We fund research and education in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and economics

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Build your virtual foundation. Support the causes you care about.

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

A web platform where citizens take civic action for issues they care about

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic crowdfunding platforms
• Activism aggregators

Each will receive two years of funding ($250,000 per year) and additional support

• Funders & donors
• Academia

We make one-year, $50,000 investments in faculty from across the university who want to conceptualize new impact labs through participation in our year-long Impact Lab Design Fellowship.

• Fellowships
• Design

Crypto-based crowdfunding where the group votes on funding proposals and distributes millions in funding accordingly

• Get funding
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

12-24 month startup accelerator at Cornell Tech

• Academia
• Accelerators
• Public Interest Tech

• Get funding
• Effective altruism

The Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

The Civics Unplugged Fellowship is a 3-month civic leadership program that empowers high school students with the training, funding, and network they need to become civic innovators that build a brighter future for humanity.

• students

• Fellowships
• Civic literacy

The Social Science Research Council's Just Tech Fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of researchers and practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable, and representative technological futures.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Fellowships

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

• Adjacent Fields
• Incubators
• Decentralization

A crowdsourced collection of personal stories, how-to articles, and resource lists on four major topics: Funding, People, Mission, and Operations + Tech.

• Playbooks and design principles

Since 2002, the Fund for Global Human Rights has raised and invested over $100 million into the work of community activists in more than 25 countries, providing these bold local leaders with the funding, tools and contacts they need to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges. The Fund for Global Human Rights UK was established as a sister organisation in 2013 to build support for frontline human rights defenders in the United Kingdom and Europe.

• human rights

Global Impact Awards go to entrepreneurial teams who think on a global scale and have a healthy disregard for the impossible.

• Google

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

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

La Alianza Latinoamericana para la Tecnología Cívica (ALTEC) es el resultado de la alianza entre Luminate Group y Fundación Avina que busca promover el desarrollo de iniciativas de tecnología cívica con el potencial de mejorar y ampliar el ejercicio de la ciudadanía no sólo como un fin sino como un vehículo para alcanzar cambios positivos en prácticas de efecto colectivo, tanto públicas como privadas.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

The Foundation supports long-term, free basic research beneficial to Sweden, mainly in medicine, technology, and the natural sciences. This is achieved through long-term grants to excellent researchers and to projects of the highest international standard.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Die Lobby für alle ohne Lobby. Wir setzen uns für die politischen Interessen von Bürgern & kleinen Organisationen ein. #lobbyfüralle

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Lobbying

RALLY.org makes it easy for individuals, groups, social causes and non-profits to fundraise online with no minimum donation requirements.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Raise money online for your nonprofit or charity. Create an online fundraising page for your campaigns and events, or donate to any US registered nonprofit.

• The Tech
• The People
• Get funding

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

By Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

CivicTech4Democracy is the European Union’s global competition showcasing democratic innovation by Citizens for Citizens across the world. Every day, everywhere, citizens invent new ways of bringing democracy closer to the people.

• European Union

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Refreshingly easy-to-use fundraising software and tools for nonprofits looking for a complete fundraising solution to support their mission. Cultivate donor relationships and generate new supporters, while saving time and raising more money. Network for Good makes fundraising simple for you.

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

A HUB OF FUNDING TOOLS MADE WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN MIND

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

At the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, we work together with communities in education and entrepreneurship to create uncommon solutions that empower people to be uncommon, take risks, achieve success and give back to society.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Der Prototype Fund ist ein Förderprogramm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), das von der Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland betreut und ausgewertet wird.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Polk Bros. Foundation focuses its work at the intersection of Chicago's most pressing issues to address the complex roots and devastating effects of poverty, and to challenge inequity. Learn more.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Greater Washington Community Foundation works to strengthen the Washington metropolitan region by encouraging and supporting effective giving and by providing leadership on critical issues in our community. The Community Foundation - which serves the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Northern Virginia, and Prince George’s County – makes community change through charitable giving easy, flexible, tax-smart, and rewarding.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A HatchLab is a new kind of global storytelling workshop.

• workshops

• Narrative tech
• Story tech

Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

The main purpose of DTL is to support the development of software on data transparency & privacy

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

Le Hackie Awards is our chance to celebrate the awesome achievements of the legal hacking movement in DC.

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes

Luminate is a global philanthropic organisation focused on empowering people and institutions to work together to build just and fair societies.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Pew's work lays the foundation for effective policies and practices by invigorating civic life, conducting research, informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause, and insisting on tangible results.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

The European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe. Our long-term vision is to promote an ecosystem of European public interest and civil society organisations working on policy and technology, based on a diversity of actors and a plurality of goals that represents society as a whole.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech
• Get funding

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

Check out who is funding Full Circle Fund's 2018 Civic Tech Accelerator Round.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Digital Justice Lab, Tech Reset Canada, and The Centre for Digital Rights are offering individuals and community organizations a one-time community microgrant of $1000-3000 for public education on digital rights.

• The People
• Get funding
• Adjacent Fields

• The People
• Get funding
• Competitions

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 People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors