A bipartisan group of prominent political strategists announced an Internet information venture designed to interact with America's opinion leaders and serve as an antidote to the right-left clash that typifies political discourse on the Web.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Graveyard

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. Thanks to the staggering public support for our international Dove campaign in April 2008, Unilever has now agreed to play their part in saving the Paradise Forests of South East Asia.

• Adjacent Fields
• Specific campaigns
• Brand organizing

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

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

Ballot Scout returns confidence to the vote-by-mail process.

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Election administration
• Vote by Mail

A collaborative tool to display data records on a map. Your data, Your control, Your options

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights

Launched in 2014 by BudgIT, Tracka is a social platform of/for active citizens who are interested in monitoring public projects in their communities thus enhancing budget performance across the country.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Digital participation platforms

UndocuHacks 2017 - the nation's first immigrant-youth-led hackathon. Hosted by UndocuMedia.org

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Civic engagement tool, powered by algorithms

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We are here to give you actionable information about the quality of your city's air, water and sound.

• air quality
• noise
• Clean water and sanitation

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

DISTRIBUTED DIALING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO REACH BEYOND THEIR BASE

• Organize campaigns
• Phone banking tools

National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies seeks to prioritize peace, shared prosperity, and economic security for all in our nation's decision making. We are the people's guide to the federal budget. In 2014, NPP was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of our pioneering work to track federal spending on the military and promote a U.S. federal budget that represents Americans' priorities, including funding for people's issues such as inequality, unemployment, education, health and the need to build a green economy. In 2017, we joined the non-profit Institute for Policy Studies as an independent project.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

MobiSAM (Mobile Social Accountability and Monitoring) is a mobile application and web, Whatsapp and Facebook platform that connects Grahamstown/Makana residents in the Eastern Cape to their local municipality.

• WhatsApp

• Surveys & polling
• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D

The Civic Engagement Commission will enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Planning4Informality is a website which acts as 'policy tracker', datatool and accountability Platform. It was designed to measure and critically assess eight South African cities' response to national targets set to upgrade 750,000 out of the total 1.2 million informal households to standards outlined in stages 2 and 3 of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP), part 3 of the National Housing Code. These cities are: Buffalo City, City of Cape Town, City of Joburg, City of Tshwane, Mangaung, eThekwini, Ekurhuleni, and Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. Open Data Durban partnered with Isandla Institute to create this living tracker that enables journalists, researchers, local government, communities, and many other user groups assess where each South African metro is at in terms of housing provision and upgrading informal settlements, supporting evidence-based decision making for city housing policy.

A tool to track progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Sustainable Development Goals

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

"Citizinvestor was an online crowdfunding platform specifically focused on raising money for public projects and community infrastructure"

• Graveyard
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Teheca helps connect new & expectant parents to nurses for in home & hospital postnatal care services and support. Its origin dates back to 2015, Teheca has evolved to focus on increasing uptake of postnatal care services for mothers not only in Uganda but the whole of sub Saharan Africa through education of mothers via mobile applications like SMS, USSD, smartphone application and social media about its importances as well as coming up with new and convenient ways for mothers to access postnatal care services.

• Govtech

Support women, entrepreneurs, students and refugees around the world with as little as $25 on Kiva. 100% of your loan go to support borrowers.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

An un-conference, one of the leading gatherings in the space, that brought together close to 1,000 attendees from 132 countries in 2018.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• In-person meetings

Texting large volumes of potential voters is possible while remaining compliant with TCPA rules thanks to new technology.

• Campaign tools
• SMS tools
• Email campaign tools

We collect nationwide datasets of who and what is on the ballot for each election.

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

Absența la votul electronic a deputaților României

• Graveyard
• Watchdogging and transparency

Free and Open Company Data on 135 million companies and corporations in over 125 jurisdictions, including US, UK, Switzerland, Panama...

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

An interactive website that asks residents to balance their city budget

• The Tech
• Media
• Advocacy tech

Beginning in January 2016, our team interviewed journalists and nonjournalists to get a sense of the elements that create trust and credibility between communicator and receiver. We read related academic research and industry best practices.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

GOT Data is an annual international conference, formerly known as ODPA (Opening Data in Public Administration), which gathers public officials and other International open data and transparency stakeholders to discuss the importance and impact that open data has.

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Across six sessions on March 7, 2019, we’ll look at how public interest tech is already changing the way power is distributed and decisions are made across public policy, philanthropic organizations, and Silicon Valley board rooms.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Meet the others

Discover the web's most comprehensive professional resource on Congress. 2014 WebbyAward Winner. Vote on bills and send your message to Congress.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Public Interest Technology Universities Network is a partnership that fosters collaboration between 21 universities and colleges committed to building the nascent field of public interest technology and growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists.

• Academia
• Partner networks and coalitions
• Public Interest Tech

It is Africa’s premier repository for documents that the public need to help make more informed decisions, or that help civic watchdogs such as the media or social justice NGOs substantiate their reportage, or documents that have been suppressed or censored elsewhere.

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Textizen is a mobile platform dedicated to connecting difficult-to-reach audiences with the public institutions that serve them in scalable, efficient ways.

• youth

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Election Information You Need, sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The original online petition site. 20+ million signatures. Unlike others, we are non-partisan, non-ideological. Just the best tools for your campaign.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

Journalism in the 21st century involves finding, collecting, analyzing and visualizing data for stories. The Journalism School offers foundational courses in data‐driven journalism as well as a three-semester M.S. in Data Journalism degree for students interested in advanced skills.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

The outdoors brand takes on climate deniers

• US Election 2020
• civic features

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

State by state tracking of mail ballots requests and returned

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic data

The first effort to monitor the performance of Iran’s parliament, often referred to as “Majlis”

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

This toolkit is designed to help you implement the OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Democracy is a design problem

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Civic and social impact companies
• Voter assistance tech

The Wahl-O-Mat is an online tool that aims to assist and mobilize voters in Germany.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Knight Foundation's seminal 2013 report on the growing field of Civic Tech

• reports

• Learn about civic tech
• Reports
• Defining the field

Since 1924, The Duke Endowment has worked to help people and strengthen communities in North Carolina and South Carolina by nurturing children, promoting health, educating minds and enriching spirits.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors