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Learn more about the [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs UN Sustainable Development Goals].  Trying to figure out which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the best fit for your product?  The [http://sdgfunders.org/wizard/ SDG Indicator Wizard] can help.   
 
Learn more about the [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs UN Sustainable Development Goals].  Trying to figure out which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the best fit for your product?  The [http://sdgfunders.org/wizard/ SDG Indicator Wizard] can help.   
 
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:           [http://www.link-sf.com/ Link-SF]  
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Learn More:           [http://www.link-sf.com/ Link-SF]  
  
  
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'''FarmRaiser'''
 
'''FarmRaiser'''
  
Their Mission:         Partner with local farmers and food artisans to get amazing products at great prices for your next fundraiser  
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Their Mission:         Partner with local farmers and food artisans to get amazing products at great prices for your next fundraiser.
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:           [https://www.farmraiser.com/ FarmRaiser]  [https://vimeo.com/260145503 video]
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Learn More:           [https://www.farmraiser.com/ FarmRaiser]
  
  
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Founder(s):           [https://www.joinpropel.com/ Propel] (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)
 
Founder(s):           [https://www.joinpropel.com/ Propel] (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)
  
Languages:              English, Spanish  
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Languages:              English, Spanish  
  
 
Learn More:            [http://www.freshebt.com/ FreshEBT]
 
Learn More:            [http://www.freshebt.com/ FreshEBT]
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'''Fresh Food Connect'''
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'''Fresh Food Connect'''  
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Their Mission:         Help urban growers easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home
 
Their Mission:         Help urban growers easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:           [http://freshfoodconnect.org/ Fresh Food Connect]  [https://vimeo.com/260145503 video]
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Learn More:           [http://freshfoodconnect.org/ Fresh Food Connect]
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Giving Garden''' provides microclimate growing recommendations and an online community platform for knowledge and produce sharing. Through their app, they bring local food and gardening into the 21st century.
 
 
Their Mission:         Grow communities around food and food around communities
 
 
 
Location:               United States
 
 
 
Learn More:            [https://givinggarden.io/ Giving Garden]  [https://twitter.com/GivingGardenIO/  twitter]  [https://vimeo.com/315588020 video]
 
  
  
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Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States
 
Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States
  
Learn More:           [https://www.planetmurple.com/ Planet Murple]  [https://twitter.com/PlanetMurple/  twitter]  [https://vimeo.com/193842768 video]
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Learn More:           [http://www.planetmurple.com/ Planet Murple]
  
  
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Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S.A.]  
 
Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S.A.]  
  
Learn More:           [http://www.rangeapp.org Range]
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'''Replate''' matches extra food with food insecure communities in need. Replate enables charities and hungry individuals to recover food donations from catered events based on their needs and location.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Reduce food waste and food insecurity in the community
 
 
 
Founder(s):           Maen Mafoud
 
  
Learn More:           [https://www.re-plate.org/ Replate]  [https://twitter.com/replateyourmeal twitter]  [https://vimeo.com/287615355 video]
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Learn More:           [http://www.rangeapp.org Range]
  
  
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Their Mission:         Help food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from food surplus and organic waste
 
Their Mission:         Help food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from food surplus and organic waste
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Location:                Boston, Massachusetts
 
Location:                Boston, Massachusetts
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'''Anonymous Medical Social Network''' is a medical record hosting service, which allows for professionals to collaborate and keep track of their information while keeping their patients’ identity hidden.
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'''BeMyEyes'''
  
Their Mission:         Protect patient privacy
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Their Mission:         Connect blind and visually impaired people with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection
  
Founder(s):           Roberto Baldizón and Alexandra Goodwin
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [https://mysterious-headland-90957.herokuapp.com/ MD -Anonymous]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.bemyeyes.org/ BeMyEyes]
  
  
'''Atlas Run''' is the running app that gives back, with every mile you run raising money for charity.
 
  
Their Mission:         To develop a community which creates positive awareness around social & environmental issues and accelerates impactful change
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'''Break Zika App''' allows people to monitor and publish virus outbreaks onto a city map. It encourages reporting, treatment and sharing, and also helps identify mosquito carriers. The app partners with government agencies, which simplifies controls to take action by allowing all publications to be sent to a platform accessed by the public sector.
  
Learn More:            [https://atlasrun.com Atlas Run]  [https://vimeo.com/256025762 video]
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Their Mission:        Reduce the outbreak of dangerous viruses
  
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Founder(s):           Colab.re in partnership with various municipalities and government agencies across the world
  
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
  
'''Ava''' is a mobile app that provides captioned communications. Ava's voice recognition technology makes communication with 450 million people with hearing loss much easier.  
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Learn More:            [http://www.brasilsemdengue.org/home.htm/ Break Zika and download the App]
  
Their Mission:         Help organizations become fully inclusive and break down communication barriers between the deaf & hearing worlds
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.ava.me/ Ava]  [https://twitter.com/avascribe twitter]  [https://vimeo.com/320901220 video]
 
  
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'''Concrn app''' is a compassionate social service network and mobile app that connects people in need to volunteer responders trained in crisis intervention and mediation. It allows citizens to report someone having a mental health crisis. First responders such as firefighters, police, and paramedics will get a text message of the report, and app users will see an update message when a responder is on the way. The app helps alleviate the tension between law enforcement and local residents, which is a big problem locally and nationally.
  
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Their Mission:         Offer an alternative to calling 911 for many crisis situations
  
'''BeMyEyes'''
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Founder(s):           Jacob Savage and Neil Shah of Compassionate Response Network
  
Their Mission:        Connect blind and visually impaired people with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection
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Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [http://www.concrn.org/ Concrn]
  
Learn More:            [http://www.bemyeyes.org/ BeMyEyes] [http://twitter.com/bemyeyes twitter]
 
  
  
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'''Doctor D''' customizes recommendations regarding HIV & STD testing, HIV prevention, and vaccinations. The app empowers guys to stay on top of their sexual health.
  
'''Cognivive''' is building treatment games to ease the burden of stroke recovery. Cognivive develops products that provide targeted stimulation to specific cognitive processes to help improve important brain functions.
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Doctor D is made by David Ernst and Prevention Health Labs. Doctor D is based in the United States.
  
Their Mission:         Reduce patient recovery time and cost
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Their Mission:         Help men locate nearby sexual health services
  
Founder(s):           Tony J Simon, PhD and Ted Aronson
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Learn More:            [https://www.cognivive.com/ Cognivive]  [https://twitter.com/cognivive twitter]  [https://vimeo.com/315588019 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.askdoctordick.com/ Doctor D]
  
  
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Founder(s):           [http://www.ewg.org/ Environmental Working Group] app created by [http://exygy.com/ Exygy]
 
Founder(s):           [http://www.ewg.org/ Environmental Working Group] app created by [http://exygy.com/ Exygy]
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Location:                San Francisco, California
  
Learn More:            [http://www.ewg.org/apps/ Healthy Living App]  [http://www.ewg.org/ EWG]  [https://twitter.com/ewg EWG twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.ewg.org/apps/ Healthy Living App]
  
  
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Location:                United States, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom
 
Location:                United States, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom
  
Learn More:            [https://www.firstderm.com/ First Derm]  [http://twitter.com/FirstDerm twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://www.firstderm.com/ First Derm]
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Freeda''' uses a certification system focused on respect for gender and sexual diversity to develop a network of trust between businesses and customers
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide a collaborative platform to evaluate establishments based on their respect for sexual diversity and gender equality
 
 
 
Founder(s):           Barbara Arena, Gabriel Galli, Guilherme Gomes and Patrícia Becker
 
 
 
Learn More:            [http://freeda.me/ Freeda]  [https://www.facebook.com/freedalgbt facebook]
 
  
  
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Their Mission:         Make health and fitness activities more accessible to people
 
Their Mission:         Make health and fitness activities more accessible to people
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://givefit.net/ GiveFit] [http://twitter.com/Give_Fit twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://givefit.net/ GiveFit]
  
  
  
'''Know Before You Go''' is an app by Apptology which helps foster youth in the Los Angeles County to stay connected to info, people, and services.  
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'''Ottawa's Heart''' helps you to find the nearest defibrillator, submit new ones, and approve existing listings. Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills more than a 1,000 people each day, it is one of the leading causes of death. Defibrillators are easy to use, effective, and places all around, but being unable to find a defibrillator in an emergency decreases the chance of survival 7-10% every minute.
  
Their Mission:         To be a lifeline to resources, tools, supports, and advocates who know where and how to help
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Their Mission:         Help you and others save cardiac arrest victims
  
Founder(s):           [https://www.apptology.com/ Apptology]
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Founder(s):           David Rust-Smith, Phil Vanstone, and Nick Breen.
  
Location:                Los Angeles, California, United States
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Learn More:            [https://www.apptology.com/BeforeYouGo.html Know Before You Go]  [https://vimeo.com/287609940 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.smewebsites.com/ottawasheart/client/splash.html Ottawa's Heart]
  
  
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Founder(s):          Five university students brought together at the Stanford Medx Conference, and earned seed funding from Ashoka Youth Venture
 
Founder(s):          Five university students brought together at the Stanford Medx Conference, and earned seed funding from Ashoka Youth Venture
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Learn More:            [http://maiahealth.com/ Maia Health]
 
Learn More:            [http://maiahealth.com/ Maia Health]
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'''Medic Mobile''' helps to improve health in the hardest-to-reach communities. In collaboration with Community Health Toolkit (CHT), a collection of open-source technologies and open access resources, Medic Mobile works to advance universal health coverage.
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'''The Maya App''' is a streamlined and secure application designed specifically for busy doctors. The app lets you become a key part of a network of doctors with the latest in mobile health tools at their fingertips. They are all collaborating and sharing patient information, and helping to inform one another and the community around them on the challenges and breakthroughs affecting the health of their patients.
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Their Mission:         Create a more efficient and effective healthcare environment
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Founder(s):           [http://mayahealthnetwork.com// Maya Health Network]
  
Their Mission:        To deliver equitable care that reaches everyone
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Location:                United States
  
Founder(s):           Isaac Holeman
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Learn More:            [https://medicmobile.org Medic Mobile]  [https://twitter.com/medic twitter]  [https://communityhealthtoolkit.org CHT]  [https://vimeo.com/342851037 video]
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Learn More:            [http://mayahealthnetwork.com/maya_health_app/ Maya App]
  
  
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Location:                 The Bay Area in California, United States
 
Location:                 The Bay Area in California, United States
  
Learn More:             [http://www.openhealth.cc Open Health Network] [https://twitter.com/openhealthn twitter]
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Learn More:             [http://www.openhealth.cc Open Health Network]
  
  
  
'''Pink Cloud''' is a companion app that connects you to over 225,000 12 steps meetings worldwide. The app helps to stay on track in the program using the daily checklist, taking inventory and recording possible resentments.
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'''Pró-Química Online''' contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).
  
Their Mission:         To help manage your sobriety and track your journey to addiction recovery
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Their Mission:         Inform professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products
  
Founder(s):           Tatyana Kanzaveli and Maksim Tsvetovat
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Founder(s):           SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil (a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality)
  
Location:                United States: California, Texas, New York, Illinois
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Learn More:            [https://gopinkcloud.com Pink Cloud] [https://vimeo.com/363180551 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.suatrans.com.br/lermais_materias.php?cd_materias=1062#.WIuiw7YrKHp/ Emergency Care]
  
  
  
'''Pró-Química Online''' contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).
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'''PulsePoint''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
  
Their Mission:         Inform professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products
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Their Mission:         Alert CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED
  
Founder(s):           SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil (a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality)
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Sao Paolo Brazil
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.suatrans.com.br/lermais_materias.php?cd_materias=1062#.WIuiw7YrKHp/ Emergency Care]
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Learn More:            [http://www.pulsepoint.org/ PulsePoint]
  
  
  
'''Pride Study''' is the first large-scale, long-term national health study of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), or another sexual or gender minority.  
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'''SPX Denge''' is an application that takes a different approach in the campaign against dengue fever in an educational and captivating game as well as a supplier of more information. The game teaches how to identify mosquitos, ways to protect oneself and family and how to spot the symptoms of dengue.
  
Their Mission:         To learn more about how being an LGBTQ person influences physical, mental, or social health
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Their Mission:         Combat the huge effects of dengue fever
  
Location:               United States
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Founder(s):           the State Department of Health of São Paulo
  
Learn More:            [https://www.pridestudy.org Pride Study]  [https://twitter.com/thepridestudy  twitter] [https://vimeo.com/345871551 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.saude.sp.gov.br/ Information] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.gov.sp.saude.spxdengue/ Download the App]
  
  
'''PulsePoint''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.
 
  
Their Mission:         Alert CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
  
Location:                United States
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Their Mission:        Reduce water consumption
  
Learn More:           [http://www.pulsepoint.org/ PulsePoint]  [https://twitter.com/PulsePoint twitter]
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Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush
  
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app]
  
'''Recovery Bot''' is a mobile app designed to help reduce drug related deaths, strengthen support systems among addicts, and increase rate of recovery, by addressing the emotional, mental, and physical aspects of intervention treatment.
 
  
Their Mission:         Help drug addicts manage their path towards recovery
 
  
Founder(s):           Tiffany Yu
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'''YesHealth''' empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. Users partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods.
  
Learn More:           [https://devpost.com/software/recovery-bot Recovery Bot] [https://vimeo.com/363183087 video]
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Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.
  
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Their Mission:         Help people suffering from diabetes to develop healthy habits for life in a fun manner
  
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Founder(s):           Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation
  
'''RedRover''' has developed a set of 3 apps as part of its RedRover Readers program which uses stories, illustrations and question strategies to help kids ages 7-11 practice the three steps of empathy: recognize emotional states, share emotions and regulate emotions to make better decisions and build positive connections with others.
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Location:                 United States
  
Their Mission:        Provide educators the tools they need to teach children empathy skills
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Learn More:            [https://www.yeshealth.com YesHealth] and [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yes-health-diabetes-prevention/id1031370166?ls=1&mt=8 Download the App].
  
Founder(s):           Nicole Forsyth, RedRover President and CEO
 
  
Location:                United States
 
  
Learn More:           [https://redrover.org/Readers/ RedRover Readers] [https://redrover.org/resource/empathy-app/ download the app]
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-04.png |70px|left|]]Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg4 SDG 4].
  
  
  
'''Ria Health''' removes the barriers of care for the more than 20 million adults in the US that are struggling with alcohol misuse. Ria Health provides private, effective, affordable, and convenient treatment for people who want to change their relationship with alcohol.  
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'''ChangeX''' is a platform that coaches students in technical skill building and design thinking methods as they participate in social impact challenges. Cities, organizations, companies, and schools can create challenges for youth ages 13–24 to learn modern skills. Current ChangeX challenges run from two to six months with 50 to 50,000 learners.  
  
Their Mission:         To provide an effective alcohol addiction treatment to help people reduce or stop drinking alcohol
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Their Mission:         Teach youth aged 13-24 skills by creating social impact challenges
  
Founder(s):           David Deacon, Phd
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Founder(s):           Libby Falck
  
Location:                United States: California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia
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Location:                The Bay Area in California, United States  
  
Learn More:           [https://riahealth.com Ria Health]  [https://twitter.com/RiaHealthSF twitter] [https://vimeo.com/363560290 video]
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Learn More:           [http://www.changexedu.com/changex/ ChangeX]
  
  
  
'''SF Pest''' allows residents in San Francisco affordable housing to report pest issues from their mobile devices. SF Pest was developed as part of the Fellowship program by students in partnership with Pestec and the Civic Innovation Group.
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'''ESL Map''' is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.
  
Their Mission:         Improve communication and accountability between residents and property management
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Their Mission:         Provide easy access to individuals who want to learn or improve their English
  
Founder(s):           [https://devmission.org/ Dev/Mission]
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Founder(s):           Nick Lorenson (of Code for Nashville)
  
Location:                United States: San Francisco, California, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:           [https://sfpest.org/ SF Pest] [https://vimeo.com/352195041 video]
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Learn More:           [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESL Map]
  
  
  
'''Sober Grid''' is a digital health platform that delivers 24/7 support and certified coaching for drug and alcohol addiction recovery.  
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'''Goalie''' is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.  
  
