Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
HAC is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt.
Democracy Without Elections (DWE)
Democracy without Elections is a member-run 501c3 nonprofit that promotes the use of democratic lotteries.
I Was A Fed (@iwasafed) Instagram
Here we will share the stories of real federal workers and how their termination will affect the American people. 🇺🇸
RestoredCDC.org
An archival version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as of January 6, 2025
Projects interrupted when 18F was disbanded
An overview of the projects that were terminated when the Trump Administration disbanded 18F
Department of People who Work for a Living
We’ll be ensuring the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk. We’ll report on the facts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and what you can do to fight back.
AI Risk and Vulnerability Alliance (AVAR)
As ARVA, our mission is to empower communities to recognize, diagnose, and manage vulnerabilities in AI that affects them.
Democracy Innovation Hub
We convene and train public servants, community leaders and educators to use participatory methods of engagement and tools, with a focus on citizens’ assemblies.
Molloy Consultants
With over 15 years of experience working with domestic and international non-profits to create and manage programs, events, and communication projects for global health we have a successful record of systematically improving processes and outcomes.
Federal Unionists Network (FUN)
The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) is an informal association of federal unionists and our allies organizing to support each other in strengthening our unions, improving our agencies and building solidarity across the federal sector of the labor movement.
Using publicly available satellite imagery and deep learning to understand economic well-being in Africa
Article in Nature by Christopher Yeh, Anthony Perez, Anne Driscoll, George Azzari, Zhongyi Tang, David Lobell, Stefano Ermon & Marshall Burke
Journal of Democracy
Focusing exclusively on democracy, the Journal monitors and analyzes democratic regimes and movements around the world.
The 2022 Ranking Digital Rights Telco Giants Scorecard
Ranking Digital Rights's inaugural Telco Giants Scorecard reveals that telecom companies, despite being gatekeepers of the internet for most of the world, are less transparent overall and more susceptible to government demands than their Big Tech peers.
Federal Workers Against DOGE
Standing with federal workers against a corporate-backed coup led by DOGE.
Hedging for Sustainability: Twenty Revenue Streams for Democracy, Rights, and Governance Non-Governmental Organizations
NGOs in the democracy, rights, and governance space are facing unprecedented cuts to their funding. This blog explores new revenue streams to help them continue their critical work.
Feds Work for You (@fedsworkforyou) Instagram
We make America work. Federal workers working for you.
Just Security
Just Security is an editorially independent, non-partisan, daily digital law and policy journal that elevates the discourse on national security, democracy and the rule of law, and rights.
Using Collective Dialogues and AI to Find Common Ground Between Israeli and Palestinian Peacebuilders
Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker
GitLab Foundation Learning for Action Fund
The GitLab Foundation launched the Learning for Action Fund in June 2024 to alleviate these problems and increase our grantees’ capacity to deepen their impact measurement, learning, and feedback work.
Justicia Lab AI
The World's First Non-Profit AI Lab for Immigrant Justice
IAN's Slack Community
IAN is building a Slack community to connect our members and provide more opportunity for collaboration, networking and real time answers to legal questions.
Mobile Pathways
We are a technology nonprofit that partners with immigration nonprofits and attorneys to advance their use of technology and data to increase fair access to justice.
Asylum Navigator
Asylum Navigator is a groundbreaking data insights platform designed to empower immigration attorneys and human rights defenders.
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Legal Defense Coalition
We provide tech and data for immigration nonprofits to inform more immigrants about their legal rights.
Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium (PAIRS)
The first edition of PAIRS took place as an independent side-event of the Paris AI Action Summit (10th - 11th Feb 2025) providing a space to present research and case studies on the state of the art in participatory development and governance of AI, and to build stronger connections across the field.
Construyendo la Agenda de la IX Cumbre Global de la Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto en España
Building the Agenda for the 9th Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Spain on Consider.it
Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (Civic Data Coop)
The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative (LCR CDC) is a data governance project funded by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) and hosted by the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool.
Judge Profiles
Access data on immigration judges, including cases, backlogs, grant rates, and removal statistics
Bulk Texting and Whatsapp on MyCamino
Mobile Pathways MyCamino platform equips immigration nonprofits with cutting edge mobile technology so immigrants know their legal rights.
Citizenshipworks
Making the path to citizenship easy and affordable
Immigration Advocates Network
Harnessing the power of technology and collaboration to support immigrants and their allies.
Bluesky
We’re building an open foundation for the social internet so that we can all shape its future.
Pathfinder (analytics platform)
Built with precision and purpose by Mobile Pathways, Pathfinder is a secure analytics and insights platform uniquely designed for and tested with immigration attorneys, paralegals, and accredited representatives.
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
"An official website of the United States government" but mostly an embedded X feed
GitLab Foundation
Improving people’s lifetime earnings through access to opportunities.
The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
By Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein
Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance (GETTING-Plurality)
A multi-disciplinary research network linking philosophers, social scientists, computer scientists, legal scholars, and technologists.
Federal Taxpayer Receipt
The Federal Taxpayer Receipt provides American taxpayers with an itemized receipt that estimates how your tax dollars are spent by the government based on how much you paid in taxes.
Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast
The Nonviolent Action Lab Podcast brings you the latest research, insights, and ideas on how nonviolent action can — or sometimes fails — to transform injustice.
Prosocial Media
We propose an alternative platform model that the social fabric an explicit output as well as input. By E. Glen Weyl, Luke Thorburn, Emillie de Keulenaar, Jacob Mchangama, Divya Siddarth, Audrey Tang
Nonviolent Action Lab
The Nonviolent Action Lab is an innovation hub for activists, researchers, and supporters who share common goals around defending and advancing democracy worldwide through civil resistance — protests, demonstrations, and other actions.
Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarization with research and field-building.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Harvard’s hub for research and teaching on democracy
Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University
Founded in 2021 with Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University serves a global community committed to improving public management, leadership, and governance.
The Institutional Data Initiative at Harvard Law School Library
Strengthening society’s connection to knowledge by advancing our access to and understanding of the data that shapes AI.
AI and Democracy Movements Project
The AI and Democracy Movements Project explores the impacts of AI on the strategy, operations, and outcomes of pro-democratic social movements.