Civic Tech Field Guide
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A directory of the people and social processes that make up civic tech, organized by your needs.
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Code for Charlotte
Charlotte, NCThink volunteer fire brigade for the 21st Century. We are a volunteer citizen brigade. We use technology and advocacy as a tool for open government, open data and civic engagement.
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.
Network Connectivity across American Communities
United States of America 🇺🇸Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US
Civichub
Garrotxa, SpainA 4-month pre-acceleration program happening on 6-weekend sprints in the volcanic region of La Garrotxa (Girona), where +20 startups, social movements, cyber activists, corporate and government teams colive, boosting and cross-pollinating their projects on civic innovation, distributed governance and decentralized technologies
DIUx xView Detection Challenge
Pentagon Building, Washington, DCPentagon's humanitarian satellite imagery competition for object detection in overhead imagery
The Opportunity Project
United States of America 🇺🇸The Opportunity Project helps teams use federal open data to build solutions to our nation’s toughest challenges.
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.
The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.
Echoing Green
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)We find the brightest leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible. And then we do everything we can to make sure they succeed.
Open Oakland
OaklandOpenOakland bridges technology and community for a thriving and equitable Oakland.
Data Science Consulting for Smart Products and Effective Strategy
Digital Integrity Fellowship
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036The Digital Integrity Fellowship Program (DIFP) provides fixed monthly stipends to individuals capable of addressing short-term and long-term threats to freedom of expression online.
Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions
European Commission Rue Philippe le Bon 3 1000 Brussels BelgiumA resource from Joinup
Aspiration’s mission is to connect nonprofit organizations, free and open source projects, philanthropic funders and activists with strategic frameworks, technology solutions, digital practices and data skills that help them more fully realize their missions.
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.
Shuttleworth Fellows
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to implement their innovative idea for social change. We are most interested in exceptional ideas at the intersection between technology, knowledge and learning, with openness being the key requirement.
As of October 2014, the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project is enabling scientists across the world to gain access to the company’s clinical trial data assets.
An anthology of visionary science fiction and speculative fiction written by organizers and activists.
Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) Sierra Leone
State House, Freetown, Sierra LeoneTo use science, technology and innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an innovation and entrepreneurship hub.
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.
Center for New Democratic Processes
332 Minnesota St, Saint Paul, MN 55101The Jefferson Center is a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing democratic, citizen-driven solutions to community and public issues.
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Electronic Rothamsted Archive (e-RA)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Rothamsted Research, a UK based research institution and one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, is working to make the results and data from their experiments universally accessible.
Democracy and Digital Media conference
42 Second Street, East Cambridge, MA 02141To have been major transformations in global media infrastructure, the platformization of the Internet, and the ubiquity of the mobile phone.
CredCon
405 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701#CredCon is an ongoing two-day hackathon that considers the impact of technology on news and information sources online and explores themes such as trust, reliability, accuracy and credibility.
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.
The Urbanist
SeattleThe Urbanist serves to examine and influence urban policies by promoting and disseminating ideas, creating community, and improving the places we live.
Instituto Update Bubble Map
Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷Explore 366 South American civic tech entities in a data viz
Code for New Orleans
New Orleans, LAJoin us in creating awareness of what our city provides for us and in creating new and creative solutions to problems we find.
Annual awards program recognizing cities and communities worldwide for excellence in digital innovation and community development.
Liba Rubenstein, Director of Social Impact and Policy at Tumblr, explores how Tumblr's versatile platform can help nonprofits, libraries, and other changemakers tell powerful stories, catalyze engagement, and drive measurable impact.
MEGAPHONE is a community of activists working on issues such as the environment, women's rights, LGBTQ right, transparency and accountability and civic engagement
SAFELAB
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.
A 2012 white paper from Pro Publica by Richard J. Tofel
The book looks at organizing models, civic tech, governance, citizen engagement and how to fund, staff, and train the next generation of leaders to revitalize democracy.
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Zossener Str. 41, Berlin, GermanyA digital hub where people determined to change the world can find a job, discover workshops and courses, locate funding, hire the right team, connect with mission-driven companies, share best practices, or learn from others who are using their careers to make an impact.
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.
In March, we hosted an international conference bringing together leaders from 18 countries and 75 cities who participated on behalf of their communities, their work reshaping democracy through participation.
The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch
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GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DCDesign and build fast, accessible, mobile-friendly government websites backed by user research.
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