Their Mission:         To provide a free peer support network to aid people in addiction recovery
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Their Mission:         Help people to stay up to date and informed about their loans and finances
  
Founder(s):           Beau Mann
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Founder(s):           [https://github.com/josemontesdeoca Jose Montes de Oca]
  
Learn More:           [https://www.sobergrid.com Sober Grid]  [https://twitter.com/SoberGridApp twitter] [https://vimeo.com/363562831 video]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://github.com/CodePath-MAF Github]
  
  
'''They2ze''' is an app to connect transgender-spectrum youth (TSY) and their providers to truly inclusive health services and peer support. This includes an extensive database of community vetted health and life resources.
 
  
Their Mission:         To ensure that all trans-spectrum youth have access to inclusive services and care
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'''Mentive''' is a platform for live online classes with real people and top quality materials to master the skills you need. Mentive believes that knowledge turns dreams into reality, and education brings about this knowledge. Mentive is determined to find a way to enhance all the great online courses out there with the benefits of face-to-face learning.
  
Founder(s):           Youth Tech Health [https://yth.org/ YTH]
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Their Mission:       Create a global educational community where students and mentors meet to turn any online course into an interactive learning experience
  
Learn More:           [https://yth.org/projects/innovate-they2ze/ They2ze]  [https://vimeo.com/345960947 video]
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Founder(s):           Jonathan Heyne and has a team of [https://www.mentive.co/mentors?locale=en mentors]
  
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Location:                Berkeley, California, United States
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Learn More:            [https://www.mentive.co/pages/ Mentive]
  
  
'''Trans City SF Resource Guide''' helps transgender and gender nonconforming people find and connect with local services and resources.
 
  
Their Mission:         To advance equity for trans, gender nonconforming and LGBTQ communities
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'''Moneythink''' is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education.  Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills. Moneythink believes that the opportunity gap is wider than ever, but financial skills are not taught in American schools. Moneythink has partnered with [http://causelabs.com/ Causelabs].  
  
Founder(s):           Maceo Persson
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Their Mission:       Provide a financial education to all students
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Founder(s):           Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi
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Location:                Chicago, Illinois, United States
  
Learn More:           [https://www.facebook.com/TransCitySF/ facebook]  [https://twitter.com/transcitysf twitter] [https://vimeo.com/345959166 video]
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Learn More:           [http://moneythink.org/ Moneythink]  
  
  
  
'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
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'''Open Schools!''' is a web app that supports family decisions with data. The right school for children is based not only on standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community, and much more. The company plans to gradually add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users.  
  
Their Mission:         Reduce water consumption
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Their Mission:         Help parents choose a school for their children in Washington DC
  
Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush
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Founder(s):           [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC]
  
 
Location:                Washington DC, United States
 
Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app]
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Learn More:            [http://edu.codefordc.org/ Open Schools]
  
  
  
'''YesHealth''' empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. Users partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods.
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'''Open311''' is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local government.  Local city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues. The open-source app is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android.
  
Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.
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Their Mission:         Clean up public issues such as graffiti, abandoned cars, and illegal dumping
  
Their Mission:        Help people suffering from diabetes to develop healthy habits for life in a fun manner
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Founder(s):           [http://codeforsanjose.com/ Code For San Jose] in partnership with [http://www.sanjoseca.gov/ San Jose]
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Location:                San Jose, California, United States
  
Founder(s):           Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation
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Learn More:           [https://github.com/codeforsanjose/relay311 Open311 App on GitHub]
  
Location:                 United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.yeshealth.com YesHealth]  [https://twitter.com/YesHealthNow twitter] and [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yes-health-diabetes-prevention/id1031370166?ls=1&mt=8 download the app].
 
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-04.png |70px|left|]]Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning==
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'''Vana Learning'''
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg4 SDG 4].
 
  
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Their Mission:         Improvevacademic outcomes for students with ADHD
  
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Founder(s):          
  
'''ESL Map''' is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.
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Location:               
  
Their Mission:        Provide easy access to individuals who want to learn or improve their English
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Learn More:            [https://www.vanalearning.com  Vana Learning]
  
Founder(s):           Nick Lorenson (of Code for Nashville)
 
  
Location:                United States
 
  
Learn More:           [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESL Map]
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-05.png |70px|left|]]Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg5 SDG 5].
  
  
  
'''FASTalk''' a powerful tool for schools to engage families and improve student academic achievement. FASTalk makes it easy for teachers to send academic text messages to families in their home language and is proven to improve literacy outcomes for high-need students.
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'''Besiders Reminders App''' helps remind users to take their birth control. Let the app know when the cycle starts with the first dose, the time of day, and customize reminders to be discrete or funny.  
  
Their Mission:         Help teachers engage diverse families to improve student outcomes
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Their Mission:         Remind women to take their birth control on time
  
Founder(s):           Vidya Sundaram, Elisabeth O'Bryon, and Bill Jackson
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Founder(s):           [https://www.bedsider.org Besiders] an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by [http://thenationalcampaign.org/ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.fastalk.org FASTalk] [https://vimeo.com/320901225 video]
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Learn More:            [https://www.bedsider.org/reminders_app Besiders App]
  
  
  
'''Goalie''' is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.  
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'''ELLAS''' libres de violencias  mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.
  
Their Mission:         Help people to stay up to date and informed about their loans and finances
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Their Mission:         Prove a safe escape for Colomian women from dangerous situations such as sexual,  intra-familial, economic or political violence
  
Founder(s):           [https://github.com/josemontesdeoca Jose Montes de Oca]
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Founder(s):           [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/ La Red Nacion de Mujeres] de Mujeres
  
Location:                United States
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Location:                Bogota, Columbia
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/CodePath-MAF Github]
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Learn More:            [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/index.php/campanas/ellas-libres-de-violencias/ the Ellas app]
  
  
  
'''Moneythink''' is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education. Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills. Moneythink believes that the opportunity gap is wider than ever, but financial skills are not taught in American schools. Moneythink has partnered with [http://causelabs.com/ Causelabs].
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'''PLP 2.0''' provides help to women who have become victims. The app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. [https://juntas.geledes.org.br/ platform] is a place for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.
  
Their Mission:         Provide a financial education to all students
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Their Mission:         Prevent and eradicate violence against women
  
Founder(s):           Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi
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Founder(s):           [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] (a feminist NGO)
  
Location:                Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
  
Learn More:            [http://moneythink.org/ Moneythink]  
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Learn More:            [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.beelieve.plp&hl=pt_BR/ the PLP 2.0 app]
  
  
  
'''Open Schools!''' is a web app that supports family decisions with data.  The right school for children is based not only on standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community, and much more. The company plans to gradually add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users.
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'''Stronger Than Espresso App'''
  
Their Mission:         Help parents choose a school for their children in Washington DC
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Their Mission:         Prove resources for women in need of help
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC]
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Founder(s):           AdvanceNet Labs
  
Location:                Washington DC, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://edu.codefordc.org/ Open Schools]
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Learn More:            [http://www.advancenetlabs.org/ Stronger Than Espresso App]
  
  
  
'''Open311''' is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local governmentLocal city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues. The open-source app is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android.
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-06.png |70px|left|]]Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all ==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6 SDG 6].
  
Their Mission:         Clean up public issues such as graffiti, abandoned cars, and illegal dumping
 
  
Founder(s):           [http://codeforsanjose.com/ Code For San Jose] in partnership with [http://www.sanjoseca.gov/ San Jose]
 
  
Location:                San Jose, California, United States
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'''The Human Utility''' formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance.
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/codeforsanjose/relay311 Open311 App on GitHub] [https://twitter.com/codeforsanjose twitter] [https://vimeo.com/287616279 video]
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Their Mission:        Provide running tap water to those in need
  
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Founder(s):           Conscientious Utility Project, Inc and was fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit
  
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Location:               
  
'''Qalaxia''' is a Q&A platform closing the STEM achievement gap arising from unequal access to experts. Qalaxia creates equity of access by connecting students underrepresented in STEM with industry experts who want to help.  
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Learn More:            [https://www.detroitwaterproject.org/ The Human Utility]
  
Their Mission:         To awaken and strengthen the inquirer in every child and the mentor in every individual
 
  
Founder(s):           Mahesh Godavarti
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.qalaxia.com/getStarted  Qalaxia]  [https://twitter.com/qalaxiaco twitter] [https://vimeo.com/256027494 video]
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'''S @ i''' is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer. It was developed to address unsustainable agricultural production, since there is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises.
  
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Their Mission:         Help farmers save their water
  
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Founder(s):           Inovagri
  
'''Vana Learning'''
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Location:                Fortaleza, Brazil
  
Their Mission:        Improve academic outcomes for students with ADHD
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Learn More:            [http://inovagri.org.br/ Inovagri] [http://inovagri.org.br/?projetos=sai-sistema-de-assessoramento-ao-irrigante/ the system]
  
Founder(s):           Rob Trone, Josh Stafford, and Rachel Sanders
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.vanalearning.com  Vana Learning]
 
  
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'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
  
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Their Mission:         Reduce water consumption
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-05.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls==
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Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg5 SDG 5].
 
  
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app]
  
'''Besiders Reminders App''' helps remind users to take their birth control. Let the app know when the cycle starts with the first dose, the time of day, and customize reminders to be discrete or funny.
 
  
Their Mission:         Remind women to take their birth control on time
 
  
Founder(s):           [https://www.bedsider.org Besiders] an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by [http://thenationalcampaign.org/ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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'''MoMo''' is an app that addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant.  Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down. Learn more  about and download the app.
  
Location:                United States
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Their Mission:        Empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to create or maintain critical infrastructure that lasts
  
Learn More:           [https://www.bedsider.org/reminders_app Besiders App] [https://twitter.com/Bedsider twitter]
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Founder(s):           Jim Yoon and Josh To
  
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Location:                United States and international
  
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Learn More:            [https://momo.welldone.org/ MoMo]  [https://welldone.org/ WellDone]
  
'''ELLAS''' libres de violencias  mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.
 
  
Their Mission:         Prove a safe escape for Colomian women from dangerous situations such as sexual,  intra-familial, economic or political violence
 
  
Founder(s):           [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/ La Red Nacion de Mujeres] de Mujeres
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-07.png |70px|left|]]Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6 SDG 7].
  
Location:                Bogota, Columbia
 
  
Learn More:            [http://rednacionaldemujeres.org/index.php/campanas/ellas-libres-de-violencias/ the Ellas app]
 
  
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'''Fastracker''' mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.
  
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Their Mission:         Provide access to gas and oil data to the public
  
'''Malalai''' uses technology to promote the safety of women moving about the city on their own. The app provides information on the best, safest routes to walk, information on police stations, which streets are more transited, which areas lack good lighting, which routes have buildings with doormen, and cases of prior assaults or violence. The app provides a way for indicated people to receive updates on your progress to your destination, and also has an emergency panic button functionality.
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Founder(s):           [https://www.fractracker.org/ Fastracker Alliance] (who studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation)
  
Their Mission:        Help people to be free to travel alone more safely
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Location:               
  
Founder(s):           Priscila Gama
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Learn More:           [https://www.fractracker.org/apps/ Fastracker]
  
Location:                Brazil
 
  
Learn More:            [https://malalai.com.br/ Malalai] . [https://www.facebook.com/malalai.startup facebook]
 
  
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'''SF Environment''' contains an Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time.
  
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Their Mission:         Visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes
  
'''PLP 2.0''' provides help to women who have become victims. The app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. [https://juntas.geledes.org.br/ platform] is a place for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.
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Founder(s):           Project of the Data Science Working Group at Code for San Francisco, for the [https://sfenvironment.org/ San Francisco Department of Environment]
  
Their Mission:        Prevent and eradicate violence against women
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Location:                United States
  
Founder(s):           [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] (a feminist NGO)
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Learn More:           [http://datascience.codeforsanfrancisco.org/project/sf-environment-benchmark/ SF Environment]
  
Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
 
  
Learn More:             [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.beelieve.plp&hl=pt_BR/ the PLP 2.0 app]
 
  
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-08.png |70px|left|]]Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg8 SDG 8].
  
  
'''Stronger Than Espresso App''' is a free domestic violence tool designed to offer basic relationship evaluations, safety planning resources and help information when needed.  Built in partnership with Advance Net Labs.
 
  
Their Mission:         Empower survivors of domestic abuse and gender based violence to reclaim what abuse took away.
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'''CareerHub's''' clients include schools and job training programs, which work with low-income earners to get a living wage through better employment. The app creates an interactive relationship between career resource centers and job-searchers, by sending people messages, and creating incentives such giving out digital gift cards in exchange for sending photos of a pay stub. The app helps users save time and money, increase client job placement, improve data collection, and increase engagement. CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges.
  
Founder(s):           Dr. Brooke Jones
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Their Mission:       Improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services
  
Location:               McKinney, Texas
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Founder(s):           Kim Coulthurst and Amanda Gerrie of [http://pathwaysconsultants.com/ Pathways Consultants], a workforce development consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.strongerthanespresso.com/ Stronger Than Espresso] [https://twitter.com/strongrespresso twitter] [https://vimeo.com/369884521
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Location:               
video]
 
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.careerhubus.com/ CareerHub]
  
  
'''We Said Enough''' app creates a community of survivors, volunteers, and activists who can provide immediate social support to victims of sexual harassment, abuse, and bullying. The app provides needed restorative resources to begin the healing process.   
 
  
Their Mission:         To end harassment, bullying, discrimination, and abuse
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'''CaringCent App''' consumers support causes in a budget that fits their lifestyle. Nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies to deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Their motto is "Small Change, Big Impact.
  
Location:                United States
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Their Mission:        Modernize philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies
  
Learn More:           [https://www.wesaidenough.com We Said Enough] [https://twitter.com/WeSaidEnough twitter] [https://vimeo.com/316624120 video]
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Founder(s):            
  
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.caringcent.com/ CaringCent]
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-06.png  |70px|left|]]Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6 SDG 6].
 
  
  
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'''Centro Business Planning App''' is the first and only free mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training.
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The app coaches users on developing a business plan through a series of interactive activities.
  
'''Clean Water AI''' is an app that employs our own CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) and computer vision to detect dangerous particles and bacteria in water.
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Their Mission:         Assist and teach low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs, the nuts and bolts about building a successful business
  
Their Mission:       Help people to determine if water is clean and drinkable or contaminated and a potential health risk
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Founder(s):           [http://www.centrocommunity.org/ Centro Community Partners]
  
Founder(s):           Peter Ma
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Location:               Oakland, California, United States
  
Learn More:            [https://cleanwaterai.com/ Clean Water AI] [https://twitter.com/cleanwaterai  twitter] [https://vimeo.com/293968679 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.centro-mobile.org/ Centro Business Planning App]
  
  
  
'''The Human Utility''' formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance.  
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'''CleanSlateDC''' is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures.  
  
Their Mission:         Provide running tap water to those in need
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Their Mission:         Help individuals with a criminal history determine their eligibility to have a record sealed
  
Founder(s):           Conscientious Utility Project, Inc and was fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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Founder(s):           Code for America DC
  
Location:                 
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.detroitwaterproject.org/ The Human Utility]
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Learn More:            [https://www.cleanslatedc.com/ CleanSlateDC]
  
  
  
'''MoMo''' is an app that addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant.  Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down. Learn more  about and download the app.
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'''Larger Local''' is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users find and share products made by social conscious companies.  
  
Their Mission:         Empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to create or maintain critical infrastructure that lasts
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Their Mission:         Help people find products and companies that care about positive social impact
  
Founder(s):           Jim Yoon and Josh To
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                United States and international
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [https://momo.welldone.org/ MoMo]  [https://welldone.org/ WellDone]  
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Learn More:            [https://larger-local.herokuapp.com Larger Local]
  
  
  
'''S @ i''' is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer. It was developed to address unsustainable agricultural production, since there is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises.
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'''Laudelina''' provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina will strongly monitor and create accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour and the Justice of Employment, both of which have collaborated and have become key allies in its development.
  
