Civic Tech Field Guide
The Civic Tech Field Guide is the world’s largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.
The Civic Tech Field Guide is an independent project led by its Curator, Matt Stempeck. You can learn about the motivation for this project here.
The Field Guide was conceived in early 2016 by Micah Sifry, co-founder of Civic Hall, Stempeck, and Erin Simpson, then at Civic Hall Labs. This team created the first edition of the Field Guide.
After this initial prototype gained considerable traction and validated the need for the resource, Stempeck developed the project into a full directory in 2018 under the auspices of Civic Hall with support from Knight Foundation, Luminate, and Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Today, the Civic Tech Field Guide is the most comprehensive collection of tech projects for the public interest and democracy, anywhere. Its continued success is thanks to the ongoing leadership by Stempeck and a growing community of contributors.
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Celebrate 10 years of the Civic Tech Field Guide
Ten years ago, we sequestered ourselves in a little office and plastered hundreds of post-it notes all over the wall and windows, trying to map this dang field of ours. We came up with our core taxonomy by looking at existing things only — no top-down worldview of what we thought the field should be. From those humble spreadsheet-of-apps beginnings to today's overflowing global resource, I’m proud to have kept this free resource going for so long, and grateful to everyone who’s helped improved it along the way. It’s been a labor of love, for sure, but we’ve created something genuinely useful. (Sorry for all the open tabs 😳). Can you bring a birthday cupcake? $5 buys us a fancy cupcake
$25 gets a cake for sharing
$250 says, "forget cake, let's rage"
- Raised
- $130
- Next milestone
- $150
4 supporters
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Happy 10th Birthday to the Civic Tech Field Guide!
Ten years ago, we sequestered ourselves in a little office and plastered hundreds of post-it notes all over the wall and windows, trying to map this dang field of ours. We came up with our core taxonomy by looking at existing things only — no top-down worldview of what we thought the field should be. From those humble spreadsheet-of-apps beginnings to today's overflowing global resource, I’m proud to have kept this free resource going for so long, and grateful to everyone who’s helped improved it along the way. It’s been a labor of love, for sure, but we’ve created something genuinely useful. (Sorry for all the open tabs 😳). Can you bring a birthday cupcake? $5 buys us a fancy cupcake
$25 gets a cake for sharing
$250 says, "forget cake, let's rage"
$95 raised
4 supporters
This fundraiser has ended
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