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Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) makes strategic investments in criminal justice, education, evidence-based policy and innovation, sustainable public finance, and research integrity.
Village Capital finds, trains, and invests in entrepreneurs solving real-world problems.
BBVA's Innova Challenge
Bilbao, SpainSpanish regional bank BBVA shared anonymized credit card transactions data with participating developers in its Innova Challenge.
KYR AFRICA
KenyaKYR ARICA ensures public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements
GSBI Boost packs core business lessons into a powerful 3-day workshop. We help local, early-stage social entrepreneurs learn business fundamentals, improve their strategic thinking, and articulate a business plan
Welcome to the Garfield Weston Foundation. We are a family-founded, grant-making trust which has been supporting charities across the UK for over 50 years.
The Public Impact Observatory
10, Rue de Rive 1204 Geneva SwitzerlandThe Public Impact Observatory Welcome to our Public Impact Observatory, a unique database of public policy case studies. Using our Public Impact Fundamentals we have analysed hundreds of examples of public policy succeeding or failing, drawing out the key lessons for future policy work
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was created in 1956 and aims to improve people's lives through art, charity, science and education.
Carrotmob is a new way to influence businesses. We spend money as a group, and in return businesses take socially-responsible actions we care about.
Outbreak Science Rapid PREreview
Portland, ORA platform for the rapid review of outbreak-related preprints
Revolutionizing Prosthetics
11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland, USARevolutionizing Prosthetics is an ambitious multiyear program—funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—to create a neurally controlled artificial limb that will restore near-natural motor and sensory capability to upper-extremity amputee patients.
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our mission We dream of an equitable world where the poor and marginalised can lead lives that are empowered and just. We believe that this scale of change can be achieved through social enterprises, that is, businesses that place impact at the centre of their mission. We inspire, mentor, fund and support early stage, innovation‐based for‐profit enterprises that have an impact on the lives of the poor in India. The power of innovation, combined with entrepreneurship, to impact the lives of people who are poor Paul Basil, founder our values bold We embrace uncertainty, ambition and believe in possibilities Entrepreneurial We take initiative, and capitalise on opportunities Impeccable integrity We maintain confidentiality while being transparent in our dealings Empathetic We are customer centric, humble and are committed to helping entrepreneurs our story Villgro was founded in 2001 by PAUL BASIL with the mission of incubating
Digital Undivided
50 Hurt Plaza Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30303, USABLACK AND LATINX WOMEN FOUNDERS + THEIR BIG IDEAS AND HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES + OUR TRAINING, NETWORK, AND ACCESS TO FUNDING = SOMETHING THE STARTUP WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE
Find out more about Data City | Data Nation, a global data sharing initiative between Singapore and London.
Crowdfund innovations in tech and design before they go mainstream, and buy hundreds of unique products shipping now from Indiegogo's Marketplace.
Social Tech Guide
Oxford, UKIt is the most comprehensive collection of inspiring examples of tech transforming lives and communities for the better.
The Church Commissioners exist to support the work and mission of the Church of England today and for future generations, helping it to remain a Christian presence in every community.
Ulule: The 1st European crowdfunding site. Already 24208 projects funded with success. Make good things happen!
Civic Innovation Challenge Ideas Competition
Washington, DCThe Civic Innovation Challenge aims to leverage social science, data, and technology to address complex community challenges, enhance job growth and economic competitiveness, and address equity in our communities.
In the 2020 Microsoft AI for Good Challenge, Australian students in Grades 7-12 are supported by their teachers to learn the basic concepts of Artificial Intelligence.
WhoAdvertisesOn
Brooklyn, NYToolkit for tracking advertisers on partisan news channels with sampling, data science, and open data.
New Urban Visions
Warsaw, PolandNew urban visions, the final event of the EU-funded DSI4EU project, will see the launch of our experimental index and ideas bank, a pioneering piece of work exploring how city ecosystems and governments can support and work with DSI, and of our new collection of positive visions for the future of DSI.
The use of prizes and awards is a visible element of the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote innovation in government. For example, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has sponsored a competition among federal employees to find cost savings and the White House has created the “challenge.gov” website where federal agencies can pose problems in hopes of getting
Vote Women
Kampala, UgandaVote:Women is a leadership springboard for women to achieve their dreams. We provide a platform for support every step of the way through capability development, fundraising, and campaign management using innovation, technology and a sense of community. Vote:Women empowers women to follow their ambitions of civic leadership.
MTA Genius Transit Challenge
New York CityAs part of a wide-ranging effort to upgrade the subway system’s capacity and reliability, all the winning ideas will be thoroughly vetted and further developed as quickly as possible with future procurements subject to any required MTA Board approval.
Spendrise is a platform for creating positive change everywhere you spend money. Speak up as a paying customer and help businesses you love become even better.
"I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to create change — but in yours." President Barack Obama
Propose and build apps that advance DC in the areas of city mobility and the environment through the use of gigabit-speed internet.
Digital Impact
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USADigital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.
Grassroot
Johannesburg, South AfricaGrassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists. Communities can also start crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for example the campaign to raise funds for the construction of new toilets in the Mzondi community in Ivory Park which raised about R68 890, excedeeding the community's R60 000 goal. Communities can also create community groups for different purposes. In total as of 17 October Grassroot had a total of 19 433 groups. In total Grassroot has about 169 037 users (October stats).
The Dāna Project
44 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON, CanadaMobile micro-fundraising and awareness platform for charities
Call Time
Los Angeles, CAOnline political fundraising tools powered by artificial intelligence, automation, and analytics. Call Time provides online donor research and an automated fundraising platform.
Sumbon is an online platform helping donors and non-profits manage their relationship and track the human impact of donations. Global giving just got easier!
Pollicy
Kampala, UgandaRe-designing Service Delivery
Innovate Your State
United States of America (the)Innovate Your State is a nonprofit (501c3) organization dedicated to educating and encouraging public participation to fundamentally improve government. We believe that through innovation and collaboration we can find solutions to the problems we face today.
Google.org
United States of America (the)We bring the best of Google to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges — combining funding, innovation, and technical expertise to support underserved communities and provide opportunity for everyone.
Lilly Endowment Inc., is a private philanthropic foundation supporting the causes of religion, education and community development. We afford special emphasis to projects that benefit young people and that strengthen financial self-sufficiency in the charitable sector.
Blackbaud
Charleston, South CarolinaThe world's leading cloud software company powering #socialgood.
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