Their Mission:         Help farmers save their water
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Their Mission:         Legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector
  
Founder(s):           Inovagri
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Founder(s):           [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] a feminist NGO
  
Location:                Fortaleza, Brazil
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Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
  
Learn More:            [http://inovagri.org.br/ Inovagri] [http://inovagri.org.br/?projetos=sai-sistema-de-assessoramento-ao-irrigante/ the system]
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Learn More:            [http://lac.unwomen.org/en/noticias-y-eventos/articulos/2016/08/laudelina#sthash.NODgcZO6.dpuf/ Laudelina]
  
  
  
'''Water Tracker''' is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.
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'''My RoundUp App''' lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to causes that are important to you. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization.  
  
Their Mission:        Reduce water consumption
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My RoundUp App was created by a in the United States.
  
Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush
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Their Mission:       Helping people donate spare change to causes that matter to them
  
Location:               Washington DC, United States
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Founder(s):           Aaron Lowe and [http://www.myroundup.com/  team]
  
Learn More:            [http://www.thewatertracker.com/ Water Tracker app]
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Location:               
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-07.png |70px|left|]]Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all==
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Learn More:            [http://www.myroundup.com/ My RoundUp App]
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg6 SDG 7].
 
  
  
  
'''Cartido''' is an app that makes crowdmapping and GPS tracking simple and fast for public or private projects
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'''Worker Connect''' In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. The service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary.
  
Their Mission:         Help local communities crowdmap resources and help those who are underserved navigate the resources they need for survival
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Their Mission:         Empower workers to share information about their experience and provide anonymous feedback to welfare supervisors
  
Founder(s):           Ehb Teng
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Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://diginido.com Cartido] [https://twitter.com/DiginidoLabs twitter] [https://vimeo.com/329027371 video]
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Learn More:            [https://www.workerapp.org/ Worker Connect]
  
  
'''Fractracker''' mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.
 
  
Their Mission:         Provide access to gas and oil data to the public
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-09.png |70px|left|]]Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg9 SDG 9].
  
Founder(s):           [https://www.fractracker.org/ Fractracker Alliance] (who studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation)
 
  
Location:               
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.fractracker.org/apps/ Fractracker] [https://twitter.com/FracTracker twitter]
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'''4Bells''' helps organizations shift some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim them and check in, reducing the time spent over the phone and tracking activity on white boards. 4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship.
  
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Their Mission:         Help deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks
  
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Founder(s):           Animal Welfare and Food Rescue groups
  
'''SF Environment''' contains an Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time.
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Location:               
  
Their Mission:        Visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes
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Learn More:            [http://www.4bells.org/ 4Bells]
  
Founder(s):           Project of the Data Science Working Group at Code for San Francisco, for the [https://sfenvironment.org/ San Francisco Department of Environment]
 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://sfenvironment.org/ SF Environment]
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'''Appallicious''' is a data collection and aggregation company that creates apps such as  [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)],[http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the [http://appallicious.com/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)] built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery.
  
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Their Mission:         Help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data
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Founder(s):           Yo Yoshida
  
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Location:                California, United States
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-08.png |70px|left|]]Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all==
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Learn More:            [http://appallicious.com Appallicious] and its apps [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)] [http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] [http://appallicious.com/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)]
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg8 SDG 8].
 
  
  
  
'''Appolition''' is a platform where users opt-in to automate the savings of their daily spare change to help pay bail for those who due to their inability to post bail, are at risk for losing their homes, jobs and abliity to defend themselves.
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'''Callbot''' calls a group of contacts in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone.
  
Their Mission:         Helping those who are unable to pay bail
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Their Mission:         Help nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, and notify employees
  
Founder(s):           Dr. Kortney Ziegler and Tiffany Mikell
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Founder(s):           [http://www.gravityfish.com/ Gravity Fish], a small developer team
  
Location:                United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://appolition.us Appolition] [https://twitter.com/appolition twitter] [https://vimeo.com/345955993 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.callbotapp.com/ Callbot]
  
  
  
'''CareerHub's''' clients include schools and job training programs, which work with low-income earners to get a living wage through better employment. The app creates an interactive relationship between career resource centers and job-searchers, by sending people messages, and creating incentives such giving out digital gift cards in exchange for sending photos of a pay stub. The app helps users save time and money, increase client job placement, improve data collection, and increase engagement. CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges.
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'''Code Alliance''' creates volunteer opportunities that last from 6 to 40 hours, spanning from a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.  
  
Their Mission:         Improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services
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Their Mission:         Connect tech professionals to open source volunteer opportunities
  
Founder(s):           Kim Coulthurst and Amanda Gerrie of [http://pathwaysconsultants.com/ Pathways Consultants], a workforce development consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States
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Founder(s):           [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions
  
Location:                 
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Location:                Palo Alto, California United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.careerhubus.com/ CareerHub] [https://twitter.com/CareerHubUS twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://codealliance.org/ Code Alliance]
  
  
  
'''CaringCent App''' consumers support causes in a budget that fits their lifestyle. Nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies to deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Their motto is "Small Change, Big Impact.
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'''Everybody Helping'''  
  
Their Mission:         Modernize philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies
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Their Mission:         Connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitates monthly donations, and builds awareness
  
Founder(s):            
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Founder(s):           Ehco Inc.
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.caringcent.com/ CaringCent] [https://twitter.com/caringcent twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://everybodyhelping.com/ Everybody Helping]
  
  
  
'''Centro Business Planning App''' is the first and only free mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training.  
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'''Feito na Biblioteca''' Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries can participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.
The app coaches users on developing a business plan through a series of interactive activities.  
 
  
Their Mission:         Assist and teach low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs, the nuts and bolts about building a successful business
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Their Mission:         Create tools for library users at libraries
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.centrocommunity.org/ Centro Community Partners]
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Oakland, California, United States
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Location:                Brazil
  
Learn More:            [http://www.centro-mobile.org/ Centro Business Planning App]
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Learn More:            [http://www.feitonabiblioteca.org/ Feito na Biblioteca]
  
  
  
'''CleanSlateDC''' is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures.  
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'''Goodworld''' allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web.  
  
Their Mission:         Help individuals with a criminal history determine their eligibility to have a record sealed
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Their Mission:         Create a payments pathway that is the global force for good
  
Founder(s):           Code for America DC
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Founder(s):            
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.cleanslatedc.com/ CleanSlateDC] [https://vimeo.com/214061664 video]
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Learn More:            [https://goodworld.me/ Goodworld]
  
  
  
'''Clear My Record''' is a free online tool that helps people in California navigate the complicated process of clearing their record. It's a Code For America project which helps to removes a significant barrier to work, education, and housing for people with a criminal record.
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'''Helpugees'''
  
Their Mission:         Create a blueprint for automatic record clearance of all eligible criminal records in California and across the country
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Their Mission:         Match refugees and volunteers together using matchmaking platform
  
Founder(s):           Jazmyn Latimer
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                California, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.codeforamerica.org/programs/clear-my-record Clear My Record] [https://www.codeforamerica.org Code For America] [https://twitter.com/codeforamerica twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.helpugees.com/ Helpugees]
  
  
  
'''Empower Work''' provides immediate, confidential support for tough work issues via SMS. Anyone in the U.S. can connect with a trained peer counselor to feel heard, supported, and if needed, connected to additional resources, so they can take a next step that works for them.
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'''Hermes Translator''' uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world.
  
Their Mission:         Create healthy workplaces where employees are valued, supported, and empowered
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Their Mission:         Break down language barriers to communicate with others
  
Founder(s):           Jaime-Alexis Fowler
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Founder(s):           Reid Chatham (started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling)
  
Location:                California, United States
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.empowerwork.org Empower Work] [https://twitter.com/empowerwork twitter] [https://vimeo.com/320901223 video]
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Learn More:            [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hermes-translator/id1088107640?mt=8 Hermes Translator]
  
  
  
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'''Kill the Cup''' gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value.
  
'''Larger Local''' is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users find and share products made by social conscious companies.
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Their Mission:         Provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps
  
Their Mission:       Help people find products and companies that care about positive social impact
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Founder(s):           Karuna Mukherjea
  
Learn More:            [https://larger-local.herokuapp.com Larger Local]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.killthecup.org/ Kill The Cup]
  
  
'''Laudelina''' provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina will strongly monitor and create accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour and the Justice of Employment, both of which have collaborated and have become key allies in its development.
 
  
Their Mission:         Legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector
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'''Kricket'''
  
Founder(s):           [http://themis.org.br/ Themis] a feminist NGO
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Their Mission:       Help people and organizations work towards a common goal towards building a community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid by crowd-mapping
  
Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [http://lac.unwomen.org/en/noticias-y-eventos/articulos/2016/08/laudelina#sthash.NODgcZO6.dpuf/ Laudelina] [https://twitter.com/ThemisONG twitter]  [https://www.facebook.com/Themis-1426469454253762/ facebook]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://app.kricket.co/ Kricket]
  
  
'''My RoundUp App''' lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to causes that are important to you. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization.  
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'''Local Free Web''' 25% of adults do not have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web is a text messaging service that also places physical signs at bus stops. Text any bus stop ID to their phone number and receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet in the area. They focus on providing a resource directory of sites that locate free internet enabled computers.  
  
My RoundUp App was created by a in the United States.
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Their Mission:         Bringing Internet access to those who do not have access
  
Their Mission:       Helping people donate spare change to causes that matter to them
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Founder(s):           a team in SF Brigade [http://codeforsanfrancisco.org/ Code 4 San Francisco]
  
Founder(s):           Aaron Lowe and [http://www.myroundup.com/  team]
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Location:               San Francisco, California, United States
  
Location:               
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Learn More:            [https://github.com/sfbrigade/LocalFreeWeb GitHub]
  
Learn More:            [http://www.myroundup.com/ My RoundUp App]
 
  
  
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'''Martus''' is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders as well as information management. The app is for desktops that focus on structured data collection and helps circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field.
  
'''Worker Connect''' In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. The service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary.
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Their Mission:        Provide journalists and defenders of grassroots organizations and human rights a means of transmitting information while protecting their sources and themselves
  
Their Mission:       Empower workers to share information about their experience and provide anonymous feedback to welfare supervisors
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Founder(s):           [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.caravanstudios.org Caravan Studios], a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
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Location:               Palo Alto, California, United States
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [https://www.opentech.fund/project/martus-project Martus] on the [https://www.opentech.fund/ Open Tech Fund] platform
  
Learn More:             [https://www.workerapp.org/ Worker Connect]
 
  
  
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'''MEDAPulse''' is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District. It helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform. The app uses group text messaging for the coach and the clients, with scheduled reminders. MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS and designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national Hackathon in August 2014.
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-09.png |70px|left|]]Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation==
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Their Mission:         Help people with their financial goals
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg9 SDG 9].
 
  
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Founder(s):          
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''4Bells''' helps organizations shift some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim them and check in, reducing the time spent over the phone and tracking activity on white boards. 4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship.
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Date Started:            August 2014
  
Their Mission:        Help deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks
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Learn More:            [https://github.com/MEDAPulse/ Github]
  
Founder(s):           Animal Welfare and Food Rescue groups
 
  
Learn More:            [http://www.4bells.org/ 4Bells] [https://vimeo.com/257968563 video]
 
  
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'''OneRelief''' holds crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app. Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s).
  
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Their Mission:         Collect micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid
  
'''Appallicious''' is a data collection and aggregation company that creates apps such as  [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)],[http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the [https://appallicious.com/products/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)] built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery.
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Founder(s):          
  
Their Mission:        Help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data
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Location:                United States
  
Founder(s):           Yo Yoshida
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Learn More:           [http://onereliefapp.com/ OneRelief]
  
Location:                California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [http://appallicious.com Appallicious] and its apps [http://appallicious.com/cead/ Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD)] [http://www.govtech.com/applications/New-Housing-Data-Enables-SF-Neighborhood-Health-App.html Neighborhood Score] [https://appallicious.com/products/daad/ Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)]
 
  
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'''Open Garden''' is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They also created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data.
  
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Their Mission:         Enable communities, orgs, and app developers to create resilient, people-powered networks
  
'''Aspire News App''' is a potentially life-saving app from When Georgia Smiled Foundation that allows victims of abuse to call for help at the touch of a button. The app provides resources for victims of domestic violence.
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Founder(s):           Paul Hainsworth, Ben Teitelbaum, and Christophe Daligault
  
Their Mission:        Help save the lives of victims of domestic violence
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
Founder(s):           Robin McGraw and Dr. Phil
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Learn More:           [http://www.opengarden.com/ Open Garden]
  
Location:                California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.whengeorgiasmiled.org/aspire-news-app/ Aspire News] [https://twitter.com/WGSFoundation twitter] [https://vimeo.com/369913500 video]
 
  
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'''Polis''' generates canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round. The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns.
  
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Their Mission:         Help harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy
  
'''Beam''' is an app that lets you donate part of your everyday purchases at partnered brands to causes you believe in — at no extra cost to you.
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Founder(s):           Kendall Tucker
  
Their Mission:        Make every day meaningful, turning your purchases into a way to tangibly impact the current social issues that matter to you
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Location:                Boston and Virginia, United States
  
Founder(s):           Viveka Hulyalkar and Alex Salvatore
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Learn More:           [http://www.polisapp.com/ Polis]
  
Location:                United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://beamimpact.com/ Beam] [http://twitter.com/beam_impact twitter]
 
  
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'''Propelit''' guides users step-by-step on how to effectively film and share videos. They provide helpful tips on how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light the scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing.
  
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Propelit was created by the digital agency [http://see3.com/home See3] in Washington DC in the United States.
  
'''CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire app''' helps prepare notify, and provide info to citizens of wildfire incidents with custom alerts and maps on California wildfires, and info on how to prepare for and protect property.
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Their Mission:         Provide a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy
  
Their Mission:       Preventing and preparing for wildfire
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Founder(s):          
  
Founder(s):           Viveka Hulyalkar and Alex Salvatore
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Location:                 
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [http://see3.com/Propelit-mobile-app Propelit]
  
Learn More:            [http://www.readyforwildfire.org CAL FIRE Ready for Wildfire] [https://twitter.com/CAL_FIRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw twitter] [https://vimeo.com/315588017 video]
 
  
  
'''CallBot''' calls a group of contacts in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone.
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'''Rise CIEL App''' is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system. RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries.
  
Their Mission:         Help nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, and notify employees
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Their Mission:         Provide a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.gravityfish.com/ Gravity Fish], a small developer team
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Founder(s):           [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE] a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (works to build safe, healthy, and meaningful futures for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children)
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.callbotapp.com/ Callbot]
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Learn More:            [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE CIEL]
  
  
  
'''Code Alliance''' creates volunteer opportunities that last from 6 to 40 hours, spanning from a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.  
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'''Shot Gun Messenger'''Allows a group leader to text individuals or the entire group from their web app or SMS. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.  
  
Their Mission:         Connect tech professionals to open source volunteer opportunities
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Their Mission:         Simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing open communication and limiting access time
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions
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Founder(s):           Jolene Hayes with the help of [https://hackbrightacademy.com/ Hackbright] fellows
  
Location:                Palo Alto, California, United States
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Location:                The Bay Area, California, United States
  
Learn More:            [http://codealliance.org/ Code Alliance]
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Learn More:            [https://github.com/QueenJolene/shotgun_messenger GitHub]
  
  
  
'''Codifi''' is a platform for paperless archaeology, providing support with every aspect of the transition to a paperless workflow
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'''SmartResponse''' curates an algorithm-sorted, location, and disaster-specific "how to help" lists to provide information to donors after a natural disaster has occurred. Through SmartResponse, users can find out which organizations are responding and not responding. This can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent and often local groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives.
  
Their Mission:         Make paperless a reality for any approach
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Their Mission:         Help donors make informed decisions after a natural disaster since the generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted
  
Founder(s):           Michael Ashley
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Founder(s):            
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.codifi.com Codifi] [https://twitter.com/codifi_inc twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://smartresponse.org/ SmartResponse]
  
 
  
'''The Digital Reserve''' Network (DRN) is an open source network protocol that uses its own cryptocurrency to enable peer-to-peer payments, sustainable lending, and collateral free borrowing
 
  
Their Mission:         Create a sustainable model for financial inclusion while producing economic incentives for network stakeholders
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'''Talking Points'''
  
Founder(s):           Jomari Peterson and Joshua Rittenberg
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Talking Points is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit started by Heejae Lim and Nancy Lee. Talking Points is located in San Francisco, California in the United States.
  
