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Incubators

Growth and mentorship are important aspects that could make a difference in the process of changing and creating impact. These incubators provide the resources needed to transform ideas into successful civic tech initiatives.

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Mozilla Foundation Incubator
mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-do/grantmaking/incubator

Mozilla Foundation Incubator

Bridging a critical gap in funding to help values-driven tech thrive

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA
since 2025
Build something, Incubators, Get funding
Cultural Memory Lab
grayarea.org/initiative/cultural-memory-lab

Cultural Memory Lab

An incubator empowering community-based archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations to explore decentralized strategies for preserving collective memory.

435 Brannan St, San Francisco, California
since 2025
Incubators, Archives, Decentralization
culture
Gray Area
grayarea.org

Gray Area

Gray Area is a San Francisco-based nonprofit cultural incubator.

San Francisco
since 2008
Build something, Incubators
culture
kinstruct
kinstruct.co

kinstruct

Kinstruct is a scaffolding for participatory projects, helping communities and grassroots groups pool resources, share progress transparently, and build collective impact.

Baltimore, MD
since 2023
Build something, Incubators
Data Futures Lab
mozillafoundation.org/en/data-futures-lab

Data Futures Lab

The Data Futures Lab is an experimental space for instigating new approaches to data stewardship challenges.

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA
Funders & donors, Incubators
Escuela Política y de Liderazgo Público
almacivica.org/programas/escuela-politica-y-de-liderazgo-publico

Escuela Política y de Liderazgo Público

La Escuela Política y de Liderazgo Público está conformada por Academias que buscan brindar herramientas personales, teóricas y prácticas a personas con vocación de servicio público interesadas en tra...

Asunción, Paraguay
Incubators, Supporting public sector from outside government
trainings
North Korea Information Technology Incubator (NKITI)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaGp96ALLj9gKcJYcHwDFSF1A3QD9c9kU-NVHZOoFhGgLOdw/viewform

North Korea Information Technology Incubator (NKITI)

Created by NetFreedom Pioneers, the NKITI is designed to lower the entry barriers for technical individuals and organizations seeking to develop new information access solutions for the DPRK, and to s...

California
since 2024
Incubators, Connectivity, Circumvention tech
Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)
ai.gov.uk

Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)

The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government

10 Downing Street
since 2023
Govtech, Incubators, Emerging tech
United Kingdom (government)
Smart Futures Lab
smartfutureslab.com

Smart Futures Lab

Powered by the University of Colorado Denver, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, and Innosphere Ventures, the Smart Futures Lab will provide a business incubator and accelerator for companies looking for...

Denver
since 2023
Incubators, Accelerators, Build something
The Opportunity Project for Cities
centreforpublicimpact.org/north-america/government-innovation/the-opportunity-project-for-cities-topcities

The Opportunity Project for Cities

The Opportunity Project for Cities puts open data to work. We bring together governments, community leaders, and tech volunteers to address local challenges through the power of open data and communit...

Civic data, Incubators
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Dark Data Project
darkdataproject.org

Dark Data Project

The Dark Data Project helps organizations uncover, deobfuscate, semantify and analyze problematic datasets

Toronto
Data schemas and standards, Data science for social good, Data governance
Giving Tech Labs
giving.tech

Giving Tech Labs

Our journey of 5 years delivering positive social impact with technology for the public interest – Tech4PI.

Incubators
Chad Innovation Hub
chadinnovation.org

Chad Innovation Hub

Tech hub empowering youth through innovation, entrepreneurship, Civic tech, SDG and Tech4good in Africa

Chad (Tchad) 🇹🇩
Hubs, Incubators
Digital Infrastructure Incubator
incubator.codeforscience.org/?ref=Blogpost

Digital Infrastructure Incubator

Supporting open source project leaders implementing best practices in sustainability, governance, and community health.

Adjacent Fields, Decentralization, Incubators
Halcyon Incubator
web.archive.org/web/20170215103451/http://www.halcyonincubator.org:80/application

Halcyon Incubator

We are seeking social entrepreneurs who have bold ideas to solve some of the most pressing global challenges and are willing to translate their passion and beliefs into a tangible model to empower soc...

since 2014
Build something, Incubators, The People
Small Media
smallmedia.org.uk

Small Media

Small Media is a London-based action lab, providing digital research, training and advocacy solutions to support the work of civil society actors that provides assistance to at-risk communities global...

London
Adjacent Fields, Build something, Digital security and privacy
Civichub
civichub.org

Civichub

A 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...

Garrotxa, Spain
Build something, Incubators, The People
youth
CivTechSA
civtech-sa.com

CivTechSA

The Innovation Bridge Between the City of San Antonio and its Residents

110 E Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78205
Build something, Fellowships, Find a job or hire someone
Factory 619
factory619.com

Factory 619

We are a Tech & Innovation Hub located in Tunis and operating all over the world. Our aim is to create, and co-found ventures in E-Health, Gaming, Blockchain & Digital Transformation.

66 Avenue Salah Ben Youssef, Tunis, Tunisia
Build something, Hubs, In-person meetings
Fundación Karisma
karisma.org.co

Fundación Karisma

Organización de la sociedad civil que trabaja en la promoción de los derechos humanos en el mundo digital

Transversal 22a #59-44, Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Adjacent Fields, Build something, Digital security and privacy
Digital Undivided
digitalundivided.com

Digital Undivided

BLACK AND LATINX WOMEN FOUNDERS + THEIR BIG IDEAS AND HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES + OUR TRAINING, NETWORK, AND ACCESS TO FUNDING = SOMETHING THE STARTUP WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE

50 Hurt Plaza Southeast, Atlanta, GA 30303
since 2013
Adjacent Fields, Diversity & Inclusion, Foundational layers
racial equity, Latinx
Catalyst by Blue Ridge Labs
labs.robinhood.org/build/catalyst

Catalyst by Blue Ridge Labs

Where technologists and communities work together to explore and build new solutions for New Yorkers

150 Court St Brooklyn, NY 11201
since 2015
Build something, Incubators, The People
Lab'ess
labess.tn

Lab'ess

LE LAB’ESS, PREMIER INCUBATEUR TUNISIEN DE PROJETS À IMPACT SOCIAL ET ENVIRONNEMENTAL

7 Rue du Docteur Alphonse Laveran, Tunis, Tunisia
Build something, Incubators, The People
BeeSpace
web.archive.org/web/20170628022209/https://beespace.org

BeeSpace

Beespace is a private operating foundation working to advance meaningful innovation for social change.

since 2013
Build something, Incubators, The People
Jigsaw
jigsaw.google.com

Jigsaw

How can technology make people in the world safer?

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Adjacent Fields, Build something, Digital security and privacy
Google
The CivicLab
civiclab.us

The CivicLab

Innovating for democracy

United States of America 🇺🇸
Accelerators, Civic and social impact companies, Civic hacking meetups
workshops
Epp Peace Incubator
uwaterloo.ca/centre-peace-advancement/epp-peace-incubator

Epp Peace Incubator

Advancing peace through social innovation

140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON, Canada
since 2016
Build something, Incubators
the Centre For Innovation & Technology
cite.org.zw

the Centre For Innovation & Technology

we provide an open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to...

45 Moffat Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Build something, Mainstream media coverage, Incubators
SIM|ED
safelab.socialwork.columbia.edu/node/212

SIM|ED

SIM|ED is a tech incubator housed in the SAFElab at Columbia University School of Social Work.

Columbia University, New York, NY
Build something, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
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