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Tools, tech, and resources to help you build civic tech.

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The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
arxiv.org/abs/2402.18774

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

Carnegie Mellon University
since 2024
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Playbooks and design principles
guides
We the Builders (alt USDS)
wethebuilders.org

We the Builders (alt USDS)

Here, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts y...

Washington, DC
since 2025
Building inside government, Build something, Narrative tech
Project 2025, labor
Datack agency
datack.com

Datack agency

Datack is an activation agency that supports organizations, leveraging digital, creativity and data to meet their objectives.

Paris
Civic and social impact companies, Building in the private sector, Build something
To Community
to.community

To Community

To Community is a set of strategies for bonding companies to communities. It’s also an open research program on how to transition society to new forms of community ownership and governance.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Data governance, Build something, Building in the private sector
coop
Capacitate
capacitate.co.za

Capacitate

Capacitate Social Solutions is a social enterprise that was established in 2015 to support stakeholders across the social and green economy and drive innovation for impact.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Social impact design firms, Govtech vendors, Build something
Skvare LLC
skvare.com

Skvare LLC

Helping Others Help Others

Austin, TX
Nonprofit tech, Build something, Building in the private sector
USWDS + Tailwind
uswds-tailwind.com

USWDS + Tailwind

A modern rewrite that hopes to make it a bit easier for federal product teams to adopt, adapt, and extend the USWDS.

since 2024
Govtech, Build something, Building inside government
AI for Changemakers
techtotherescue.org/ai-for-changemakers

AI for Changemakers

A global accelerator for AI innovators and nonprofits working to solve the world’s pressing challenges.

Poland (Polska) 🇵🇱
Artificial Intelligence, Accelerators, Build something
Climate action, Good health and well-being, Quality education
Plaza Cívica
plazacivica.pe

Plaza Cívica

We empower communities to actively engage with their governments in decision-making through technology, design, communication, and research, driving better public services and enhancing citizen partic...

Peru 🇵🇪
Build something, Civic apps outfits, Watchdogging and transparency
Access to Information Community of Practice
Terner Labs
ternerlabs.org

Terner Labs

Terner Labs scales critical housing innovations at the intersection of equity, affordability, and sustainability.

Berkeley, CA
Build something, Building in the private sector, Accelerators
housing
Congruent Software Inc
congruentsoft.com/nonprofit-it-consulting.aspx

Congruent Software Inc

Maximize your mission impact through technology. Let us help you harness its power.

Bellevue, WA
Nonprofit tech, Build something, Building in the private sector
Business Model Sustainability Toolkit
sustainabilitytoolkit.digitalprinciples.org

Business Model Sustainability Toolkit

Guidance, tools, and case studies to help digital product/service owners and advisors in the aid sector design sustainable business models.

United Nations Foundation
Build something
Hack Club
hackclub.com

Hack Club

Hack Club gives teens time, space and engineering mentorship to code projects they care about and learn technical skills that build and protect democracy

Build something, Meet the others, In-person meetings
youth, students
Rising Stars
nets4dem.eu/rising-stars-mentorship-support

Rising Stars

Do you need help launching or enhancing a participatory program? Apply for expert mentoring support provided by the Nets4Dem network in Horizon Europe Area!

Berlin
Build something, Participatory democracy, Engagement tech
Democratic Innovations Accelerator
nets4dem.eu/democratic-innovations-accelerator

Democratic Innovations Accelerator

DIA will select 40 participants to receive free capacity-building assistance and support for launching or improving innovative participatory programs in the European Union (EU) and Horizon Europe coun...

Berlin
since 2024
Participatory democracy, Accelerators, Build something
Energy ID
green-coding.io/projects/energy-id

Energy ID

Energy ID benchmarks open source software for energy, CO2, and Green Software Foundation's SCI metrics using the Green Metrics Tool.

Berlin
Report cards and audits, Build something, Carbon calculators
Climate action, Affordable and clean energy
Cloud Energy
green-coding.io/projects/cloud-energy

Cloud Energy

Our Machine Learning model for energy measurement in the cloud, for both virtualized and bare metal environments.

Berlin
Build something, Report cards and audits, Carbon calculators
Climate action, Affordable and clean energy
Eco CI
green-coding.io/projects/eco-ci

Eco CI

Eco-CI calculates the energy consumption of your CI/CD environments, supporting GitHub and GitLab.

Berlin
Build something, Report cards and audits, Carbon calculators
Climate action, Affordable and clean energy, Responsible consumption and production
Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST)
wearecast.org.uk

Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST)

We are a charity helping organisations use digital for social good

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Nonprofit tech, Build something
Bocoup
bocoup.com

Bocoup

We partner with tech companies, nonprofits, and other institutions on projects that promote a more just digital landscape for all users.

Massachusetts
since 2010
Social impact design firms, Build something, Building in the private sector
SocialLab
sociallab.ai

SocialLab

Innovative Intelligence for Social Good

Tallinn
since 2014
Social impact design firms, Build something, Building in the private sector
Capellic
capellic.com

Capellic

We build durable, impactful websites for world-changing nonprofits.

San Diego, CA
Social impact design firms, Build something, Building in the private sector
Political Leadership Entrepreneur Network (PLEN)
apolitical.foundation/plen

Political Leadership Entrepreneur Network (PLEN)

The movement building better leaders for better democracies

Berlin
Peer networks, Build something
Participant Advisory Council
navapbc.com/toolkits/how-to-build-a-participant-advisory-council

Participant Advisory Council

Learn how to bolster your user research and design more effective services by forming a participant advisory council.

since 2022
User research, User research groups, Build something
TechRise
techrise.co

TechRise

Where Chicago's historically underrepresented tech founders find the funding, knowledge, and networks to help your business thrive.

Chicago, IL
Accelerators, Build something, Building in the private sector
Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT)
new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/responsible-design-development-deployment

Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT)

Supports research, implementation and education projects involving multi-sector teams that focus on the responsible design, development or deployment of technologies.

Alexandria, VA
since 2024
Get funding, Funders & donors, Ethical tech and responsible tech
United States (federal government)
Voca
voca.city

Voca

Open SaaS & hosting service for Decidim

Geneva, Switzerland
Engagement tech, Digital participation platforms, Participation consultants
Decidim, People Powered, WhatsApp
fAIrLAC
fairlac.iadb.org/en/emprendimiento

fAIrLAC

Self-assessment and other resources to help entrepreneurs incorporate AI ethical principles into their technological solutions of entrepreneurs from seed stages to those who export their technologies...

Washington, DC
Accelerators, Build something, Ethical tech and responsible tech
Radicle
radicle.xyz

Radicle

Radicle is a sovereign peer-to-peer network for code collaboration, built on top of Git.

General purpose open source tools, Build something, Decentralization
Drips
drips.network

Drips

A decentralized toolkit for funding your critical software dependencies.

General purpose open source tools, Fundraising tools, Build something
Borde (Edge)
borde.mx

Borde (Edge)

dedicated to deconstructing representative or audience democracy and building a liquid and participatory democracy through interactive communication tools, political articulation and co-creation metho...

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Civic apps outfits, Build something
Gender Equality
chatbot.team
chatbot.team

chatbot.team

Chatbot.team is a conversational messaging platform that offers chatbot development services for businesses of all sizes.

Gurugram
Chat and messaging, Bots, Artificial Intelligence
commercial
Open Tech Strategies
opentechstrategies.com

Open Tech Strategies

Open source dev shop that has built solutions for clients like Socrata, Case Commons, and major nonprofits

United States of America 🇺🇸
Build something, Building in the private sector
A Beginner’s Guide to Finding User Needs: A Practical Guide to User Research Methods
urbook.fordes.de

A Beginner’s Guide to Finding User Needs: A Practical Guide to User Research Methods

A free/libre book about UX research with qualitative methods on user motivations, activities, and problems, by Jan Dittrich

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
since 2015
User research, Build something
books
Demhack - хакатон в области цифровых прав
demhack.org

Demhack - хакатон в области цифровых прав

Онлайн-хакатон для специалистов в области IT, анализа данных, кибербезопасности, дизайнеров, цифровых художников, исследователей, интернет-активистов и журналистов. Главные темы хакатона - приватность...