Learn More:             [https://www.thedigitalreserve.org/ The Digital Reserve] [https://twitter.com/DigitalReserve twitter] [https://vimeo.com/293975266 video]
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Their Mission:        Connect teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform (free for teachers)
  
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Founder(s):          
  
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Location:               
  
'''Direc''' Trauma Recovery App informs, educates, and helps victims of crimes to recover and be safe by providing appropriate crime specific information and community resources. The mobile app acts as a case management tool and can be sent directly to a victim’s phone or safe phone.
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Learn More:            [http://talkingpts.org/ Talking Points]
  
Their Mission:         Provide education and resources that will immediately assist victims to navigate the aftermath of a tragedy
 
  
Founder(s):           Jon Lindgren
 
  
Learn More:             [http://direcedu.org/causes/a-recovery-and-resources-app-for-victims-of-violence-in-houston Direc: Trauma Recovery App] [https://vimeo.com/369869513 video]
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'''Track it Forward''' is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress.  
  
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Their Mission:         Help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works
  
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Founder(s):           Anca and James McBryan
  
'''ENVision Mobile''' helps nonprofits and microfinance institutions that struggle to collect financial performance data of their micro entrepreneur beneficiaries / borrowers through a shared data analytics platform
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Location:                 Oakland, California, United States
  
Their Mission:        Empower both the entrepreneur and the organization through a shared data analytics platform
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Learn More:            [https://www.trackitforward.com/ Track It Forward]
  
Founder(s):           Aneri Pradhan
 
  
Learn More:             [https://twitter.com/envision_mobile ENVision] [https://vimeo.com/329028043 video]
 
  
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'''TriggerGive''' is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via Twitter.
  
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Their Mission:         Allow users to send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them"
  
'''Everybody Helping'''
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Founder(s):            
 
 
Their Mission:         Connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitates monthly donations, and builds awareness
 
 
 
Founder(s):           Ehco Inc.
 
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://everybodyhelping.com/ Everybody Helping] [https://twitter.com/everybodyhelpng twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.triggergive.com/ Triggergive]
  
  
  
'''Chomoka''' is an app developed in partnership with Care International, Exygy that will digitize financial services to low-income women in Tanzania. The app is currently being piloted in Tanzania, and CARE plans to scale it to 7 million people worldwide.
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-10.png |70px|left|]]Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg10 SDG 10].
  
Their Mission:         Bridge financial inclusion to millions of people, helping some of the world's most vulnerable rise
 
  
Founder(s):           [https://www.care-international.org/ CARE]
 
  
Location:                Tanzania
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'''Balance''' was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and the creators wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance. Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing.
  
Learn More:            [https://mangotree.org/Technology-Post/Chomoka Chomoka] [https://twitter.com/exygy twitter] [https://vimeo.com/352197104 video]
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Their Mission:        Let anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message
  
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Founder(s):           Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon through Code For America
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''Feito na Biblioteca''' Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries can participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.
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Learn More:            [http://archive.codeforamerica.org/products/balance/ Balance]. Get involved on the [https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/34 Github]
  
Their Mission:         Create tools for library users at libraries
 
  
Founder(s):          
 
  
Location:                Brazil
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'''DAHLIA''' San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.
  
Learn More:            [http://www.feitonabiblioteca.org/ Feito na Biblioteca]
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Their Mission:        Allow residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city
  
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Founder(s):           Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with SF Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''FindHello''' is a free app by [http://therefugeecenter.org USAHello] that enables immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers to find the resources they need in their area. The app provides information on legal services, places of worship, ESL classes, healthcare providers, and other resources.
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Learn More:            [http://www.killthecup.org/ DAHLIA]
  
Their Mission:         Help immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers to find the programs and services needed to succeed in the United States
 
  
Founder(s):           Jessica Marks
 
  
Location:                United States
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'''DataSF''' The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars. City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability.
  
Learn More:            [https://find.usahello.org/#/welcome FindHello] [https://twitter.com/USAHello_org twitter] [https://vimeo.com/329028738 video]
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Their Mission:        Help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all
  
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Founder(s):           http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of SF and other [https://datasf.org/about/ staff members]
  
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
'''Flourish Savings''' is an engagement platform that empowers individuals to manage their finances and build positive financial habits by providing games that make saving fun and entertaining, and celebrating milestones and goals.
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Learn More:            [https://datasf.org/ City staff]
  
Their Mission:         Help people establish savings habits and achieve financial security by making saving feel like play
 
  
Founder(s):           Jessica Eting, Pedro Moura
 
  
Location:                United States
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'''District Housing''' helps residents prepare housing applications to automatically fill out any building’s application. Originally, to apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible.
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Their Mission:         Help residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application
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Founder(s):            [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC] and partners with [http://www.breadforthecity.org/ Bread For City]
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
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Learn More:            [http://codefordc.org/districthousing/ District House]
  
Learn More:            [https://flourishsavings.com Flourish Savings] [https://twitter.com/FlourishSavings twitter] [https://vimeo.com/342852388 video]
 
  
  
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'''ESLmap'''
  
'''GoodSocial''' is a new platform that supports cause-aligned social impact. The platform features a double-sided marketplace to attract and engage volunteers, streamline communications, and support community engagement.
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Their Mission:         Provide a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area
  
Their Mission:       Help nonprofits engage supporters and amplify their voice in the communities they serve
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Founder(s):          
  
Founder(s):           Trisha Bright
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Location:                 
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESLmap]
  
Learn More:            [https://www.goodsocial.com Good Social] [https://twitter.com/good__social twitter] [https://vimeo.com/342853378 video]
 
  
  
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'''Find Your Voice''' is a
  
'''Goodworld''' allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web.
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Their Mission:         Provide a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly
  
Their Mission:       Create a payments pathway that is the global force for good
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Founder(s):          
  
Location:                United States
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [https://goodworld.me/ Goodworld] [http://twitter.com/Goodworld twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice]
  
  
  
'''Helpugees'''
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'''Good Call''' If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case.
  
Their Mission:         Match refugees and volunteers together using matchmaking platform
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Their Mission:         Provide a fairer criminal justice system through the Arrest Hotline for loved one who have been arrested
  
 
Founder(s):            
 
Founder(s):            
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.helpugees.com/ Helpugees]
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Learn More:            [http://goodcall.nyc/ Good Call]
  
  
  
'''Hermes Translator''' uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world.
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'''No Place Like Home''' Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco.  
  
Their Mission:         Break down language barriers to communicate with others
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Their Mission:         Help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offers since they are common practice for property owners of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco
  
Founder(s):           Reid Chatham (started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling)
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Founder(s):           developer Jesse Germinario
  
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
Learn More:            [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hermes-translator/id1088107640?mt=8 Hermes Translator]
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Learn More:            [http://www.noplacelikehome.co/ No Place Like Home]. See the open-source code on [https://github.com/noplacelikehome/noplacelikehome_app  Github].
  
  
  
'''Justice Alert Technology''' is an app that allows victims and witnesses to report crime in a safe and confidential way. It can instantly report to 911, police, and first responders, along with your contact list so help can come sooner. The app records, captures, and sends the perpetrator’s picture, voiceprint, and geolocation to authorities.
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'''Notifica''' is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid.
  
Their Mission:         Empowering victims to stop domestic violence
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Their Mission:         Empower undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies
  
Founder(s):           Juan Cano
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Founder(s):           built by United We Dream and Huge
  
Learn More:            [https://www.firstjat.com/ Justice Alert Technology] [https://vimeo.com/370966425 video]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://notifica.us/ Notifica]
  
  
'''Kandou''' is a volunteer recruitment and management platform that helps non-profits to expand their volunteer base, automate volunteer event workflows and increase their impact on the community. It is also a CSR platform that connects employees to non-profits and civic organizations, enabling teams to easily volunteer and give back, track impact and turn team building into community building.
 
  
Their Mission:         Better the world by making volunteering simple and social
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'''Person-Centered Network App'''
  
Founder(s):           Garrett Houghton and Monte Thakkar
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Their Mission:       Assess a person's social support network, identify where help is needed, leverage strengths, and links the person to resources to fill the gaps
  
Location:               United States
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [https://www.kandouapp.com Kandou] [https://twitter.com/kandouapp twitter] [https://vimeo.com/329029374 video]
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Location:               
  
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Learn More:            [http://partnertool.net/tools-and-training/pcn-app/ Pesron-Centered Network App]
  
  
'''Kill the Cup''' gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value.
 
  
Their Mission:         Provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps
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'''Tenderloin Housing Clinic App''' for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.
  
Founder(s):           Karuna Mukherjea
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Their Mission:       Prevent tenant displacement, preserve and expand the city's low-cost housing stock, and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants
  
Location:               United States
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Founder(s):           Nicolas Melo
  
Learn More:            [http://www.killthecup.org/ Kill The Cup]
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://www.thclinic.org/ Tenderloin Housing Clinic] [https://github.com/quackyduck/THC Github]
  
  
'''Kricket'''
 
  
Their Mission:         Help people and organizations work towards a common goal towards building a community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid by crowd-mapping
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-11.png |70px|left|]]Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg11 SDG 11].
  
Founder(s):          
 
  
Location:                United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://app.kricket.co/ Kricket] [https://twitter.com/Kricketorg twitter]
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'''Aunt Bertha'''
  
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Their Mission:         Help people find and connect to social services across any zip code in the United States.
  
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Founder(s):          
  
'''Local Free Web''' provides a resource directory of sites that locate free internet enabled computers. 25% of adults do not have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web  is a text messaging service that also places physical signs at bus stops. Local Free Web Text any bus stop ID to their phone number and receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet in the area.
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Location:               United States
  
Their Mission:        Bringing Internet access to those who do not have access
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Learn More:            [https://www.auntbertha.com/ Aunt Bertha]
  
Founder(s):           a team in SF Brigade [http://codeforsanfrancisco.org/ Code 4 San Francisco]
 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/sfbrigade/LocalFreeWeb GitHub]
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'''Circles.org''' helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.  
  
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Their Mission:         Foster and expanding citizen-led philanthropy and volunteer engagement in developing countries
  
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Founder(s):           Foundation for Sustainable Development
  
'''Martus''' is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders as well as information management. The app is for desktops that focus on structured data collection and helps circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field.
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Location:               
  
Their Mission:        Provide journalists and defenders of grassroots organizations and human rights a means of transmitting information while protecting their sources and themselves
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Learn More:            [https://circles.org/ Circles.org]
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.benetech.org/ Benetech] a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions
 
  
Location:                Palo Alto, California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.opentech.fund/project/martus-project Martus] on the [https://www.opentech.fund/ Open Tech Fund] platform
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'''CityXcape App'''
  
 
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Their Mission:         Provide a real time map of hidden gems in the city that are scouted
 
 
'''MEDAPulse''' is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District. It helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform. The app uses group text messaging for the coach and the clients, with scheduled reminders. MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS and designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national Hackathon in August 2014.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Help people with their financial goals
 
  
 
Founder(s):            
 
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Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
  
Date Started:          August 2014
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Learn More:            [https://www.cityxcape.com/ CityXcape]
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/MEDAPulse/ Github]
 
  
  
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'''DecipherAustin''' helps map Austin's open spaces. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location.
  
'''Mobile Pathways''' uses Salesforce and mobile phones to help undocumented and under-documented immigrants gain access to reliable legal information about their numerous pathways to immigration.
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Their Mission:         Help citizens have more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds
  
Their Mission:       Provide accurate and precise legal information to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers via mobile phone technology
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Founder(s):           Decipher City
  
Founder(s):           Jeffrey O’Brien
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Location:               Austin, Texas, United States
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [https://deciphercity.com/ DecipherAustin]
  
Learn More:            [https://mobilepathways.org Mobile Pathways] [https://vimeo.com/352193809 twitter]
 
  
  
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'''Faya'''
  
'''OneRelief''' holds crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app. Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s).
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Their Mission:         Provite community-building places and activities for you to do nearby through a civic engagement chatbot
 
 
Their Mission:         Collect micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid
 
  
 
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Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://onereliefapp.com/ OneRelief] [https://twitter.com/OneRelief twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.playmc2.com/ Faya]
  
  
  
'''Open Garden''' is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They also created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data.  
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'''Find Your Voice''' is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.
  
Their Mission:         Enable communities, orgs, and app developers to create resilient, people-powered networks
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Their Mission:         Allow Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers
  
Founder(s):           Paul Hainsworth, Ben Teitelbaum, and Christophe Daligault
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Location:                Tennessee, United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.opengarden.com/ Open Garden] [http://twitter.com/OpenGarden twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice]
  
  
  
'''Open Shelf''' is an app for book lovers to share books with others.  
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'''Hustle''' is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way.  
  
Their Mission:         Promote free access to books to create a worldwide collective bookshelf where everyone can pick up and share books.
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Their Mission:         Connect campaigns and nonprofits around the country with their supporters
  
Location:               Brazil
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [https://www.comuny.com.br/open-shelf/ Open Shelf] [https://www.facebook.com/openshelfapp/ facebook]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.hustle.com/ Hustle]
  
  
'''Polaris''' is an organization that responds to sex and labor trafficking as it happens. The data and research is used to pilot big, new ideas for dismantling systems that make trafficking possible. The systems in place that trap impoverished migrants in degrading conditions; systems that allow sex traffickers to hide behind screens and systems that, if optimized, would allow the financial services industry to use trafficker' own money to shut them down.
 
  
Their Mission:         Ending sex and labor trafficking in North America
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'''imby''' is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process.
  
Founder(s):           Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chon
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imby was created in the United States.
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Their Mission:       Inform, engage, and influence the creation of responsive, sustainable communities
  
Location:               Washington DC, USA
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [http://www.polarisproject.org Polaris Project] [https://vimeo.com/370963109 video]
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Location:               
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.imby.community/ imby]
  
  
'''Polis''' generates canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round. The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns.
 
  
Their Mission:         Help harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy
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'''PARTNER Tool''' is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, to measure the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data.
  
Founder(s):           Kendall Tucker
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Their Mission:       Measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations
  
Location:               Boston and Virginia, United States
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [http://www.polisapp.com/ Polis]
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.partnertool.net/ PARTNER Tool]
  
  
'''Propelit''' guides users step-by-step on how to effectively film and share videos. They provide helpful tips on how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light the scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing.
 
  
Propelit was created by the digital agency [http://see3.com/home See3] in Washington DC in the United States.
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'''Phone2Action''' is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.
  
Their Mission:         Provide a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy
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Their Mission:         Connect supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process
  
Founder(s):            
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Founder(s):           Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory
  
Location:                Washington DC
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://twitter.com/see3 Propelit]
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Learn More:            [http://phone2action.com/ Phone2Action]
  
  
  
'''Rise CIEL App''' is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system. RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries.
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'''RagTag''' uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do.  
  
Their Mission:         Provide a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide
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Their Mission:         Connect tech volunteers eager to jump in and help out with projects for organizations doing good work on the ground - and actively manage projects, from scope to solution
  
Founder(s):           Sergio Medina & Michael Louran
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Founder(s):            
  
 
Location:                United States
 
Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.rise-int.org/ RISE CIEL] [https://twitter.com/RISEIntSF twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://ragtag.org/ RagTag]
  
  
  
'''Shot Gun Messenger''' allows a group leader to text individuals or the entire group from their web app or SMS. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.  
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'''Reach''' is a social network of citizen security. In real time, people can take take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate in community if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens. Learn more about .
  
