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Hispanic Heritage Fun Fact: a huge chunk of America used to be Mexico, whose influence and contribution to the well-being of the U.S. can be felt everywhere. Which has the most impact?
We invest in evidence-informed public policies & strategies to advance racial equity & economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes Region.
Mission Billion Challenge
Cambridge, MAto surface practical and cost-effective solutions on ‘privacy by design’ features that can be embedded into digital identification systems and empowering users with their data.
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Democracy.io
BerlinTo promote charitable projects that want to implement an innovative digital idea to strengthen our democracy.
At the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan seek to advance human potential and promote equal opportunity.
Impact Challenge Bay Area 2019
San FranciscoThe Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area is an open invitation to organizations across the Bay Area to submit their ideas to address some of the most challenging societal issues facing our community today
DC Philanthropy Funding Jewish Causes, Art and Democracy
World Smart City Awards
BarcelonaThe World Smart City Awards seek to recognize pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe.
Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CAEstablished in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.
City Experiment Fund
Slovak Republic (Slovensko) 🇸🇰an initiative of UNDP and the Slovak Ministry of Finance, to support cities in the application of innovative approaches
Nonprofit Finance Fund supports community wealth and well-being through our lending, consulting, and advocacy work to advance racial equity.
GovTech Catalyst
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.
DIUx xView Detection Challenge
Pentagon Building, Washington, DCPentagon's humanitarian satellite imagery competition for object detection in overhead imagery
Indigo Trust
Indigo Trust, Wilton Road, London, UKThe Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa
Everyone is empowered to build and preserve resilient democratic systems in which all people’s rights are protected.
For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.
Network for Good
United States of America 🇺🇸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 mission of the Walter & Elise Haas Fund is to help build a healthy, just, and vibrant society in which people feel connected to and responsible for their community.
Annual awards program recognizing cities and communities worldwide for excellence in digital innovation and community development.
Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions
Aspen Institute, North 3rd Street, Aspen, COThe Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions supports communities to solve their own challenges, with a special focus on opportunity youth.
A global organization that identifies and invests in leading social entrepreneurs -- individuals with innovative and practical ideas for solving social problems.
Working to restore a balanced relationship between people and planet
Prototype Fund
Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, GermanyDer Prototype Fund ist ein Förderprogramm des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), das von der Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland betreut und ausgewertet wird.
Our Mission is to empower people through inclusive economies by conducting & supporting various academic research & strategic philanthropic investments.
Bloomberg Philanthropies works to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people.
Open Internet for Democracy
455 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20001The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) are facilitating an initiative to identify and promote internet norms and principles essential to democratic governance.
Community Arts is a program of the Zellerbach Family Foundation and a vital part of the foundation’s mission to serve as a catalyst for constructive social change.
Greater Boston’s community foundation, working in partnership with donors to build and sustain a vital, prosperous city and region.
The directory and review site Yelp shares global crowdsourced user data on restaurants across cities (such as Phoenix, Madison, and Edinburgh) in its Dataset Challenge for participating researchers to build tools and provide research on urban trends and behavior.
Data for Health
25 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075The lack of data disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries with 60 percent of these countries not reporting any data, covering 2 billion people.
GuideStar connects donors and grantmakers to non-profit organizations.
Fundación Avina
Ciudad del Saber, Clayton, Panama City, PanamaFundación Avina is a Latin American foundation created in 1994 and focused on producing the large-scale changes necessary for sustainable development by fostering collaborative processes among leaders from different sectors, thereby contributing toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The Mott Foundation supports projects around the world that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society.
Contests have a long history of driving innovation, and web-based information technology has opened up new possibilities for managing tournaments. One such poss
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.
The first-ever AI solution for thanking and cultivating donors.
Any NGO, human rights or media organisation that faces threats due to the work they are doing, can apply for this grant.
Health Forward Foundation
2300 Main Street, Kansas City, MOHealth Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) is a non-profit established in 2002 to eliminate barriers and promote quality health care for uninsured.
New Media Ventures
San FranciscoNew Media Ventures is the first seed fund and national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change.
MIT Solve Innovation Fund
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT Solve is now going to start backing small, for-profit ventures taking on global issues, from access to clean water to the need for a circular economy.-
Li Ka Shing Foundation supports projects that promote social progress through expanding access to quality education and medical services and research, encouraging cultural diversity and community involvement.
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