The Digital Donors Exchange, or DDX, is a community of global digital development funders who are committed to improving the lives of all people through harnessing that power.

• development

• Peer networks
• Tools for Funders

We use technology to help social movements build power

• coop

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Civic apps outfits

It can be tough for government decision makers to find current, reliable information on tried-and-tested technologies. The Exchange solves that problem by serving as a one-stop shop, featuring over 500 digital tools, products and opportunities for government technology decision makers, IT developers, and product vendors.

• Govtech
• Civic tech catalogs
• Marketplaces and clearinghouses

Quadrant 2 invents tech for good

• Civic apps outfits
• Civic and social impact companies

A family of interrelated justice-seeking organizations that both independently and collectively work to reimagine and reconstruct a more inclusive and equitable technology sector.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Foundational layers

FedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capabilities across the U.S. federal government. 

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Meet the others

As part of the 2024 Web Science Conference Brave Conversations again brings together technology, society and politics to explore humanity in the 21st Century

We fund startups across nearly all technology areas and markets like artificial intelligence, energy, medical devices, robotics, semiconductors, and many more.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Investors

Supports research, implementation and education projects involving multi-sector teams that focus on the responsible design, development or deployment of technologies.

• Build something
• Get funding
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

As we move solidly into 2024, we have been considering how civic infrastructures, currently and in the future, will affect our experiences with technology, our experiences with services we take for granted, and how we relate to one another.

• Learn about civic tech
• Mainstream media coverage

During our four-week MOOC, you will learn about and explore the fascinating and ever-evolving world of technology and democracy, in particular the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression in elections.

• 2024 elections

• Learn about civic tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections

Okthanks is an independent organization providing research and product design services for open source technology. We unite with a mission to leverage technology for social good.

• Build something
• Social impact design firms
• Building in the private sector

Over 860 "Coders, product managers and anyone who wants to help the party win with better technology."

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Meet the others

A design toolkit for USAID staff on how to design inclusive digital technology interventions, written for work on global hunger but applicable in many other contexts.

• Zero hunger

• Playbooks and design principles
• Toolkits
• Design

Fatima's mission is for every person in the world to have their voice heard, while ensuring a safe, secure, and ethical research experience.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Surveys & polling
• Research tools

The program pays topic experts to create relevant content on social media for NGI

• Public Relations and amplification
• Creators and Influencers

This site contains a list created by the Codeando México community and curated by different volunteers with knowledge of civic technology projects in Mexico.

• Civic tech catalogs

We make technology work for the public good

• Govtech
• Evaluate impact
• Govtech vendors

IDB Lab is the innovation and venture capital arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group.

• Decent work and economic growth

• Innovation teams and labs
• Investors

Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods

• local
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Ireland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.

• youth
• local

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Digital literacy

AI for the Public Good, for Singapore and the World

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Government AI strategies

Our expansive 1.5 km2 industrial area, frequented by over 10,000 daily users, functions as a vibrant physical testing space of smart city environments – now also offering a real-world platform with a digital twin for urban innovation at a 1:1 scale.

• cities

• Hubs
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Innovation teams and labs

Tussell & techUK are thrilled to share the 3rd annual Tech200 awards - our list of the 200 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK public sector, from FY 2021/22 to FY 2022/23.

• Govtech
• Awards and prizes
• Govtech vendors

The Engine Room's Library collects what we're learning about using data and technology for social change. Each 'book' in the Library is a brief introduction to a topic, with links to other places where you can learn more.

• Learn about civic tech

A directory of more than 90 UK-based companies which provide technology or solutions which facilitate safer online experiences, and protect users from harmful content, contact or conduct.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Campaign website explaining landlord / proptech surveillance and what tenants can do to fight back

• housing
• surveillance

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

The U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Emerging Citizen Technology program, part of the Technology Transformation Service’s Innovation Portfolio, launched an open-sourced pilot to guide dozens of federal programs to make public service information available to consumer Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) for the home and office, such as Amazon Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, Google Assistant, and Facebook Messenger.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic features

Digitize your city is a series of actions that seek to create a friendlier environment through the use of technology previously influenced by us and the data we consciously create and deliver.

• Crowdsourcing
• Mapping

Transform your political campaign or movement with AI-powered two-way voice calls that transform your voter contact.

• Advocacy tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Organize campaigns

Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) is an informal meetup designed to connect software creators and activists who are interested in censorship, surveillance, and open technology.

• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

We are Binance Charity, a non-profit organization dedicated to building a future where Web3 technology is used as a force for good.

• Blockchain

AID:Tech was established in 2015 and was the first company in the world to deliver international aid over blockchain technology.

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Blockchain
• Fintech for good

Project that sought to "create and establish a national digital identification system using distributed ledger technology (DLT)."

• Graveyard
• Blockchain
• Fintech for good

A new $5+ million partnership aims to explore ways the development of artificial intelligence (AI) can support a thriving, innovative local news field, and ensure local news organizations shape the future of this emerging technology.

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Journalism

The Computational Democracy Project designs, engineers and maintains Polis, an open source, real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learning.

• Polis

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Civic apps outfits

Recursive Public is an experiment in identifying areas of consensus and disagreement among the international Artificial Intelligence (AI) community, policymakers, and the general public on key questions of governance.

• Polis

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI

an easy-to-use digital safety checklist

• guides

• Digital security and privacy
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Cybersecurity

Relevant section: Politics: Regulation of AI, its economic implications and the evolving geopolitics of AI.

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Reports

"...Open source hardware gives people the freedom to control their technology while sharing knowledge and encouraging commerce through the open exchange of designs."

• Meet the others
• Hardware
• Citizen science

Civic Infrastructure Collaborative drives public value from core urban infrastructure through cross-sector collaboration and technology-enabled innovation.

• cities
• mobility

• Urban planning

Successful public-facing technologies rely upon direct resident engagement and community-focused design.

• Graveyard
• User research
• User research groups

CUTgroup is a civic engagement program that includes residents throughout the technology design process.

• Graveyard
• User research
• User research groups

The “AI Cyber Challenge” (AIxCC) will challenge competitors across the United States, to identify and fix software vulnerabilities using AI.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Challenges
• Open source supply chain

A hub of technologists dedicated to building technology for Reproductive Justice

• women's health

• Help out
• Pro bono and volunteer

The Statewide News Collective is a community for news organizations serving statewide audiences launched by The Lenfest Institute, RevLab at The Texas Tribune, and Spotlight PA.

• state

• Media
• Journalism
• Peer networks

The objective of the UnderServed Project is to develop a platform for reporting and analysing threats, intended for sectors that are vulnerable to cyberattacks yet lack the resources to mitigate them effectively.

• Cybersecurity
• Threat reporting

In the context of increasingly complex challenges and unprecedented opportunities offered by technology, the MENA – OECD Working Group II on Open and Innovative Government supports MENA countries through regional exchange and dialogue to build public sectors that innovate, engage citizens, open up their data and information and follow the principles of digital and user-centred policy and service design.

• Govtech
• Working groups

With a mission to combat online abuses, particularly image-based sexual abuse, while advocating for legislative reform and providing support to victims.

• anti-harassment
• Gender Equality

• Digital security and privacy

The Unfreedom Monitor, a project of Global Voices, is a project to analyze, document, and report on the growing use of digital communications technology to advance authoritarian governance around the world.

• Tech for Bad Hall of Shame