Their Mission:         Simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing open communication and limiting access time
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Their Mission:         Easily share information and/or evidence of crimes and social incidents anonymously
  
Founder(s):           Jolene Hayes [http://twitter.com/JCHayes JCHayes twitter] with the help of Hackbright fellows
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                The Bay Area, California, United States
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Location:                United States.
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/QueenJolene/shotgun_messenger GitHub] [https://twitter.com/caravanstudios/status/594190923304566784 twitter]  
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Learn More:            [https://reachsos.com/ Reach]
  
  
  
'''SkyAlert''' leverages modern technology to give advance warning of an impending Earthquake.  SkyAlert collaborates closely with United States Geological Suvery to distribute Earthquake Early Warnings in Oregon, Washington and California. With the combination of SkyAlert’s award-winning technology, businesses and organizations can receive advance warning of shaking from an earthquake that has already begun.
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'''SafeRideWalkSafe'''  
  
Their Mission:         Provide a technological solution to prevent and reduce human and economic losses when an earthquake strikes.
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Their Mission:         Improve individual safety by letting users share their location and real-time updates to a chosen group of people
  
Founder(s):           Alejandro Cantu & Alvaro Velasco
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Mexico & California, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://skyalertusa.com/ SkyAlert Website] [https://twitter.com/SkyAlertUSA twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.saferidewalksafe.com/ SafeRideWalkSafe] or watch the video [https://vimeo.com/187583441Whistler/ here]
  
  
  
'''SmartResponse''' is an initiative under the Disaster Accountability Project that curates an algorithm-sorted, location, and disaster-specific "how to help" lists to provide information to donors after a natural disaster has occurred. Through SmartResponse, users can find out which organizations are responding and not responding. This can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent and often local groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives.  
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'''SF CrimeData''' uses San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData.
  
Their Mission:         Help donors make informed decisions after a natural disaster since the generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted
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Their Mission:         Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
  
Founder(s):           Ben Smilowitz, Disaster Accountability Project
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Rockville, Maryland
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://smartresponse.org/ SmartResponse] [http://www.disasteraccountability.org Disaster Accountability Project] [https://twitter.com/disasteraccount twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://sfcrimedata.org/ SF CrimeData]
  
  
  
'''Stronger Than Espresso App''' is a free domestic violence tool designed to offer basic relationship evaluations, safety planning resources and help information when needed.  Built in partnership with Advance Net Labs.
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'''Tier 1 Screener''' was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.
  
Their Mission:         Empower survivors of domestic abuse and gender based violence to reclaim what abuse took away.
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Their Mission:         Help frontline professionals rapidly and effectively identify possible victims of sex trafficking
  
Founder(s):           Dr. Brooke Jones
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                McKinney, Texas, United States
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.strongerthanespresso.com/ Stronger Than Espresso] [https://twitter.com/strongrespresso Stronger Than Espresso twitter] [https://vimeo.com/369884521 video]
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Learn More:            [http://www.alliesagainstslavery.org/ Tier 1 Screener]
  
  
  
'''Symba''' is dedicated to removing barriers of entry to the workforce by simplifying the management of contingent workers. Symba works to enable organizations to hire the best short-term talent, and allows employers to design best practices around their gig employment.  
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'''TransitScreen''' is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold. The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities.  
  
Their Mission:         Cultivate symbiotic relationships in the gig economy
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Their Mission:         Provide information about one's transportation choices at a glance, live and in real-time
  
Founder(s):           Ava Sadeghi & Nikita Gupta
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://symba.io/ Symba] [https://twitter.com/symba_io Twitter] [https://vimeo.com/342863861 video]
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Languages:            English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.transitscreen.com/ TransitScreen]
  
  
'''Talking Points''' connects teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform (free for teachers)
 
  
Their Mission:         Support children in their education, empower families to be partners in their children's education and for teachers and schools to be successful in supporting families.
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'''wonktonk''' is suitable for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues.  
  
Founder(s):           Heejae Lim & Nancy Lee
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Their Mission:       Enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts"
  
Location:               San Francisco, California, United States
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Founder(s):            
  
Learn More:            [http://talkingpts.org/ Talking Points] [https://twitter.com/TalkingPointsEd Talking Points twitter]
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Location:               
  
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Learn More:            [http://wonktonk.com/ wonktonk]
  
  
'''Tarjimly''' is a mobile app that allows the world's 3 billion multilingual speakers to remotely volunteer their language skills as translators and interpreters for the 65 million displaced people.
 
  
Their Mission:         Remove language barriers in order to assist millions of refugees and people in need of humanitarian assistance
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== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-12.png|70px|left|]]Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg12 SDG 12].
  
Founder(s):           Atif Javed & Aziz Alghunaim
 
  
Location:                Mountain View, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.tarjim.ly/en Tarjimly] [https://twitter.com/Tarjimly twitter] [https://vimeo.com/320901240 video]
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'''Greenease''' helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.  
  
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Their Mission:         Connect consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers buying from local or sustainable farms
  
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Founder(s):          
  
'''TaroWorks''' is designed specifically for non-profits and social enterprises working in the most remote and difficult places on the planet where connectivity is limited. TaroWorks help organizations enhance data collection, monitoring, sales and inventory management in the field.
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Location:                New York City and Washington, DC
  
Their Mission:        Improve product and service delivery to the poor by bringing real-time data to any organization, anywhere.
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Learn More:            [http://greenease.co/ Greenease]
  
Founder(s):           Emily Tucker
 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:            [https://taroworks.org/ TaroWorks] [https://twitter.com/TaroWorksApp twitter] [https://vimeo.com/329029990 video]
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'''Laborlink''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.  
  
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Their Mission:         Translate the voices of workers into actionable analytics that enable socially responsible supply chains
  
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Founder(s):          
  
'''TenFour''' is an emergency check-in tool built by Ushahidi for people who are responsible for other people, HR managers, principals and community leaders.
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Location:                United States
  
Their Mission:        Identify team members who need help in critical situations
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Learn More:            [http://goodworldsolutions.org/ Laborlink]
  
Founder(s):           Ushahidi Founders are Erik Hersman, Ory Okolloh, Juliana Rotich and David Kobia
 
  
Location:                Nairobi, Kenya
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.tenfour.org/ TenFour] [https://twitter.com/ushahidi twitter]
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'''Producing Right App''' helps producers collect information directly from the field quickly and efficiently , online or offline. It works for any rural property, regardless of size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent manner, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, and creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give the necessary support through email or phone.
  
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Their Mission:         Assist rural producers in managing the social and environmental aspects of their properties
  
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Founder(s):           [https://www.aliancadaterra.org/ Aliança da Terra]
  
'''TextTrainer''' is a dialogue system that crisis counselors can practice counseling while they are training. Counselors are able to gain experience in a low-risk environment without putting anyone in danger.
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Location:                Goiânia, Brazil
  
Their Mission:        Train crisis counselors on how to intervene and de-escalate crises in a low pressure setting
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Learn More:            [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.aliancaterra.ppc/ "Producing Right App"]
  
Founder(s):           Orianna Demassi
 
  
Location:                Berkeley, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:            [https://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/projects/texttrainer-a-dialog-system-to-train-crisis-helpline-counselors/ TextTrainer]  
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-13.png |70px|left|]]Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg13 SDG 13].
  
  
  
'''Track it Forward''' is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress.
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'''Climate Cost Project'''
  
Their Mission:         Help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works
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Their Mission:         Measure the costs of climate change happening right now (run by Climate Impact Census)
  
Founder(s):           Anca and James McBryan
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Oakland, California, United States
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [https://www.trackitforward.com/ Track It Forward]
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Learn More:            [http://climatecostproject.org/ Climate Cost Project]
  
  
  
'''TriggerGive''' is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via twitter.
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'''Goal Getter''' helps the Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn.
  
Their Mission:         Allow users to send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them"
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Their Mission:         Letting people simply know what is and is not recyclable
  
Founder(s):           Issac Alfton
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Founder(s):           [https://urbanstrategies.org/ Urban Strategies Council] (whose mission is to bring people and data together for equity and social justice)
  
Location:                United States
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [http://www.triggergive.com/ TriggerGive] [https://twitter.com/TriggerGive twitter]
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Learn More:            [https://www.goalgetterapp.org/ Goal Getter]
  
  
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-10.png |70px|left|]]Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries==
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'''Litterati App''' Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time, geotaging pinpoints of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android.  
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg10 SDG 10].
 
  
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Their Mission:         Create a global community to identify, map, and collect the world's litter
  
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Founder(s):           Jeff Kirschner and Literati, LLC
  
'''Balance''' was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and the creators wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance. Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing.
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Location:                United States
  
Their Mission:        Let anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message
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Learn More:            [http://www.litterati.org/ Literati App]
  
Founder(s):           Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon through Code For America
 
  
Location:               San Francisco, California, United States
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'''Recyclable''' allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle.
  
Learn More:            [http://archive.codeforamerica.org/products/balance/ Balance]. Get involved on the [https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/34 Github]
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Their Mission:        Let people know what is and is not recyclable
  
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Founder(s):           Miriam Hendler
  
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Location:                United States
  
'''DAHLIA''' San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.
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Learn More:            [http://miriamhendler.com/recyclable Recyclable]
  
Their Mission:         Allow residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city
 
  
Founder(s):           Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with SF Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation
 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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'''Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP''' is an app that displays the location and air quality of parks and beaches in the state. It lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
  
Learn More:            [https://housing.sfgov.org/ DAHLIA]
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Their Mission:        Inform citizens and residents of São Paulo to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat
  
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Founder(s):           State of São Paulo Environment Department
  
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Location:               
  
'''DataSF''' The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars. City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability.  
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Learn More:            [http://www.ambiente.sp.gov.br/aplicativos/sap/ the project & Download the app]
  
Their Mission:         Help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all
 
  
Founder(s):           http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of SF and other [https://datasf.org/about/ staff members]
 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-14.png|70px|left|]] Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg14 SDG 14].
  
Learn More:            [https://datasf.org/ DataSF] [https://twitter.com/DataSF twitter]
 
  
  
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'''Clean Swell''' is used to document trash found during cleanups by adding photos and shared via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected. Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world.
  
'''District Housing''' helps residents prepare housing applications to automatically fill out any building’s application. Originally, to apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible.
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Clean Swells was created by the [http://www.oceanconservancy.org/ Ocean Conservancy] and developed by [http://www.beaconfire-red.com/ Beaconfire Red] in the United States.
  
Their Mission:         Help residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application
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Their Mission:         Reduce the amount of trash and document the trash cleaned up at beaches, waterways, and oceans
  
Founder(s):           [http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-DC/ Code For DC] and partners with [http://www.breadforthecity.org/ Bread For City]
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                Washington DC, United States
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/codefordc/districthousing Github] [https://codefordc.org/districthousing/ Code For  DC] [https://hackpad.com/Code-for-DC-District-Housing-KlQ2UbX0Imc dropbox] [https://twitter.com/breadforthecity twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.oceanconservancy.org/do-your-part/about-clean-swell.html Clean Swell] and download the [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/clean-swell/id985692119?mt=8 Clean Swell App]
  
  
  
'''DoSomething Chatbot''' is a digital platform powering offline action by joining our volunteer, social change and civic action campaigns. DoSomething is exclusively for young people to make real-world impact on causes they care about.  
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'''Dive Against Debris''' allows divers to report debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on the conditions under water. They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.
  
Their Mission:         Encourage young people to become active citizens and leaders while also making community involvement fun
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Their Mission:         Clean up underwater debris
  
Founder(s):           Andrew Shue & Michael Sanchez
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Founder(s):            
  
Location:                New York City, New York, United States 
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Location:                 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.dosomething.org/us DoSomething] [https://twitter.com/dosomething twitter] [https://vimeo.com/293977074 video]
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Learn More:            [https://www.projectaware.org/news/use-your-phone-take-action-clean-ocean Dive Against Debris] is a program of [https://www.projectaware.org/ Project Aware]. App for [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-aware-dive-against-debris/id1260943783?ls=1&mt=8 iOS] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.project.rantmedia.projectaware Android]
  
  
  
'''ESLmap'''
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==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-15.png|70px|left|]]Goal 15:  Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss ==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg15 SDG 15].
  
Their Mission:         Provide a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area
 
  
Founder(s):          
 
  
Location:                Nashville, Tennessee
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'''AdoptMe App''' helps bring stories to the faces of animals and are posted to Twitter and other platforms, bringing a whole new level of exposure to pets looking for their forever homes!
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AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and many more shelters.
  
Learn More:            [http://www.eslmap.com/ ESLmap]
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Their Mission:        Help animal welfare organizations increase adoptions and save more animals' lives
  
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Founder(s):           Cynthia Typaldos
  
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Location:                California, United States
  
'''Find Your Voice''' is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly
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Learn More:            [http://adoptmeapp.org/ AdoptMeApp]
  
Their Mission:         Provide a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly
 
  
Founder(s):          
 
  
Location:              
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== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-16.png|70px|left|]]Goal 16Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies==
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Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg16 SDG 16].
  
Learn More:            [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice]
 
  
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'''AboliShop''' intervention tool is a website to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have a commitment to preventing human trafficking. AboliShop is currently in beta testing. AboliShop partners with [https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ Not For Sale] and [https://www.usaid.gov/ USAID].
  
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Their Mission:         Prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of supply chains for certain products
  
'''Good Call'''  If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case.
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Founder(s):           Nick Montgomery, Kwamina Orleans-Pobee, and Wes Williams
  
Their Mission:        Provide a fairer criminal justice system through the Arrest Hotline for loved one who have been arrested
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Location:                United States
  
Founder(s):           Gabriel Leader-Rose, Jelani Anglin, Eugene Lynch, Stephanie Yim
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Learn More:           [http://abolishop.org/ AboliShop] and [http://www.free2work.org/ Free2Work]
  
Location:                Brooklyn, New York, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [http://goodcall.nyc/ Good Call] [https://twitter.com/goodcallnyc twitter] [https://vimeo.com/271687647 video]
 
  
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'''App Boca de Urna''' is a Brazillian Android app that promotes sharing social opinions on candidates and voter information within a network. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).
  
'''No Place Like Home''' Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco.
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Their Mission:         Have people share thoughts about an election on a social platform and empowering individuals to set the Brazilian political destiny with greater inclusivity
  
Their Mission:       Help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offers since they are common practice for property owners of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco
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Founder(s):           Dineu
  
Founder(s):           developer Jesse Germinario
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Location:               Brazil
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Learn More:            [https://www.facebook.com/appbocadeurnabr/ the community] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dineuassiss.appbocadeurna&hl=en/ download the app]
  
Learn More:            [http://www.noplacelikehome.co/ No Place Like Home]. See the open-source code on [https://github.com/noplacelikehome/noplacelikehome_app  Github].
 
  
  
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'''AsylumConnect''' catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.
  
'''LocalData''' provides tools for local street-level geographic data collection and reporting, and makes the local information and data about cities and towns available to local governments and organizations.  
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Their Mission:         Help persecuted LGBTQ people identify and access verified human needs resources in the U.S.  
  
Their Mission:       To make collecting, transcribing and cleaning street-level information about neighborhoods process simple
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Founder(s):          
  
Founder(s):           Matt Hampel & Alicia Rouault & Prashant Singh
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Location:               United States
  
Location:                New York City, New York, United States 
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Learn More:            [http://www.asylumconnectcatalog.org/ viewed here] [http://www.asylumconnect.org/ AsylumConnect]
  
Learn More:            [http://localdata.com/ LocalData] [http://twitter.com/golocaldata  twitter]
 
  
  
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'''B.O. Coletivo''' is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. The application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent.
  
'''Mobile Pathways''' uses Salesforce and mobile phones to help undocumented and under-documented immigrants gain access to reliable legal information about their numerous pathways to immigration.
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Their Mission:         Increase awareness about public safety
  
Their Mission:       Provide accurate and precise legal information to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers via mobile phone technology
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Founder(s):           B.O. Coletivo (an urban activist group focused on public safety)
  
Founder(s):           Jeffrey O’Brien
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Location:               Porto Alegré, Brasil
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.org.bocoletivo&hl=en/ "the app and download it"]
  
Learn More:            [https://mobilepathways.org Mobile Pathways] [https://vimeo.com/352193809 twitter]
 
  
  
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'''Fiskkit''' is a web app that is currently available in Beta.
  
'''Ohana''' is an open source community resource platform that makes it easy for communities to publish a database of social services, and allows developers to build impactful applications that serve underprivileged residents. The founders' during their time with Code for America collaborated with the Human Services Agency in San Mateo County, CA in order to build this platform. 
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Their Mission:         Lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports
  
Their Mission:       Increase access to human services for residents in need
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Founder(s):          
  
Founder(s):           Moncef Belyamani, Sophia Parafina & Anselm Bradford
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Location:               United States
  
Location:                San Mateo, California, United States 
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Learn More:            [http://fiskkit.com/ Fiskitt]
  
Learn More:            [https://github.com/sfbrigade/ohana-api Github] [http://www.smc-connect.org Ohana]
 
  
  
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'''Flower''' helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life. Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question. Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download.
  
