Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
CITRIS – Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
Maidan Monitoring Information Center
Maidan Monitoring Information Center is a non-government non-profit civic organization that cares for societal security in Ukraine, which is achieved through public dialogue, improving the culture of communication and reducing the level of violence in society.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
Million Dollar Blocks
Illinois allocates an incredible amount of money to incarcerate people from Chicago's poorest neighborhoods — sometimes millions for residents on individual city blocks. There are more effective ways to invest public dollars.
GovTech Singapore Digital Government Blueprint
The Digital Government Blueprint (DGB) is a statement of the Government’s ambition to better leverage data and harness new technologies, and to drive broader efforts to build a digital economy and digital society, in support of Smart Nation.
Acumen Academy (formerly Plus Acumen)
Offers world-class online courses that empower you to think differently, learn collaboratively and join a global community of learners and doers with a burning desire to change the world.
DecidimFest
DecidimFest is an intense 3-day program of activities devoted to the Decidim project, participatory democracy and open source tools for collective intelligence in the era of Global Democracy.
The Free Speech Project
The Free Speech Project at Georgetown University works to document and analyze the ways Free Speech is threatened in the United States through its flagship enterprise, the Free Speech Tracker, an online tool for monitoring Free Speech challenges and controversies in education, civil society, and government.
Doxbox Trustbot
The portable unit interviews users about the apps, services and digital providers they interact with, reveals what these providers know about their users, then tells the user stories about what the effects of this may be and provides recommendations regarding their level of trustworthiness, relating to the individual themselves and to other people who may be more or less impacted by the same use or misuse of the data that accumulates around their digital life.
Online News Association
The 2016 ONA Conference & Awards Banquet, Sept. 15-17
Harass Map
Based on the idea that if more people start taking action when sexual harassment happens in their presence, we can end this epidemic.
Constitution App
an ingenious tool that lets Zambian citizens participate in the country’s ongoing constitution-drafting process—effectively allowing almost any Zambian adult to help forge the nation.
Immi
Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organisations and self-help resources.
Integrity Watch France
User-friendly interactive databse that provides an ovierview of the register of interests of French MPs as well as Lobbying activities.
Javna Rasprava
Web platform for direct public participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina lawmaking, hosting public consultations and Q&A with parliamentarians, run by NGO U.G. "Zašto ne"
We Sign It
Découvrez We Sign It, la plateforme de création de pétitions en ligne. Wesign.it vous permet en quelques clics seulement de lancer votre pétition, de faire campagne et de mobiliser autour de vous.
DoSomething.org
Largest organization for social change volunteers and community service, with 6,000,000 members and counting.
TerriData
Open Data for indicators and information regarding Colombian land and territory.
Civic Hacker Summit
Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.
CoBudget
Cobudget makes it easy for organizations and groups to allocate funds collaboratively and transparently.
Outline VPN offered in Zimbabwe
CITE in Zimbabwe and Code for Africa have partnered to make Outline from Jigsaw available to news organisations and CSOs. It means VPN can be rolled out on their own servers to connect to the internet and keep communication private and safe.
Organizer
At Organizer, we strive to build the tools you need to make canvassing and field outreach efficient, effective, and accountable.
Aunt Meiyu
A Taiwanese developer Carol created a chatbot called Aunt Meiyu on popular messaging app LINE. Aunt Meiyu is designed to combat disinformation circulated in private chat group, especially family chat groups
Remix
A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.
The San Diego Foundation
The San Diego Foundation is a community resource that improves San Diegans’ quality of life by creating equity and ensuring opportunities in the region.
Steps to Justice
Steps to Justice provides users with step-by-step legal information, practical tools, and referral information for legal and social services across Ontario.
Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter
HeLawyer
HeLawyer provides legal information and access to lawyers through an Android application, SMS, phone call and Whatsapp.
SONYC Sounds of New York City
SONYC is currently seeking citizen scientists to help address NYC’s noise by annotating audio clips for our machine learning technology.
Muenchen Transparent
Münchens Stadtpolitik einfach erklärt. Aktuelle Entscheidungen und Dokumente im alternativen Ratsinformationssystem.
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation's mission, unchanged since 1913, is to improve the well-being of humanity around the world.
Flare
Flare is an app that aggregates public and privately owned ambulance companies into an interface for patients and hospitals
Neighborly
Neighborly delivers access, efficiency and transparency to borrowing communities and investors in the municipal bond market.
Code for Pakistan
To bring together civic-minded software developers to use technology to innovate in public services, by creating open source solutions to address the needs of citizens
NYC Public Engagement Unit
The Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit (PEU) proactively connects New Yorkers to key City services, like housing and healthcare.
Consider.it
A web forum that elevates your community's opinions. Civil and organized discussion even when hundreds of stakeholders participate.
Civic Tech Toronto
Civic Tech Toronto is a vibrant and diverse community of Torontonians engaged in understanding and creating solutions for civic challenges through technology, design, and other innovative means.
Civic I/O Mayors Summit
Every year, mayors from around the country gather at the Civic I/O Mayors Summit at SXSW. The summit is a time to bring together city leaders, entrepreneurs, and provocative thinkers in order to learn from one another and engage in the premier destination for discovery.
Center for Civic Innovation
The Center for Civic Innovation focuses on improving the efficiency of public organizations and increasing civic participation. We are Atlanta's City Lab.
New America Resilient Mesh Wireless initiative
The Resilient Mesh Wireless project is a series of local networks serving small businesses combined with community-based trainings in Sandy-affected areas.
City Innovation survey and map
Explore how cities around the world are applying innovation methods to tackle their tough challenges
Factmata
Empowering everyone with a better understanding of content.
CrowdPAC
Start a new political campaign and begin crowdfunding in minutes. Support candidates and causes you agree with. Crowdpac is your home for impacting politics.
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.
Climate Primaries
Greenpeace's climate report card that encourages users to thank or shame candidates based on their position