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
Digital rights, Civic hackathons, Build something
Ovio
ovio.org

Ovio

Your Matchmaker Between GitHub Projects And Talented Contributors

San Francisco
Build something, Open source developer networks, Pro bono and volunteer
Populate
populate.tools

Populate

We are a small digital studio doing product design, implementation, and new projects.

Madrid (Spain)
since 2015
Social impact design firms, Civic apps outfits, Building in the private sector
Gobierto
gobierto.es

Gobierto

Design of digital services for public administration with people and data at the center

Spain (España) 🇪🇸
Govtech vendors, Govtech, Build something
Campaign Lab (organization)
campaignlab.uk

Campaign Lab (organization)

Building the case for an evidence-based approach to campaigning for the progressive ecosystem in the UK.

London
since 2018
Advocacy tech, Organize campaigns, Evidence-driven campaigning
partisan
Public Works Office
publicworksoffice.com

Public Works Office

PwO is a technical consultancy that specializes in 0->1 product development and technology enablement in complex stakeholder environments, frequently touching government or the built environment, and...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2023
Build something, Building in the private sector, Govtech vendors
Phineo Startups Democracy Crisis Innovation Accelerator
phineo-startups.org/program/democracy-crisis

Phineo Startups Democracy Crisis Innovation Accelerator

In our accelerator program, we will guide you for 5 months to turn your idea into reality.

Berlin
since 2023
Accelerators, Build something, Building in the private sector
Parity Lab
paritylab.org

Parity Lab

We Accelerate Innovations That Address Violence Against Women

Hyderabad
Build something, Accelerators
Gender Equality, domestic violence
OSLabs
opensourcelabs.io

OSLabs

OSLabs is a nonprofit tech accelerator devoted to furthering high-impact open source software within a collaborative community of dedicated engineers and mentors.

Accelerators, Civic hackathons, Build something
Opendream
opendream.co.th/en

Opendream

We create Sustainable Social Impact with Technology

Bangkok, Thailand
Civic apps outfits, Build something
PUNCHUP
punchup.world

PUNCHUP

We create meaningful conversation with data + design + story.

No. 1 Building, 6th Floor, Soi Patpong, 1 Surawong Rd, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
Social impact design firms, Build something, Civic data
Calling all Black feminist organizations for no-fee tech and data support
theengineroom.org/calling-all-black-feminist-organizations-for-no-fee-tech-and-data-support

Calling all Black feminist organizations for no-fee tech and data support

Though Black women are at the forefront of some of the most important social justice movements of our time, leading extraordinary initiatives with commitment and creativity, most of the time they are...

since 2023
Pro bono and volunteer, Build something
racial equity, Gender Equality
Albus
albus.org

Albus

"Albus is an AI powered brainstorming tool that allows you to explore topics in depth. Helps prompt ideas so you can expand your knowledge with a mind map style visuals. Great for education and resear...

Generative AI, Build something, Artificial Intelligence
Exygy
exygy.com

Exygy

We partner with social impact organizations to design and build technology that improves lives.

San Francisco
since 2003
Social impact design firms, Build something, Govtech vendors
Growing & Sustaining African Civic Tech
funding.civictech.africa

Growing & Sustaining African Civic Tech

A Playbook for learning about funding and financing options for the African civic technology community.

South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika) 🇿🇦
since 2023
Build something, Fieldwide resources, Reports
reports
Clean Insights
cleaninsights.org

Clean Insights

Clean Insights is focused on answering key questions about user usage patterns without enabling invasive surveillance of all user habits. It provides methods for user interactions that are ultimately...

Build something, Digital security and privacy, Adjacent Fields
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