'''Notifica''' is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid.
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Their Mission:         Help friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through important moments in life
  
Their Mission:       Empower undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies
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Founder(s):           Jean Miller Truelson and [http://www.dogpatchtech.com/ Dog Patch Tech]
  
Founder(s):           built by United We Dream and Huge
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Location:               San Francisco, California in the United States
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [https://www.flowerapp.com Flower]
  
Learn More:            [http://notifica.us/ Notifica] [https://twitter.com/unitedwedream twitter] [https://vimeo.com/257017772 video]
 
  
  
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'''Hall of Justice''' Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data.
  
'''Person-Centered Network App'''
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Their Mission:         Provide a searchable inventory of criminal justice data
  
Their Mission:       Assess a person's social support network, identify where help is needed, leverage strengths, and links the person to resources to fill the gaps
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Founder(s):           project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
  
Founder(s):           Dr. Danielle Varda
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Location:                 
  
Location:                Denver, Colorado, United States
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Learn More:            [http://hallofjustice.sunlightfoundation.com/ Hall of Justice]
  
Learn More:            [https://visiblenetworklabs.com/pcn-app/  Person-Centered Network App] [https://visiblenetworklabs.com/ VisibleNetworkLabs]
 
  
  
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'''Meu Filho Autista''' or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules.  It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son.
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The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through
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feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.
  
'''SF311 Mobile App''' enables users to submit service requests and search the same knowledge base that San Francisco City and County 311 Customer Services Representatives use to get info.
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Their Mission:         Provide families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders more control of their child's treatment
 
 
Their Mission:         Increase accessibility of residents in the San Francisco area of service requests
 
  
Founder(s):           City & County of San Francisco
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Founder(s):           ForLifeApp
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
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Location:                São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil
  
Learn More:            [https://www.sf311.org/mobile SF311] [https://twitter.com/sf311 twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://forlifeapp.com/ download the app]
  
  
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'''Open States''' allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures. Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress. 
  
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Their Mission:         Allows Americans to discover and follow all state legislatures
  
'''SF Pest''' allows residents in San Francisco affordable housing to report pest issues from their mobile devices.
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Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
  
Their Mission:        Improve communication and accountability between residents and property management
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Location:               
  
Founder(s):           [http://devmission.org Dev/Mission]
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Learn More:           [http://openstates.org/ Open States]
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:             [https://sfpest.org  SF Pest]
 
  
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'''Out App''' was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with.
  
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Their Mission:         Support youth coming out to friends and family
  
'''Spendrise''' is an online platform where customers make change. Vote with your wallet and advocate for positive change wherever you spend money.
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Founder(s):           Eddie Chen at NYU
  
Their Mission:        Empowers consumers to create positive change at all the places you spend money
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Location:                New York in the United States
  
Founder(s):            Eric Shih
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Learn More:            [http://www.outapp.org/ Out App]
  
Location:                Oakland, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:             [https://www.spendrise.com/ Spendrise] [http://twitter.com/Spendrise twitter]
 
  
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'''Party Time''' helps track the political fundraising circuit. From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors.
  
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Their Mission:         Let people know which politicians are fundraising and where
  
'''Tenderloin Housing Clinic App''' for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
  
Their Mission:        Prevent tenant displacement, preserve and expand the city's low-cost housing stock, and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants
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Location:               
  
Founder(s):           Nicolas Melo
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Learn More:           [http://politicalpartytime.org/ Party Time]
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.thclinic.org/ Tenderloin Housing Clinic] [https://github.com/quackyduck/THC Github]
 
  
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'''The Refuge Restrooms''' app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website.
  
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Their Mission:         Provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms
  
'''Uptrust''' seeks to assist people who are in the pre-trial process and at risk to miss their first court date. A missed court date often results in jail time for the defendant, even if they are non-violent offenders. UpTrust removes barrier by providing customized text message reminders, free transportation to court, and free childcare for parents attending court. UpTrust works with trusted public officials to connect with defendants.
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Founder(s):           Teagan Widmer
  
Their Mission:        Assist clients in overcoming barriers to appearance in order to reduce the rate of incarceration for technical violations without placing additional work on public defenders or court staff
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Location:                United States and internationally
  
Founder(s):           Jacob Sills & Elijah Gwynn
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Learn More:           [http://www.refugerestrooms.org/ web app], contribute on [https://github.com/RefugeRestrooms/refugerestrooms Github]
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
 
  
Learn More:             [https://www.uptrust.co/ Uptrust]
 
  
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'''Reporta''' app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish.
  
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Their Mission:         Empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button
  
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-11.png |70px|left|]]Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable==
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Founder(s):           designed by [http://www.iwmf.org/ International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)], built by [http://revsquare.com/en/ RevSquare]  
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg11 SDG 11].
 
  
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Location:                Washington DC, United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://reporta.org/ Reporta]
  
'''Aunt Bertha'''
 
  
Their Mission:         Help people find and connect to social services across any zip code in the United States.
 
  
Founder(s):           Erine Gray
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'''RideAlong''' bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers.
  
Location:                Austin, Texas, United States
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Their Mission:        Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
  
Learn More:           [https://www.auntbertha.com/ Aunt Bertha] [https://twitter.com/auntbertha twitter]
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Founder(s):            
  
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [http://getridealong.com/ RideAlong]
  
'''Changecause''' is a social platform that aims to revolutionize the way cause marketing is done by keeping donations small and leveraging the power of social networks. Changecause allows you to select one of the non-profits listed, determine a micro-donation amount ($1-$5), pay via Amazon and then a corresponding sponsor will match your donation, doubling your impact. Changecause will broadcast your donation on the social network of your choosing to spread the word about the organization you care about and spotlight the sponsoring company. The core technology behind Changecause became [https://www.naytev.com/ Naytev].
 
  
Their Mission:         Bring together individual donors, causes, and sponsors to raise more money and create greater awareness for causes
 
  
Founder(s):           Edward Ridgely, Zack Liscio, Patrick Costello and Michael Seid
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'''Safe Shelter Collaborative''' has a suite of tools, so that registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option. 
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Their Mission:        Help agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors
  
Learn More:           [https://www.naytev.com/ Naytev] [https://twitter.com/changecause Changecause twitter]
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Founder(s):           Built and is maintained by Caravan Studios
  
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Location:               
  
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Learn More:            [http://www.safesheltercollaborative.org Safe Shelter Collaborative]
  
'''Circles.org''' helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.
 
  
Their Mission:         Foster and expanding citizen-led philanthropy and volunteer engagement in developing countries
 
  
Founder(s):           Foundation for Sustainable Development
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'''Salama''' web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user.  This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta.
  
Location:               
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Their Mission:        Help individuals analyze particular risks they might face for their work
  
Learn More:           [https://circles.org/ Circles.org]
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Founder(s):           Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the [http://www.icfj.org/ International Center for Journalists] with the technical support of the [http://www.peacetechlab.org/ Peace Tech Lab]
  
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Location:                United States
  
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Learn More:            [https://salama.io/ Salama]
  
'''CityXcape App'''
 
  
Their Mission:         Provide a real time map of hidden gems in the city that are scouted
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.cityxcape.com/ CityXcape] [https://twitter.com/cityxcapeinc twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Civic Chatbots''' solves complex government communication issues with a machine learning platform that helps residents and government employees get questions answers efficiently, effectively and affordably.
 
 
Their Mission:         Facilitate procurement for the City & County of San Francisco through chatbot
 
 
Founder(s):           Developed at Yeti with CEO Tony Scherba
 
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [http://civicchatbots.com/ Civic Chatbots] [https://vimeo.com/256026278 video]
 
 
 
 
'''DecipherAustin''' helps map Austin's open spaces. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help citizens have more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds
 
 
Founder(s):           Decipher City
 
 
Location:                Austin, Texas, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://deciphercity.org/tag/austin/ DecipherAustin]
 
 
 
 
'''Faya'''
 
 
Their Mission:         Provite community-building places and activities for you to do nearby through a civic engagement chatbot
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.playmc2.com/ Faya] [https://twitter.com/MC2Universe twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Find Your Voice''' is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.
 
 
Their Mission:         Allow Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                Tennessee, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://find-your-voice.firebaseapp.com/ Find Your Voice]
 
 
 
 
'''Hustle''' is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way.
 
 
Their Mission:         Connect campaigns and nonprofits around the country with their supporters
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.hustle.com/ Hustle] [https://twitter.com/Hustle twitter] [https://vimeo.com/263276046 video]
 
 
 
 
'''imby''' is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process.
 
 
Their Mission:         Inform, engage, and influence the creation of responsive, sustainable communities
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.imby.community/ imby] [https://twitter.com/imbycommunity twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''PARTNER Tool''' / PARTNER Platform is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, to measure the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data.
 
 
Their Mission:         Measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations
 
 
Founder(s):           Dr. Danielle Varda
 
 
Location:                Denver, Colorado, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://visiblenetworklabs.com/intro-to-partner/ PARTNER Tool] [https://visiblenetworklabs.com/ VisibleNetworkLabs]
 
 
 
 
'''Phone2Action''' is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.
 
 
Their Mission:         Connect supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process
 
 
Founder(s):           Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://phone2action.com/ Phone2Action] [http://twitter.com/Phone2Action twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Purple Patriot''' is a mobile platform for women to reinvent government, driving equality and inclusion, using our Voices, Votes and Wallet.
 
 
Their Mission:         Build a pipeline of women engaged and active in politics
 
 
Founder(s):           Jean Templin & Christine Templin
 
 
Location:                Oakland, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [https://purplepatriot.com/ Purple Patriot] [https://twitter.com/thepurplepatri1 twitter] [https://vimeo.com/287610722 video]
 
 
 
 
'''RagTag''' uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do.
 
 
Their Mission:         Connect tech volunteers eager to jump in and help out with projects for organizations doing good work on the ground - and actively manage projects, from scope to solution
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://ragtag.org/ RagTag] [https://twitter.com/ragtag_team twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Reach''' is a social network of citizen security. In real time, people can take take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens.
 
 
Their Mission:         Easily share information and/or evidence of crimes and social incidents anonymously
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://reachsos.com/ Reach] [https://twitter.com/reachsos twitter] [https://vimeo.com/252827965 video]
 
 
 
 
'''BestRides / SafeRideWalkSafe''' is an easy-to-use smartphone app that provides real-time updates to a chosen group of contacts whenever you take a trip
 
 
Their Mission:         Improve individual safety by letting users share their location and real-time updates to a chosen group of people
 
 
Founder(s):           Greg Czarnowski
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://best-rides.com/ BestRides] [https://vimeo.com/187583441 video] [https://vimeo.com/channels/publicgoodapphouse/252827965 video -Safety Apps Panel presentation].
 
 
 
 
'''SF CrimeData''' uses San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData.
 
 
Their Mission:         Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://sfcrimedata.org/ SF CrimeData]
 
 
 
 
'''SkyAlert''' leverages modern technology to give advance warning of an impending Earthquake.  SkyAlert collaborates closely with United States Geological Suvery to distribute Earthquake Early Warnings in Oregon, Washington and California. With the combination of SkyAlert’s award-winning technology, businesses and organizations can receive advance warning of shaking from an earthquake that has already begun.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide a technological solution to prevent and reduce human and economic losses when an earthquake strikes.
 
 
Founder(s):           Alejandro Cantu & Alvaro Velasco
 
 
Location:                Mexico & Berkeley, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://skyalertusa.com/ SkyAlert Website] [https://twitter.com/SkyAlertUSA twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Tier 1 Screener''' was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help frontline professionals rapidly and effectively identify possible victims of sex trafficking
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                Austin, Texas, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.alliesagainstslavery.org/ Tier 1 Screener] [https://twitter.com/alliesatx twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Toot''' is a platform that informs community members about violence occurring at determined points, helping to identify more secure routes. As community members pass by certain landmarks, they anonymously designate whether the situation was "ok" or "not ok." This information is added to the app’s map, which shows areas that have been reported to be safe, or unsafe, to transit.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help save lives by identifying more secure routes to travel
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                Brazil
 
Learn More:            [http://www.tootcomunidade.com.br/ Toot] [https://www.facebook.com/Tootcomunidade/ facebook] [https://twitter.com/Tootcomunidade twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''TransitScreen''' is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold. The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide information about one's transportation choices at a glance, live and in real-time
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Languages:               English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.transitscreen.com/ TransitScreen] [https://twitter.com/TransitScreen twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''TenFour''' is an emergency check-in tool built by Ushahidi for people who are responsible for other people, HR managers, principals and community leaders.
 
 
Their Mission:         Identify team members who need help in critical situations
 
 
Founder(s):           Ushahidi Founders are Erik Hersman, Ory Okolloh, Juliana Rotich and David Kobia
 
 
Location:                Nairobi, Kenya
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.tenfour.org/ TenFour] [https://twitter.com/ushahidi twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''wonktonk''' is suitable for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues.
 
 
Their Mission:         Enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts"
 
 
Founder(s):           Jonathan Fishbein
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:             [http://wonktonk.com/]
 
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-12.png|70px|left|]]Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg12 SDG 12].
 
 
 
 
'''Greenease''' helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.
 
 
Their Mission:         Connect consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers buying from local or sustainable farms
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                New York City and Washington, DC, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://greenease.co/ Greenease] [https://twitter.com/GreeneaseApp twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Laborlink''' transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.
 
 
Their Mission:         Translate the voices of workers into actionable analytics that enable socially responsible supply chains
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://goodworldsolutions.org/ Laborlink]
 
 
 
 
'''Producing Right App''' helps producers collect information directly from the field quickly and efficiently , online or offline. It works for any rural property, regardless of size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent manner, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, and creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give the necessary support through email or phone.
 
 
Their Mission:         Assist rural producers in managing the social and environmental aspects of their properties
 
 
Founder(s):           Aliança da Terra
 
 
Location:                Goiânia, Brazil
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.aliancadaterra.org/ Aliança da Terra] platform and download the [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.aliancaterra.ppc/ Producing Right App] 
 
 
 
 
'''Xinampa: The Digital Observatory for Environmental Justice''' is a platform that combines digitalization, Natural Language Processing and Community Science to create real-time indicators of Environmental Justice hotspots across the region.
 
 
Their Mission:         Build Latin America's first Digital Observatory for Environmental Justice
 
 
Founder(s):           Diego Ponce de Leon Barido
 
 
Location:                Berkeley, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.xinampa.io/ Xinampa] [https://vimeo.com/352198950 video]
 
 
 
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-13.png |70px|left|]]Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg13 SDG 13].
 
 
 
 
'''Climate Cost Project'''
 
 
Their Mission:         Measure the costs of climate change happening right now (run by Climate Impact Census)
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://climatecostproject.org/ Climate Cost Project] [https://twitter.com/ClimateCost twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Goal Getter App''' helps Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide support to students to meet their goals
 
 
Founder(s):           Sameer Siruguri and Nick Williams
 
 
Location:                Alameda, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.goalgetterapp.org Goal Getter App] [https://vimeo.com/228633628 video]
 
 
 
 
'''Litterati App''' Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time, geotaging pinpoints of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android.
 
 
Their Mission:         Create a global community to identify, map, and collect the world's litter
 
 
Founder(s):           Jeff Kirschner and Literati, LLC
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.litterati.org/ Literati App] [https://twitter.com/Litterati twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Recyclable''' allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle.
 
 
Their Mission:         Let people know what is and is not recyclable
 
 
Founder(s):           Miriam Haart
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://miriamhaart.com/recyclable Recyclable]
 
 
 
 
'''Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP''' is an app that displays the location and air quality of parks and beaches in the state. It lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).
 
 
Their Mission:         Inform citizens and residents of São Paulo to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat
 
 
Founder(s):           State of São Paulo Environment Department
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.ambiente.sp.gov.br/aplicativos/sap/ Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Xinampa: The Digital Observatory for Environmental Justice''' is a platform that combines digitalization, Natural Language Processing and Community Science to create real-time indicators of Environmental Justice hotspots across the region.
 
