our team works with elected officials, government

• The People
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

Visuals for Gender is an initiative that seeks to equip citizens, policy makers and Civil Society Organisations to understand gender-based issues using both dynamic and static data visualizations

• Gender Equality

engage2 is a boutique public participation and stakeholder engagement consultancy based in Sydney. We design and facilitate stakeholder and community engagement for social impact.

• People Powered

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Civil Resolution is an application for online dispute resolution. It helps resolve small claims and strata property disputes.

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

A crowdsourced German sign language dictionary. Funded by @prototypefund

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

As the biggest single buyer of palm oil in the world, Unilever has a special responsibility to help clean up the industry that's behind so much forest destruction

• Life on land

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

questions-and-answers with elected officials, candidates, media, and more public figures

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

Tech for Campaigns (TFC) is a community where world class tech talent meets progressive and centrist political campaigns in need of skilled volunteer talent. The promise is not only different political outcomes but the sustained engagement of people concerned with the direction America is going.

• partisan

• The People
• Organize campaigns
• Pro bono and volunteer

Building on our previous publication of similar high-resolution population maps for 22 countries, we're now releasing new maps of the majority of the African continent, and the project will eventually map nearly the whole world’s population. Using weakly- and semi-supervised learning.

• Facebook

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence

GSBI Online Accelerator provides transformative mentorship, for transformative impact

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

We’re defining an API and data structures to enable true interoperability among products for organizations with progressive values.

• partisan

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

In partnership with the Social Tech Trust, the Civic Innovation Challenge is calling on tech startups and innovators to develop solutions to London’s biggest challenges.

• city
• mobility
• planning

• The People
• Get funding
• Challenges

We are a global campaign to center the knowledge of marginalized communities (the majority of the world) on the internet.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

CryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.

• workshops

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

We are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

The Partnership on AI was established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, to advance the public’s understanding of AI, and to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging Tech Report Projects