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Civic Tech Field Guide

The Civic Tech Field Guide is the world’s largest collection of projects using tech for the common good.

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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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The more we can cover costs, the better we can serve you with open resources. Can you chip in to keep Field Guide Friday going? You can now support the Field Guide via credit card, bank transfer, Venmo, Google and Apple Pay, gift cards, crypto, stocks, or mutual funds. The Civic Tech Field Guide is a 501(c)3 nonprofit project. Our funding comes entirely from modest foundation grants and donations from this community. Your contribution helps us grow and improve the democracy tech sector by directly contributing to operating costs, like hosting and improving the Field Guide. Your donation, no matter the amount, has an immediate on our ability to provide you open knowledge resources. From jobs to fundraising opportunities to new tools, we strive to interconnect this field at a global level, and quite simply can't do it without you.
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Happy 9th Birthday, Civic Tech Field Guide!

Our global directory of democracy tech has just turned 9 years old! From our humble spreadsheet origins in April 2016 to today’s tech-fueled dystopia, the Civic Tech Field Guide has been your companion along the way. Keeping track of all the civic apps, sharing who’s doing what, and generally growing the field in a productive direction. Will you get us a birthday cupcake? $5 buys us a fancy cupcake $25 gets a cake for sharing $250 says, "forget cake, let's rage"
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