 
Their Mission:         Build Latin America's first Digital Observatory for Environmental Justice
 
 
Founder(s):           Diego Ponce de Leon Barido
 
 
Location:                Berkeley, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.xinampa.io/ Xinampa] [https://vimeo.com/352198950 video]
 
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-14.png|70px|left|]] Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg14 SDG 14].
 
 
 
 
'''Clean Swell''' is used to document trash found during cleanups by adding photos and shared via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected. Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world.
 
 
Clean Swells was created by the [http://www.oceanconservancy.org/ Ocean Conservancy] and developed by [http://www.beaconfire-red.com/ Beaconfire Red] in the United States.
 
 
Their Mission:         Reduce the amount of trash and document the trash cleaned up at beaches, waterways, and oceans
 
 
Founder(s):           Ocean Conservancy
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/international-coastal-cleanup/cleanswell/ Clean Swell] and download the [https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/clean-swell/id985692119?mt=8 Clean Swell App]
 
 
 
 
'''Dive Against Debris''' allows divers to report debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on the conditions under water. They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.
 
 
Their Mission:         Clean up underwater debris
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.projectaware.org/news/use-your-phone-take-action-clean-ocean Dive Against Debris] is a program of [https://www.projectaware.org/ Project Aware]. App for [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/project-aware-dive-against-debris/id1260943783?ls=1&mt=8 iOS] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.project.rantmedia.projectaware Android]
 
 
 
 
==[[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-15.png|70px|left|]]Goal 15:  Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg15 SDG 15].
 
 
 
 
'''AdoptMe App''' helps bring stories to the faces of animals and are posted to Twitter and other platforms, bringing a whole new level of exposure to pets looking for their forever homes! AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and many more shelters.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help animal welfare organizations increase adoptions and save more animals' lives
 
 
Founder(s):           Cynthia Typaldos
 
 
Location:                California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://adoptmeapp.org/ AdoptMeApp] [https://twitter.com/adoptmeapp twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''i of the Elephant''' is a mobile app that lets individuals report where ivory is being sold. i of the Elephant is a community action tool to tackle the illegal ivory trade and gives people the power to make a positive difference.
 
 
Their Mission:         Identify where ivory is illicitly sold and compel sellers to be more responsible and enable consumers to choose environmentally conscious stores.
 
 
Founder(s):           Biologists without Borders
 
 
Location:                San Rafael, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [https://biologistswithoutborders.org/saving-elephants/ i of the Elephant] [https://twitter.com/SueOrloff twitter] [https://vimeo.com/320901229 video]
 
 
 
 
== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-16.png|70px|left|]]Goal 16:  Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg16 SDG 16].
 
 
 
 
'''5 calls''' does the research for each issue, determining which representatives are most influential for which topic, collecting phone numbers for those offices and writing scripts that clearly articulate a progressive position.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide an easy and most effective way for citizens to make an impact in national and local politics
 
 
Founder(s):           Nick O'Neill & Rebecca Kaufman
 
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States 
 
 
Learn More:             [https://5calls.org/ 5 Calls] [https://twitter.com/make5calls twitter] [https://vimeo.com/287609274 video]
 
 
 
 
'''AboliShop''' intervention tool is a website to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have a commitment to preventing human trafficking. AboliShop is currently in beta testing. AboliShop partners with [https://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ Not For Sale] and [https://www.usaid.gov/ USAID].
 
 
Their Mission:         Prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of supply chains for certain products
 
 
Founder(s):           Nick Montgomery, Kwamina Orleans-Pobee, and Wes Williams
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://abolishop.org/ AboliShop] and [http://www.free2work.org/ Free2Work]
 
 
 
 
'''App Boca de Urna''' is a Brazillian Android app that promotes sharing social opinions on candidates and voter information within a network. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).
 
 
Their Mission:         Have people share thoughts about an election on a social platform and empowering individuals to set the Brazilian political destiny with greater inclusivity
 
 
Founder(s):           Dineu
 
 
Location:                Brazil
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.facebook.com/appbocadeurnabr/ facebook] and [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dineuassiss.appbocadeurna&hl=en/ download the app]
 
 
 
 
'''Aspire News App''' is a potentially life-saving app from When Georgia Smiled Foundation that allows victims of abuse to call for help at the touch of a button. The app provides resources for victims of domestic violence.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help save the lives of victims of domestic violence
 
 
Founder(s):           Robin McGraw and Dr. Phil
 
 
Location:                California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.whengeorgiasmiled.org/aspire-news-app/ Aspire News] [https://twitter.com/WGSFoundation twitter] [https://vimeo.com/369913500 video]
 
 
 
 
'''AsylumConnect''' catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help persecuted LGBTQ people identify and access verified human needs resources in the U.S.
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.asylumconnect.org/ AsylumConnect] [http://www.asylumconnectcatalog.org/ catalog] [https://twitter.com/AsylumConnect twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''B.O. Coletivo''' is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. The application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent.
 
 
Their Mission:         Increase awareness about public safety
 
 
Founder(s):           B.O. Coletivo (an urban activist group focused on public safety)
 
 
Location:                Porto Alegré, Brazil
 
 
Learn More:            [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.org.bocoletivo&hl=en/ "the app and download it"]
 
 
 
 
'''CaseCompanion''' developed in partnership between Code for America and Multnomah County, Portland, OR, gives crime victims access to resources and support throughout the system.
 
 
Their Mission:         To help crime victims find the information and support needed in Multnomah County
 
 
Founder(s):           Code for America and Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon, United States
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:             [https://casecompanion.multco.us/ Case Companion]
 
 
 
 
'''Direc: Trauma Recovery App'''  informs, educates, and encourages victims of crimes to recovery and be safe by providing appropriate crime specific information and community resources. The mobile app acts as a case management tool and can be sent directly to a victim’s phone or safe phone.
 
 
Their Mission:         Lessen crimes against women and children by employing a new strategy to achieve a higher conviction rate for sexual assault predators and repeat offenders
 
 
Founder(s):           Jon Lindgren
 
 
Location:                Stafford, Texas, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [http://direcedu.org/causes/a-recovery-and-resources-app-for-victims-of-violence-in-houston Direc Trauma Recovery App]
 
 
 
 
'''Fiskkit''' is a web app that is currently available in Beta.
 
 
Their Mission:         Lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://fiskkit.com/ Fiskitt] [https://twitter.com/Fiskkit twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Flower''' helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life. Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question. Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through important moments in life
 
 
Founder(s):           Jean Miller Truelson and [http://www.dogpatchtech.com/ Dog Patch Tech]
 
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [https://www.theflowerapp.com/ Flower] [https://twitter.com/theflowerapp twitter]
 
 
 
 
'''Hall of Justice''' Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide a searchable inventory of criminal justice data
 
 
Founder(s):           project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [http://hallofjustice.sunlightfoundation.com/ Hall of Justice]
 
 
 
 
'''Hope''' is your personal political advisor who helps you keep track of what's happening in the world and recommend smart, strategic actions.
 
 
Their Mission:         Advise citizens on actions they can take based on current political events
 
 
Founder(s):           Jeremy Heimans, Jessy Tolkan & Josh Hendler
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.meethope.us/ Hope] [https://twitter.com/talktohope twitter] [https://vimeo.com/256026432 video]
 
 
 
 
'''Justice Alert Technology''' is an app allows victims and witnesses to report crime in a safe and confidential way. It can instantly report to 911, police, and first responders, along with your contact list so help can come sooner. The app records, captures, and sends the perpetrator’s picture, voiceprint, and geolocation to authorities.
 
 
Their Mission:         To make it easier and safer for victims to report crime and to feel safe 24 hours a day with their cell phone
 
 
Founder(s):           Juan Cano
 
 
Location:                Edinburg, Texas, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.firstjat.com/ Justice Alert Technology]
 
 
 
 
'''Marhub''' is an AI bot is tackling an important challenge by helping millions of migrants and asylum seekers. Using technology to create impact at scale!
 
 
Their Mission:         Enables refugees to access crucial information and services through chatbots
 
 
Founder(s):           Sarrah Nomanbhoy & Parbon Khan
 
 
Location:                Berkeley, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.marhub.co/ Marhub] [https://twitter.com/marhub_co twitter] [https://www.facebook.com/marhub.co/ facebook]
 
 
 
 
'''Meu Filho Autista''' or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules.  It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son.
 
The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through
 
feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders more control of their child's treatment
 
 
Founder(s):           ForLifeApp
 
 
Location:                São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil
 
 
Learn More:            [http://forlifeapp.com/ For Life App]
 
 
 
 
'''MyUmbrella''' is a social networking platform with the mission to connect and empower the LGBTQ+ community in the way they live, work and play.
 
 
Their Mission:         Create a safe platform for marginalized members of the LGBTQIA+ community to connect and share stories about navigating the journey of living openly and authentically in their relationships, families and friendships
 
 
Founder(s):           Angelic Williams
 
 
Location:                Concord, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [https://myumbrella.co/ MyUmbrella] [https://vimeo.com/345869669 video]
 
 
 
 
'''Online SOS''' empowers people facing online harassment. Online SOS is a safe place where people can find tools, information and, above all, empowerment, in the face of online harassment.
 
 
Their Mission:         Empowers people facing online harassment
 
 
Founder(s):           Liz Lee
 
 
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [https://onlinesos.org/ Online SOS] [https://twitter.com/onlinesosorg twitter] [https://vimeo.com/293978426 video]
 
 
 
 
'''Open States''' allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures. Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress. 
 
 
Their Mission:         Allows Americans to discover and follow all state legislatures
 
 
Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [http://openstates.org/ Open States]
 
 
 
 
'''Out App''' was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with.
 
 
Their Mission:         Support youth coming out to friends and family
 
 
Founder(s):           Eddie Chen at NYU
 
 
Location:                New York, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [http://www.outapp.org/ Out App]
 
 
 
 
'''Party Time''' helps track the political fundraising circuit. From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors.
 
 
Their Mission:         Let people know which politicians are fundraising and where
 
 
Founder(s):           a project of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ The Sunlight Foundation], a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all
 
 
Location:               
 
 
Learn More:            [http://politicalpartytime.org/ Party Time]
 
 
 
 
'''Polaris''' is an organization that responds to sex and labor trafficking as it happens. The data and research is used to pilot big, new ideas for dismantling systems that make trafficking possible. The systems in place that trap impoverished migrants in degrading conditions; systems that allow sex traffickers to hide behind screens and systems that, if optimized, would allow the financial services industry to use trafficker' own money to shut them down.
 
 
Their Mission:         Ending sex and labor trafficking in North America
 
 
Founder(s):           Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chon
 
 
Location:                Washington DC, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.polarisproject.org Polaris Project] [https://vimeo.com/370963109 video]
 
 
 
 
 
'''Qloak''' serves as a hub integrating queer spaces featuring such categories as Work (jobs), Play (bars and entertainment), Spend (businesses), and Resources (doctors, counselors, etc.).
 
 
Their Mission:         Raise the wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community by centralizing information about queer inclusive spaces on one free user friendly platform
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
Location:                Oakland, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [http://www.qloakapp.com Qloak] [https://vimeo.com/345932206 video]
 
 
 
 
'''The Refuge Restrooms''' app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website.
 
 
Their Mission:         Provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms
 
 
Founder(s):           Teagan Widmer
 
 
Location:                United States and internationally
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.refugerestrooms.org/ web app], contribute on [https://github.com/RefugeRestrooms/refugerestrooms Github]
 
 
 
 
'''Raheem'''  is a Facebook Messenger chatbot for reporting and rating your interactions with police — both good and bad. Data is shared in real-time to our online public dashboard.
 
 
Their Mission:         Help to translate the lived experiences of people impacted by police violence into effective policy, officer accountability, and new narratives about how we keep our communities safe
 
 
Founder(s):           Brandon Anderson
 
 
Location:                Oakland, California, United States
 
 
Learn More:             [https://www.raheem.ai/ Raheem] [https://twitter.com/raheem twitter][https://vimeo.com/287611353 video]
 
 
 
 
'''Reporta''' app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish.
 
  
Their Mission:         Empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button
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'''The Sanctuary App''' was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.
  
Founder(s):           designed by [http://www.iwmf.org/ International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF)], built by [http://revsquare.com/en/ RevSquare]
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Their Mission:         Provide immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list
 
 
Location:                Washington DC, United States
 
 
 
Learn More:            [https://reporta.org/ Reporta]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''RideAlong''' bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change
 
  
 
Founder(s):            
 
Founder(s):            
  
Location:                United States
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Learn More:            [http://getridealong.com/ RideAlong] [http://twitter.com/getRideAlong twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.survive2thrivefoundation.org/ The Sanctuary App]
  
  
  
'''Safe Shelter Collaborative''' has a suite of tools, so that registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option. 
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'''SheChange'' makes tools, including a Chrome web browser extension, that give consumers a voice to influence corporate policies that impact people and our planet
  
Their Mission:         Help agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors
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Their Mission:         Empower consumers to make companies do better for people and our planet
  
Founder(s):           Built and is maintained by Caravan Studios
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Founder(s):           Tracy Wyman
  
Location:                 
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Location:                California, United States
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.safesheltercollaborative.org Safe Shelter Collaborative] [https://vimeo.com/262303390 video]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Salama''' web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user.  This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Help individuals analyze particular risks they might face for their work
 
 
 
Founder(s):           Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the [http://www.icfj.org/ International Center for Journalists] with the technical support of the [http://www.peacetechlab.org/ Peace Tech Lab]
 
 
 
Location:                United States
 
 
 
Learn More:            [https://salama.io/ Salama]
 
  
 
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Learn More:            [https://shechange.net/ SheChange] [https://vimeo.com/320901237 video]
 
 
'''The Sanctuary App''' was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Provide immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list
 
 
 
Founder(s):          
 
 
 
Location:               
 
 
 
Learn More:            [http://www.survive2thrivefoundation.org/ The Sanctuary App] [https://twitter.com/s2tfoundation twitter]
 
  
  
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Founder(s):           Carrie Phillips and Todd Anderson
  
Location:                San Francisco, California, United States
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Location:                San Francisco, California in the United States
 
 
Learn More:            Currently a free app on IOS, download [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/statement-visual-communication/id1018664801?mt=8&ref=producthunt here]. Find out more information about [https://www.producthunt.com/tech/statement Statement] [https://www.producthunt.com/posts/statement]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Stronger Than Espresso App''' is a free domestic violence tool designed to offer basic relationship evaluations, safety planning resources and help information when needed.  Built in partnership with Advance Net Labs.
 
 
 
Their Mission:         Empower survivors of domestic abuse and gender based violence to reclaim what abuse took away.
 
 
 
Founder(s):           Dr. Brooke Jones
 
 
 
Location:                McKinney, Texas, United States
 
  
Learn More:            [https://www.strongerthanespresso.com/ Stronger Than Espresso] [https://twitter.com/strongrespresso Stronger Than Espresso twitter] [https://vimeo.com/369884521
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Learn More:            [http://www.turismoacessivel.gov.br/ta/ Turismo Acessível]
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Learn More:            [http://www.turismoacessivel.gov.br/ta/ the app and download it]
  
  
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Location:                United States
  
Learn More:            [http://www.wevoteusa.org/ We Vote] [http://twitter.com/WeVote twitter]
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Learn More:            [http://www.wevoteusa.org/ We Vote]
  
  
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Learn More:            [https://whistlerapp.org/ Whistler App] [https://twitter.com/bam_nonviolence twitter]
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'''YTH: ZonaSegura App''' is a trauma-informed youth-centered innovative mobile solution to address teen dating violence in Honduras. Led by YTH, in partnership with GOJoven Honduras and the Public Health Institute’s (PHI) GOJoven International Program, this project aims to prevent teen dating violence (TDV) through provision of prevention information, healthy relationship education, and geo-location linkage to TDV services and resources.
 
 
Their Mission:          Develop a mobile solution to address teen dating violence in Honduras
 
 
Founder(s):           YTH
 
 
Location:                Honduras
 
 
Learn More:             [https://zona-segura.org/ ZonaSegura] [https://twitter.com/YTHorg twitter][https://vimeo.com/369878914 video]
 
  
 
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== [[File:E SDG goals icons-individual-rgb-17.png|70px|left|]]Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development ==
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg17 SDG 17].
 
