Discover the world's largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
Association Maidi
Madagascar Initiatives for Digital Innovation est une association à but non lucratif régie par l'Ordonnance n°60-133 du 03 octobre 1960.
Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims
Brookings report: Using a combination of analytical methods – including natural language processing, machine learning, and manual classifying – this research provided the first overarching assessment of the role that popular political podcasting plays in spreading unsubstantiated and false claims.
IT for Change
IT for Change is an NGO based in Bengaluru, India. IT for Change aims for a society in which digital technologies contribute to human rights, social justice and equity.
Own Your Data Foundation
We equip every individual with the tools they need to live a safe, protected, and informed digital life.
Namma Mahiti Kendras
IT for Change’s Namma Mahiti Kendras are ICT-enabled information centers that aim to break down the barriers to citizens’ right-claiming processes.
All Tech Is Human Tech & Democracy report
All Tech Is Human’s Tech & Democracy report addresses key issues and best practices in the field, and highlights a diverse range of individuals working in the field (across civil society, government, industry, academia, and entrepreneurship).
Movement School
We aim to translate activist power into political power by changing how we develop campaign leadership.
Free Law Project
Free Law Project is the leading nonprofit using software, data, and advocacy to make the legal ecosystem more equitable and competitive.
UN Mappers
UN Mappers is a community of mapping enthusiasts collaborating to collect, validate and disseminate geospatial open data in areas where the United Nations carries out field operations with the goal of supporting the decision-making process with more accurate location-based data.
Energia Foundation
The Energia Foundation's work centers around organizing large-scale demonstrations, experiences, and proof-of-concept installations that can easily translate into organized institutions to create long-lasting, sustainable change.
vc-ed (Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force)
The Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force will explore the use of Verifiable Credentials that represent education, employment, and achievement credentials
Digital Credentials Consortium
We are building an infrastructure for digital academic credentials that can support the education systems of the future.
Black Voices in the Public Sphere Fellowship
Boston Review’s Black Voices in the Public Sphere Fellowship is designed to prepare and support a more diverse generation of journalists, editors, and publishers.
Центральноазиатская медиапрограмма MediaCAMP Award Central Asia
"Journalists and bloggers in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan can enter this contest." - International Journalists' Network
National Science Foundation's Smart & Connected Communities Virtual Organization
Pushing the Boundaries of Scientific Innovation to Create a Smarter, Sustainable, and Resilient Future for Communities
Hatemeter
Hate speech tool for monitoring, analysing and tackling Anti-Muslim hatred online
The Wilson Center's Technology Labs
Core science and tech policy trainings open to US government staff
Wilson Center
Since 1968, our nonpartisan insight and analysis has helped power the decisions of policymakers, civic leaders, and the general public across a wide spectrum of beliefs and backgrounds.
THING Tank
If you are new to low-cost and open hardware and open science, start your exploration with the introduction to low-cost and open source tools toolkit!
Serious Games Initiative
The Serious Games Initiative communicates science and policy complexities through the world’s most dynamic medium: gaming.
Is That Even Legal? A guide for builders experimenting with data governance
What builders in Germany, India, Kenya, and the United States need to know when experimenting with new approaches to data governance
NYC FloodNet
Real-time flood sensors were developed by the FloodSense project at NYU and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), with a goal of providing information on the presence, frequency, and depth of hyperlocal street-level flood events to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, government agencies, citizens, emergency response teams, community advocacy groups, and researchers.
Environmental Justice Index Explorer
The Environmental Justice Index (EJI) scores census tracts using a percentile ranking which represents the proportion of tracts that experience cumulative impacts of environmental burden and injustice equal to or lower than a tract of interest.
Colorado Broadband Hub
The Colorado Broadband Office (CBO) leads the statewide effort to expand broadband coverage and quality for all Coloradans and coordinates all broadband efforts for Colorado.
City of Seattle Digital Equity Grants
2023 applications for digital equity grant opportunities from the City of Seattle are now open for organizations and community groups looking to help close the digital divide. This year, the City is offering $545,000 for qualifying projects with Technology Matching Fund (TMF) grants.
Center for Human Services Research at University at Albany SUNY
CHSR is dedicated to developing empirically-based knowledge to improve the design and delivery of services that address social issues and meet community needs in the Capital region, across New York State, and across the United States.
Environmental Defense Fund
We are Environmental Defense Fund, the organization that is all-in on climate — the greatest challenge of our time. Our game-changing solutions put people at the center of all we do.
Response Innovation Lab Uganda
The Uganda Response Innovation Lab (Uganda RIL) was founded in 2018 by Save the Children Uganda. The main objective of the lab is to support the humanitarian response to 1.4 million refugees from eight East African countries, mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, and their host communities across 13 districts in the country through innovative approaches, systems, technologies and products.
Elixir
A platform to consolidate emergency medical needs across a country, create aid packages of medicines and supplies, centralize supplier quotations, select most cost-effective supplier, and match donors willing to fund aid packages.
Code for Sri Lanka
The vision of Code for Sri Lanka is to improve the technology that runs Sri Lanka by voluntarily helping government organizations to digitally transform in alignment with the vision for a digital Sri Lanka.
School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
School of Geography and Environment, a university department known for its research and teaching in the field of geography and environmental studies, along with its affiliated research centers and networks.
Who owns what in NYC?
Use this free tool from JustFix to research your building and investigate landlords! We use property ownership mapping to identify a landlord's portfolio
Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development
The mission of ANHD is to build community power to win affordable housing and thriving, equitable neighborhoods for all New Yorkers
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap activation Turkey earthquake
With this mapathon, the UN Mappers community wants to join the efforts of the NGO Yer Çizenler and the OpenStreetMap community to map buildings and roads in the area.
SDG.careers
Discover social impact jobs supporting the Sustainable Development Goals at mission-driven organizations.
The People’s Database for Community-Based Police Accountability
A Berkeley Copwatch + WITNESS Initiative
SPRIN-D
The Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND is creating spaces for innovators, where they can take risks and think radically different.
Civic Listening Corps
The CLC is a volunteer network of individuals trained to monitor for, critically evaluate, and report misinformation on diverse topics central to our civic life: voting, elections, public health, civil rights, and other important issues.
Research Excellence Framework Impact case study database
"Documents put together by university departments that attempt to explain the reach of their research beyond academia."
Junkipedia
Junkipedia is designed to centralize the collection of problematic content so that everyone with a stake in solving this problem can benefit from a shared understanding of what threats exist and how to respond to them.
NYU Public Safety Lab
Using data + social science to support communities' efforts to improve equity and efficiency in public safety outcomes
Algorithmic Transparency Institute
The Algorithmic Transparency Institute builds technology, gathers data, and generates insights to support research, journalism, and advocacy organizations.
Sovereign Tech Agency
Strengthening Digital Infrastructure and Open Source Ecosystems in the Public Interest
Hearken
Hearken's consulting and engagement platforms help newsrooms, companies, and organizations engage their audience or community.