Designing a more equitable world

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

ml5.js aims to make machine learning approachable for a broad audience of artists, creative coders, and students. The library provides access to machine learning algorithms and models in the browser, building on top of TensorFlow.js with no other external dependencies.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

See if you qualify for support with food, cash & more. Answer a few questions and get help in under 5 minutes.

• Access social benefits

The Democracy Fund is a bipartisan foundation working to ensure that our political system is able to withstand new challenges and deliver on its promise to the American people.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

A collectivized document of mutual aid projects and resources.

• COVID
• COVID Organizing Projects

Technology at work for the public

• The People
• Get funding
• Learn about civic tech

"Honour a financial services or technology organisation for its outstanding contribution to a charitable cause, for example, through funds donated, services offered pro-bono, or a creative volunteer programme"

• The People
• Awards and prizes
• Fieldwide resources

My Country Talks matches political opposites for 1:1 conversations

• The Tech
• Filter bubble poppers

How Do You Like It So Far uses pop culture to take soundings of a society in transition, exploring intersections with civic imagination and engagement, and social and political change. Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay are your guides on this adventure.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

The Center for Humane Technology is a world-class team of former tech insiders and CEOs who are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our brains.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Adjacent Fields

Connecting people & data for good

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Finanzdaten aus dem öffentlichen Sektor in Österreich

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Municode provides website design & development, electronic payment processing, codification, and publishing services to local governments.

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

A specification of the civic.json metadata standard for civic technology projects

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Saving the nation with selfies and memes

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic forums

We are committed to building a crowdsourcing community for social innovators.

• The Tech
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

A show that takes the two dullest subjects in the world, government and technology, and makes them irresistibly relevant and undeniably fascinating. (Trust us!)

• podcasts

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

We partnered with the Ford Foundation to look at how civil society can strengthen their digital security, what and who is out there to support them, and how they can develop better digital security practices.

• research

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Toolkit for tracking advertisers on partisan news channels with sampling, data science, and open data.

• Civic data
• Media
• Advocacy tech

Balanced News from the Left, Center and Right

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

A page that allows candidates and parties to present election campaign finance information.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Pokket℠ connects justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens to break the cycle.

• recidivism

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Adjacent Fields

Free open-source participatory democracy for cities and organizations

• Decidim

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

CivicTechYYC is a community based group that is part of a global movement to leverage technology for public good.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

WanaData-Ke is a network of female journalists working on changing the digital media landscape by producing and promoting data-driven news and applying digital technologies to their storytelling.

Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

• guides

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

"I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to create change — but in yours." President Barack Obama

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Solving Problems the Open Source Way

Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi (Arabic :سليمان بن عبد العزيز الراجحي, born 1929)[1] is a Saudi Arabian corporate figure and billionaire.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

SAFETAG adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Civiciti is a participation platform for continuous democracy. We help citizens, public administrations and organisations around the world discover, discuss and decide on the issues they care about.

• Civic and social impact companies

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

3d printed homes

• housing

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

OGRX is a platform for browsing and sharing research findings about new, innovative ways to solve public problems.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Durban Answers is a city website where Durban citizens can information and services with a simple search. On the website you can find information about licencing issues, health information, public transport, universities, schools, libraries, metro fines etc.

Proof empowers governments to go paperless by streamlining approvals and improving data-driven decisions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

The Hive Chicago Fund for Connected Learning (Fund) at The Chicago Community Trust is a funder collaborative that empowers educators to use connected learning principles, including the thoughtful integration of digital media and technology, to help engage youth in meaningful 21st Century learning experiences.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Paris Participatory Budget

• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

An open data specification for building and land development permits

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

We are Digital Defense Fund, and we do digital security for the abortion access movement.

• guides
• trainings
• women's health

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

BriteHeart's mission is to ENGAGE, CONNECT and EMPOWER citizens for positive change through ARTIVISM. #getcivic

• Artistic interventions
• Organize events

Color Of Change’s digital petition and training platform

• racial equity

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Petitions

An open source mapping platform for custom designed maps. Our APIs and SDKs are the building blocks to integrate location into any mobile or web app.

• Mapping platforms