A “discovery sprint,” is a short, intense period of problem investigation.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

Code for Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh region’s Code for America Brigade, makes the Pittsburgh region a better place through the use of information and technology.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Online fundraising software for nonprofit crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, and donation pages. Start taking donations online for free.

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Engagement tech

We are a global campaign to center the knowledge of marginalized communities (the majority of the world) on the internet.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Diversity & Inclusion

Welcome to the My League Online info center! My League Online (MyLO) Drupal website program leverages new technologies to make state and local League websites high-performing and easy to use.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

A nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users.

• Open source
• Predecessors & Pioneers

We are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

The Siragusa Family Foundation is a private foundation that is committed to sustaining and developing Chicago’s extraordinary nonprofit resources.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

The Partnership on AI was established to study and formulate best practices on AI technologies, to advance the public’s understanding of AI, and to serve as an open platform for discussion and engagement about AI and its influences on people and society.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging Tech Report Projects

A resource that provides guidance for designing ethically humane digital products through patterns focused on user well-being.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

The biggest annual media event in Europe.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Journalism

We help you vote, no matter what.

• US Election 2020

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections

The Drone Journalism Lab's Operations Manual is here to help your news organization with using flying robots to report news.

• Media
• Journalism
• Drones

Each solution reduces greenhouse gases by avoiding emissions and/or by sequestering carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere.

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

By answering just a few questions, this tool can provide a list of benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada that are the most relevant to you.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

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.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Learn to design creative, people-powered advocacy campaigns that transform systems

• trainings
• coaching

• Organize campaigns

Polis is a 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

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Participatory democracy

Foundation Center and GuideStar are now Candid. "Candid gets you the information you need to do good."

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

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

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

Install the Progressive Shopper Chrome extension and quickly understand if you are supporting a brand that is aligned with your values.

• extensions
• partisan

• Organize campaigns
• Boycott or buycott

VoxMapp Baseline allows you to collect high quality data even in contexts of crisis; VoxMapp Feedback ensures communities participate and remain at the center of the initiative; and VoxMapp Management centralizes the analysis, decision-making and learning mechanisms, to feed into a new positive cycle.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

STIR connects government partners with startups to solve civic challenges.

• The People
• Build something
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Find Swiss Open Government data

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Passport transforms the way cities manage their operations by reducing operational complexity and delivering intelligent data.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

Dominion makes data available to help add context and authority to public discourse and policy-making on vital issues of land ownership.

• land
• Climate action

• Data visualization
• Open civic data

From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Catalogue of procurement risk indicators from various countries.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech

Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for leaders and organizations dedicated to building fairer, more inclusive societies.

• The People
• Specific campaigns
• Narrative tech

EUROCITIES is the network of major European cities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

PMG aims to provide accurate, objective, and current information on all parliamentary committee proceedings in the form of detailed, unofficial minutes and documents and since 2007, sound recordings of the meeting.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Voting and elections
• Parliamentary and legislative tech

RyeCatcher is online collaboration software that makes it easy for everyone involved in a student’s success to work together.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Access social benefits

A new movement says that crypto-voting can purify democracy—and eventually eliminate the need for governments altogether.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Safe and anonymous platform for whistleblowing in Chile

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Demander Justice is a dispute resolution tool that helps people to settle disputes that can be brought to courtwithout a lawyer.

• criminal justice

• Adjacent Fields
• Legal tech
• Tech for public challenges

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

• US Election 2020

• Voting and elections
• Election administration
• Absentee and proxy voting

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

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Digital rights

This tool allows researchers, watchdog organizations and investigative journalists to measure how countries are performing against each other in terms of public procurement transparency, to use it in further advocacy for more transparent procurement as well as to spot corruption using red flag indicators.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Watchdogging and transparency

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
• Watchdogging government

Civic engagement tool, powered by algorithms

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech

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

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

PesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative to verify the financial and other statistical numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa, supported by International Budget Partnership, and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

• indigenous

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Civic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

The largest-ever repository of information on which law enforcement agencies are using what surveillance technologies. fatalities or facial recognition systems leading to wrongful

• racial equity
• surveillance
• policing

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping developers and companies create solutions that map to a single open specification

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Parker Foundation was founded on October 5, 1971 for charitable purposes leading to the betterment of life for all people of San Diego County.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Donation and CRM platform for nonprofits

• The People
• Get funding
• Fundraising tools

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
• Participatory democracy

Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups