Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
D-Cent
D-CENT is a Europe-wide project creating open, secure and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.
American National Election Studies
"To my mind, the ANES has been the single most important resource in my career in political psychology."
Marsad Budget
Marsad Budget is a continuation of Al Bawsala's work, which is based on monitoring the various institutions in charge of managing state affairs and the consecration of the principle of transparency and thus making available to the citizen, simplified and accessible information on the state budget
MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Website for the Center for Advanced Urbanism, a division of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
SoundCloud
Discover, stream, and share a constantly expanding mix of music from emerging and major artists around the world.
Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online
We provide software that ensures free speech online
Bot Populi
Bot Populi is an alternative media platform dedicated to looking at all things digital from a social justice and Global South perspective. It was founded in 2018 by seven global, digital justice organizations.
Open Courts Slovakia
Interactive platform which makes available and accessible information on judicial decrees, hearings and other selected documents, that were published on pages of the Ministry of Justice
Racial Equity Tools
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity.
Barcelona Pressupost Obert (Open Budget)
A tool created for citizens and all those people or organizations that may be interested, which aims to facilitate the analysis and understanding of the budgets of the City of Barcelona.
U.S. Conference of Mayors Civic Tech Pitch Application
Civic Tech Pitch during the 86th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.
MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
City Scrapers
A community open source project designed to standardize, scrape and share public meetings in a central database, in collaboration with City Bureau's Documenters program.
TechFugees
Techfugees is an initiative that supports the deployment of responsible technology products and services for and with displaced persons across the world. It also enables the creation and application of tech-enabled solutions to manage migration.
Defend Our Movements
Defend Our Movements is a web based clearinghouse of the most up-to-date and useful information about protecting your devices and data—whether on the Internet, through cell phone communications, or in your home or office.
Data First
DataFirst provides easy online access to survey and adminstative microdata from South Africa and other African countries to researchers
eCityGovAlliance
The eCityGov Alliance offers easily accessible online government services. Our regional solutions provide one-stop convenience and deliver services from the customer perspective.
NYC School of Data
NYC’s best public interest tech + open data event of the year — NYC School of Data!
Bloomberg Philanthropies' U.S. Mayors Challenge
It is a competition designed to help city leaders think big, be bold and uncover inventive – and, ultimately shareable – ideas that tackle today’s toughest problems.
CivicBudget
Civicbudget is an open source participative platform enabling any organization, public or private, to launch a consultation process.
Tor Project
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
Nepal's Telecom Data & Post-Earthquake Mobility
A report on innovations attempted by Mobile Network Operators following the major earthquake in Nepal
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
Imagining Drones for the Greater Good
IDEO brings together technologists and social innovators to imagine new uses for these “flying helpers"
Code for Australia Legal Aid Checker
Legal Aid Checker is an online triaging system, helping to determine if people are eligible to recieve services and help from Victoria Legal Aid.
Gebruiker Central
De overheidsbrede kenniscommunity Gebruiker Centraal wil een servicegerichte en gebruiksvriendelijke (digitale) overheid. Via evenementen leren we van elkaars ervaringen en doen we ideeën op. Met instrumenten delen we die kennis.
Neighborhood Funders Group
Neighborhood Funders Group organizes philanthropy so that Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities and low income communities thrive.
CIRCLE
CIRCLE is a non-partisan, independent research organization focused on youth civic engagement in the United States.
Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response
Wish you had a better way to make sense of Twitter during disasters than this? Type in a keyword like #ChileEarthquake in Twitter's search box above and you'll see more tweets than you can possibly read in a day let alone keep up with for more than a few minutes
Open Mobility Foundation
Municipalities across the country have joined together to create a new global non-profit organization called the Open Mobility Foundation to support the development of open-sourced software that provides scalable mobility solutions for cities.
First Draft News Coronavirus Resources for reporters
We have created and collected guidance to support accurate and responsible reporting on coronavirus, which will be regularly updated with new information.
Munsoft Spatial and Revenue Management
The sustainable foundation for the modern Smart City: Munsoft Spatial ensures that our municipalities have an up-to-date list of all properties keeping the Property Register, Deeds Database, Valuation Roll and Registered Land Parcels in sync automatically, giving you a bird's eye view of the completeness of revenue.
eBird
eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migration—all free.
United States DOGE Service (USDS)
The United States Digital Service is transforming how the federal government works for the American people. And we need you.
Centru Civic
Centru Civic este primul centralizator al serviciilor pe care societatea civilă le pune la dispoziția cetățenilor români.
WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports
Daily situation reports and data from the World Health Organization
Liquid Democracy
Our mission is to promote the advantages of online participation in all kinds of contexts, from international organisations to small local initiatives.
Caselaw Access Project
free public access portal to more than 6.4 million state and federal court decisions encompassing 360 years of American case law
Institute for the Future
50 years of leading the world in strategic futures
Coronavirus Reponse: Ways to Help, Volunteer, and What to Do
Here's a list of actions, ideas, ways to help, volunteer and donation opportunities to help those impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Color of Change
We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real.