PC4R was set up in February 2016 by James Pearce as a way to provide phone credits to people in refugee camps.

• migration
• refugees
• immigration

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Defensive Lab Agency is a French company founded in 2018 by Esther Onfroy with the objective of providing expert services on digital security and software development to civil society organizations.

• Build something
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

เปรียบเทียบพรรคการเมืองไทย Last updated 2019

• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

A 12-year retrospective of problems that have bothered Bangkok residents | สำรวจปัญหากวนใจชาว กทม.

• city

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic maps

Crowdsourced project to collect data on sake and sake breweries from across Japan, integrates lost historical data, and utilizes digital technology to establish stronger connections between producers and consumers.

• culture

• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing
• Economic development

The #WirVsVirus Hackathon not only produced 1,500 solutions, but also a strong digital community.

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• COVID Engagement Projects

The ELECT (elect.in.th) project, a Thai political and election information media, was initiated at the end of 2018 with the desire to present information and news about politics and the election at that time (2019). 

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Voting and elections
• Government transparency

Ever wished you could see a list of every tech nonprofit in the world? Wish no more. (1154 organizations)

• Civic tech catalogs
• Nonprofit tech

하는 일 없이 모여서 감자튀김 먹는 모임

• Build something
• Civic hacking meetups
• Civic apps outfits

“Moedict” is an enhanced version of The Mandarin Chinese Dictionary of the Ministry of Education.

• g0v

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Translation and linguistic representation
• Translation tools, platforms, and communities

Google Sheet overview of guides to digital protection for human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other at-risk communities

• guides

• Digital security and privacy
• Civic tech catalogs
• Cybersecurity

Vom 20.-22. März haben in 48 Stunden 28.361 Menschen zusammen an über 1.500 Lösungen gearbeitet. Das war der #WirVsVirus Hackathon.

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• COVID Engagement Projects

Das Ziel des Solution Enablers ist es, 130 Lösungen schnell zu testen und breitflächig umzusetzen, damit diese konkreten Nutzen in der Krise und danach stiften.

• COVID Engagement Projects
• Accelerators
• COVID

124 members

• Meet the others
• Socialize online
• Slacks, Discords, Teams

Crowdsourced reporting on Illegal Factories on Farmland in Taiwan

• Sustainable cities and communities
• g0v

• Civic maps
• Crowdsourcing
• Environmental data

Since our establishment in 1973, we have been dedicated to reshaping the economic framework by restraining corporate power and championing social equity.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

The Big Tech tracker for mergers and acquisitions provides an overview of companies that have been acquired by Big Tech (2019-2025). Search for a merger!

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

A 12-week fellowship in AI Safety and Governance for junior researchers and government staff in Southeast Asia

• Artificial Intelligence
• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

No Tech For Apartheid is a worker-led campaign of Google and Amazon workers organizing against the companies' $1B Project Nimbus cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military.

• Google
• Amazon
• Israel Palestine

• Advocacy tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Specific campaigns

The Genie AI team has created an easy step-by-step guide which takes you through every aspect of drafting your Section 106 Agreement.

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

A new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.

• housing
• land

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

In this paper, we examine how AI could help reimagine local government.

• reports
• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning

Boston Consulting Group report

• reports

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

The Lead Service Line Replacement Cost Calculator™ (LSLRCC) is a free tool supporting the replacement of 9.2 million lead service lines across the United States—a critical public health effort with costs that could exceed $100 billion—helping municipalities plan cost-effective replacements, potentially saving billions and protecting health.

• environmental justice
• Good health and well-being
• city

• Govtech
• Policy simulators

Veeto is a civic tech platform that turns small-dollar contributions into verified lobbying actions.

• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

This resource highlights 19 key findings on the short- and long-term impacts of participatory budgeting on people, communities, and governments.

• Evaluate impact
• Participatory budgeting

According to BSA’s 2024 analysis of state legislative action on AI through Feb. 7, 2024: There are a total of 407 AI-related bills currently active across 41 US states with legislatures currently in session.

• state

• Artificial Intelligence
• Policy

School for Poetic Computation (SFPC) is an experimental school in New York and online founded in 2013. SFPC facilitates the study of art, code, hardware, and critical theory through lenses of decolonization and transformative justice.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Academia

LAPPIS is a Brazilian Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) lab dedicated to promoting collaboration and engagement within free and open-source communities.

• women
• Gender Equality

• Open source
• Civic apps outfits
• Open source developer networks

The largest dataset of deep seafloor imagery ever assembled, showing "we have visually observed less than 0.001%"

• Life below water

• Crowdsourcing
• Environmental data

10 prizes honor best in U.S. journalism, including accountability journalism and innovation in journalism

• Media
• Journalism
• Awards and prizes

Come and join the Open Plans community on Thursday, May 1st for a festive celebration of the people behind our city’s defining public spaces.

• place-based
• city

• Urban planning
• Awards and prizes

Fighting fraud is a noble cause. Using Artificial Intelligence to fight fraud is a smart strategy.

• commercial

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA) is an independent, searchable, and secure database that documents the policing of the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

• Hong Kong protests
• police violence

• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns
• Justice tech

O OPA é um instrumento pioneiro que permite à população participar da elaboração do orçamento anual do Estado do Piauí. Através do programa, os cidadãos podem indicar diretamente como desejam que parte dos recursos públicos sejam investidos em seus municípios.

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting tools

On May 1, 2025 (Law Day), lawyers across the country are encouraged to participate in #ReaffirmTheOath—a nonpartisan, nonpolitical national grassroots effort empowering lawyers in communities large and small to speak out, stand together, and publicly renew their commitment to the Constitution and the rule of law.

• Advocacy tech
• Specific campaigns

Exploration and celebration of websites using the .nyc domain name.

• local
• city

• Meet the others
• Socialize online

The official US government website about COVID-19 pandemic information, now a Lab Leak argument

• COVID-19
• Project 2025

• Graveyard
• COVID Government Projects
• COVID

A Tool for Researching Corporate Regulatory Infringements in the United Kingdom

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Find information about registered charities in England and Wales

• Civic data
• Nonprofit tech
• Open government data

Unlocking regulatory innovation for the circular economy transition.

• sustainability
• Sustainable cities and communities
• supply chain

• Govtech
• Policy
• Economic development

Founded in 1895, it is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations and one of the largest ones measured by the number of people represented: 1 billion cooperative members on the planet.

• coop

• Fieldwide resources

An independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons or commutations for criminal charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

• Project 2025

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization
• Justice tech

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).

• Facebook
• Meta

• Fight disinformation
• Graveyard
• Factchecking

So far, the NGI has funded more than 1000 innovators with inclusive and trust-based complementary technology building blocks. Discover their solutions.

• Civic tech catalogs
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

Public Service Recognition Week is celebrated the first week of May since 1985 (beginning on the first Sunday of the month) to honor the people who serve our nation as federal, state, county, local and tribal government employees.

• Celebrating public service and public servants
• Holidays

OONI Explorer is an open data resource on internet censorship around the world.

• Civic data
• Circumvention tech
• Open internet

Mapping the networks of the 1,580 individuals who were arrested, charged, or convicted for participating on the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

• Project 2025

• Data visualization
• Crowdsourcing
• Justice tech

ARX is a comprehensive open source software for anonymizing sensitive personal data.

• Civic data
• Digital security and privacy
• General purpose open source tools

With this guide, you'll have access to key information on over 2,000 grant-makers, each with the potential to give at least £50,000 per year. (£135.00)

• books

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Civic tech catalogs