Learn more about [https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg17 SDG 17].

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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

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Link-SF is designed with three user groups in mind: 1) A growing population of low-income San Franciscans who rely on mobile technology to meet their basic needs, 2) Service providers who can use the most real-time data to direct clients in need, and 3) Everyday people who can use this information as a way to help refer San Francisco’s homeless population to a social service agency nearby. Link-SF is a free software which can be downloaded here: GitHub

Their Mission:       Connect homeless and low-income residents with important nearby services such as food, shelter, medical care, hygiene, and technology access

Founder(s):           St. Anthony Foundation, Zendesk, and user testing expert Kimberly McCollister

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Link-SF


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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

Learn more about SDG 2.


FarmRaiser

Their Mission:       Partner with local farmers and food artisans to get amazing products at great prices for your next fundraiser.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           FarmRaiser


FreshEBT makes it easy to check your EBT balance, and locate grocery stores, corner stores, and farmers markets near you that participate in the SNAP benefits program and accept food stamps. You can also see an overview of where you spend your food stamps and view your history of EBT transactions, month by month.

Their Mission:       Help EBT users check food stamps and benefits balance

Founder(s):           Propel (who build software for low-income Americans who are often overlooked by traditional tech innovation)

Location:              

Languages:           English, Spanish

Learn More:           FreshEBT


Fresh Food Connect

Their Mission:       Help urban growers easily donate their surplus food to local food pantries without leaving their home

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Fresh Food Connect


Planet Murple hopes to redesign our broken food culture starting with kids and education.

Their Mission:       Teach kids to cook, so they build curiosity and self-sufficiency around food

Founder(s):           Emily Yao and Dave Resnick

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Planet Murple


Range lists safe places as all libraries in the US for youth in need of summer meals. Summer meals are the locations of USDA funded meal service sites that are available during the school year. Range will help us get to zero hunger (SDG 2).

Their Mission:       Help US school-age youth find safe places and meals in the summer

Founder(s):           Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup [a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the U.S.A.]

Location:              

Learn More:           Range


Spoiler Alert will help us get to zero hunger (SDG 2). Born out of MIT in June 2015, Spoiler Alert was a 2015 winner of MassChallenge and member of the Spring 2016 cohort of Techstars Boston.

Their Mission:       Help food businesses, farms, and nonprofits to create or recover value from food surplus and organic waste

Founder(s):          

Location:               Boston, Massachusetts

Date Started:        June 2015

Learn More:          Spoiler Alert


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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Learn more about SDG 3.


BeMyEyes

Their Mission:       Connect blind and visually impaired people with sighted helpers from around the world via live video connection

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           BeMyEyes


Break Zika App allows people to monitor and publish virus outbreaks onto a city map. It encourages reporting, treatment and sharing, and also helps identify mosquito carriers. The app partners with government agencies, which simplifies controls to take action by allowing all publications to be sent to a platform accessed by the public sector.

Their Mission:       Reduce the outbreak of dangerous viruses

Founder(s):           Colab.re in partnership with various municipalities and government agencies across the world

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           Break Zika and download the App


Concrn app is a compassionate social service network and mobile app that connects people in need to volunteer responders trained in crisis intervention and mediation. It allows citizens to report someone having a mental health crisis. First responders such as firefighters, police, and paramedics will get a text message of the report, and app users will see an update message when a responder is on the way. The app helps alleviate the tension between law enforcement and local residents, which is a big problem locally and nationally.

Their Mission:       Offer an alternative to calling 911 for many crisis situations

Founder(s):           Jacob Savage and Neil Shah of Compassionate Response Network

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Concrn


Doctor D customizes recommendations regarding HIV & STD testing, HIV prevention, and vaccinations. The app empowers guys to stay on top of their sexual health.

Doctor D is made by David Ernst and Prevention Health Labs. Doctor D is based in the United States.

Their Mission:       Help men locate nearby sexual health services

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Doctor D


EWG’s Healthy Living App helps consumers in making healthier decisions by looking at ingredients in food and cosmetic. You can scan items by barcode and get nutrition facts and safety ratings on ingredients for over 200,000 products.

Their Mission:       Create awareness in the safety of foods and cosmetics

Founder(s):           Environmental Working Group app created by Exygy

Location:               San Francisco, California

Learn More:           Healthy Living App


First Derm will find a top board-certified dermatologist in your area to help you with your skincare problems. Together the dermatology team speaks 6 languages and has helped users from 160 countries. They are advised by globally recognized leaders in digital health, tele-dermatology and startups.

Their Mission:       Provide direct access to a dermatologist for first steps & guidance on skincare concerns

Founder(s):           Alexander Börve

Location:               United States, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom

Learn More:           First Derm


GiveFit connects people who can’t afford gyms or studios to free community fitness activities.

Their Mission:       Make health and fitness activities more accessible to people

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           GiveFit


Ottawa's Heart helps you to find the nearest defibrillator, submit new ones, and approve existing listings. Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills more than a 1,000 people each day, it is one of the leading causes of death. Defibrillators are easy to use, effective, and places all around, but being unable to find a defibrillator in an emergency decreases the chance of survival 7-10% every minute.

Their Mission:       Help you and others save cardiac arrest victims

Founder(s):           David Rust-Smith, Phil Vanstone, and Nick Breen.

Location:              

Learn More:           Ottawa's Heart


LGBT MD is an open-source app in beta that connects people in the LGBTQ community to find medical help closest to them. The app allows one to bookmark favorites, contact info, and contribute reviews to help others find the care they need.

Their Mission:       Connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people to well-trained medical providers

Founder(s):           Daria Garina

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           LGBT MD


Maia Health has a mission to guide chronically ill children as they transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.

Their Mission:       Change the way children take on the responsibilities of their medical care

Founder(s):          Five university students brought together at the Stanford Medx Conference, and earned seed funding from Ashoka Youth Venture

Location:              

Learn More:           Maia Health


The Maya App is a streamlined and secure application designed specifically for busy doctors. The app lets you become a key part of a network of doctors with the latest in mobile health tools at their fingertips. They are all collaborating and sharing patient information, and helping to inform one another and the community around them on the challenges and breakthroughs affecting the health of their patients.

Their Mission:       Create a more efficient and effective healthcare environment

Founder(s):           Maya Health Network

Location:               United States

Languages:          

Learn More:           Maya App


Open Health Network is smart, configurable, customizable mobile B2B2C health platform. It is an open platform and integrates with the existing systems, applications, devices, data and content. Each app can automatically adapts to each patient. OHN's interactive big data dashboard provides deep big data analytics.

Their Mission:       Enable healthcare organizations to create powerful mobile applications to run on any device and in any language within a day without coding

Founder(s):           Tatyana Kanzaveli and Maksim Tsvetovat

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           Open Health Network


Pró-Química Online contains information from the Manual of Emergencies of the Pro Chemistry of ABIQUIM - Brazilian Association of Chemical Industry. It follows the UN guidelines for the Land Transport of Dangerous Goods (Orange Book) and The US Department of Transportation's Emergency Response Guidebook (DOT).

Their Mission:       Inform professionals in the emergency sector who work with dangerous products

Founder(s):           SUATRANS Emergência SA of Sao Paolo Brazil (a company that focused on solutions for the preservation of life and the environment, that provides its customers with products, training and services focused on environmental protection with the highest standards of quality)

Location:              

Learn More:           Emergency Care


PulsePoint transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.

Their Mission:       Alert CPR-trained bystanders about a nearby Sudden Cardiac Arrest event and the location of the closest AED

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           PulsePoint


SPX Denge is an application that takes a different approach in the campaign against dengue fever in an educational and captivating game as well as a supplier of more information. The game teaches how to identify mosquitos, ways to protect oneself and family and how to spot the symptoms of dengue.

Their Mission:       Combat the huge effects of dengue fever

Founder(s):           the State Department of Health of São Paulo

Location:              

Learn More:           Information and Download the App


Water Tracker is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.

Their Mission:       Reduce water consumption

Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Water Tracker app


YesHealth empowers people everywhere to start living healthier, happier lives. YesHealth is the first all-mobile personalized diabetes prevention program. Users partner with a health coach team to create a personal, holistic health program that requires no special equipment or prepared diet foods.

Yes Health has partnered with Solera Health, UCSF, and American Diabetes Association.

Their Mission:       Help people suffering from diabetes to develop healthy habits for life in a fun manner

Founder(s):           Alex Petrov and Yes Health Foundation

Location:               United States

Learn More:           YesHealth and Download the App.


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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Learn more about SDG 4.


ChangeX is a platform that coaches students in technical skill building and design thinking methods as they participate in social impact challenges. Cities, organizations, companies, and schools can create challenges for youth ages 13–24 to learn modern skills. Current ChangeX challenges run from two to six months with 50 to 50,000 learners.

Their Mission:       Teach youth aged 13-24 skills by creating social impact challenges

Founder(s):           Libby Falck

Location:               The Bay Area in California, United States

Learn More:           ChangeX


ESL Map is a filterable, mapped, community-sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area.

Their Mission:       Provide easy access to individuals who want to learn or improve their English

Founder(s):           Nick Lorenson (of Code for Nashville)

Location:               United States

Learn More:           ESL Map


Goalie is a mobile application that enables Mission Asset Fund (MAF) Lending Circle participants to easily monitor their loan status, including payments in real-time, input savings and spendings, and create short-term budget goals. App users receive notifications from MAF staff if there are any payment issues or program updates.

Their Mission:       Help people to stay up to date and informed about their loans and finances

Founder(s):           Jose Montes de Oca

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Github


Mentive is a platform for live online classes with real people and top quality materials to master the skills you need. Mentive believes that knowledge turns dreams into reality, and education brings about this knowledge. Mentive is determined to find a way to enhance all the great online courses out there with the benefits of face-to-face learning.

Their Mission:       Create a global educational community where students and mentors meet to turn any online course into an interactive learning experience

Founder(s):           Jonathan Heyne and has a team of mentors

Location:               Berkeley, California, United States

Learn More:           Mentive


Moneythink is a movement of young people working to restore the economic health of the United States through financial education. Moneythink has an app that challenges you to prove your financial skills. Moneythink believes that the opportunity gap is wider than ever, but financial skills are not taught in American schools. Moneythink has partnered with Causelabs.

Their Mission:       Provide a financial education to all students

Founder(s):           Ted Gonder, Greg Nance, and Shashin Chokshi

Location:               Chicago, Illinois, United States

Learn More:           Moneythink


Open Schools! is a web app that supports family decisions with data. The right school for children is based not only on standardized test scores, but by teacher turnover, parent involvement, special programming, community, and much more. The company plans to gradually add information collected from the city, NGOs, the private sector, and users.

Their Mission:       Help parents choose a school for their children in Washington DC

Founder(s):           Code For DC

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Open Schools


Open311 is an open protocol that reports public issues like graffiti, abandoned cars, or illegal dumping to local government. Local city governments will receive these reported issues, dispatch them to related departments, and handle those issues. The open-source app is developed with Ionic and to run on iOS and Android.

Their Mission:       Clean up public issues such as graffiti, abandoned cars, and illegal dumping

Founder(s):           Code For San Jose in partnership with San Jose

Location:               San Jose, California, United States

Learn More:           Open311 App on GitHub


Vana Learning

Their Mission:       Improvevacademic outcomes for students with ADHD

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Vana Learning


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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Learn more about SDG 5.


Besiders Reminders App helps remind users to take their birth control. Let the app know when the cycle starts with the first dose, the time of day, and customize reminders to be discrete or funny.

Their Mission:       Remind women to take their birth control on time

Founder(s):           Besiders an online birth control support network for women 18-29 and operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregancy a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Besiders App


ELLAS libres de violencias mobile application allows Colombian women to know more about specific cases or situations they might find themselves in, where to go to initiate a complaint, and what the specific requirements are that each Entity has for female victims of violence.

Their Mission:       Prove a safe escape for Colomian women from dangerous situations such as sexual, intra-familial, economic or political violence

Founder(s):           La Red Nacion de Mujeres de Mujeres

Location:               Bogota, Columbia

Learn More:           the Ellas app


PLP 2.0 provides help to women who have become victims. The app panic button triggers the military police and sends a warning to PLPs - community leaders who have participated in training courses on women's rights and who are able to share information and support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. platform is a place for women to access resources on issues of gender inequality, breast cancer, violence, abuse and feminicide.

Their Mission:       Prevent and eradicate violence against women

Founder(s):           Themis (a feminist NGO)

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           the PLP 2.0 app


Stronger Than Espresso App

Their Mission:       Prove resources for women in need of help

Founder(s):           AdvanceNet Labs

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Stronger Than Espresso App


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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Learn more about SDG 6.


The Human Utility formerly Detroit Water Project believes everyone needs running water and water is a human right. Water companies are turning off the tap in cities across the U.S., forcing low-income families, seniors and single parents to live without basic necessities. Families without water are forced to go elsewhere to take showers, clean dishes and get a drink. The Human Utility lets people donate money, services, or partnerships to help those who are without or in danger of having no water in Detroit and Baltimore. Through their online platform they verify individuals who need assistance.

Their Mission:       Provide running tap water to those in need

Founder(s):           Conscientious Utility Project, Inc and was fiscally sponsored by the Social Good Fund, an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Location:              

Learn More:           The Human Utility


S @ i is a system that guides farmers not to waste their water. S @ i is an technological tool for irrigation management aimed at maximizing the efficiency of water use in irrigated areas, allowing the user (producers, ATER technicians and irrigation district managers), faster access the Important information, and consequently a quick, reliable return to the farmer. It was developed to address unsustainable agricultural production, since there is a lack of basic research in regards to the use of water. Rural producers lack the technology, and the public apparatus lacks the equipment and qualified personnel. In view of these premises.

Their Mission:       Help farmers save their water

Founder(s):           Inovagri

Location:               Fortaleza, Brazil

Learn More:           Inovagri the system


Water Tracker is an app that tracks how much water you use every day. Track showering, driving, eating, and drinking your morning coffee and even compare your use of water with your Facebook friends. The app is currently being piloted with Colorado State University and UNAM in Mexico City to compare the water usage of students at each university.

Their Mission:       Reduce water consumption

Founder(s):           Fidan Karimova, Dmytro Malakhov, and Vitalii Starush

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Water Tracker app


MoMo is an app that addresses the needs of local water pump engineers to bring the app with them to their field, view and get notified of the changes in health of the pumps, provide updates once they fix issues, possibly navigate to other pumps, view the lay of the land, even without network availability. WellDone is an international nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that oversees the functioning of water pumps in Tanzania, with the effort to make communities there self-reliant. Often wells end up neglected and eventually break down. Learn more about and download the app.

Their Mission:       Empower resource-constrained communities with the data they need to create or maintain critical infrastructure that lasts

Founder(s):           Jim Yoon and Josh To

Location:               United States and international

Learn More:           MoMo WellDone


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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Learn more about SDG 7.


Fastracker mobile app lets you help track oil and gas activity in the U.S. Individuals can contribute meaningful insight into potential impacts of the industry through crowdsourcing. The app allows users to submit oil and gas photos or reports regarding drilling near them. You can also view a map of nearby wells drilled and save your submissions for future reference.

Their Mission:       Provide access to gas and oil data to the public

Founder(s):           Fastracker Alliance (who studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation)

Location:              

Learn More:           Fastracker


SF Environment contains an Energy Benchmarking Dashboard that displays building-specific energy, GHG, and EUI metrics and measures building performance over time.

Their Mission:       Visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to encourage owners and building managers to make proper changes

Founder(s):           Project of the Data Science Working Group at Code for San Francisco, for the San Francisco Department of Environment

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SF Environment


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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Learn more about SDG 8.


CareerHub's clients include schools and job training programs, which work with low-income earners to get a living wage through better employment. The app creates an interactive relationship between career resource centers and job-searchers, by sending people messages, and creating incentives such giving out digital gift cards in exchange for sending photos of a pay stub. The app helps users save time and money, increase client job placement, improve data collection, and increase engagement. CareerHubsUS is used by Workforce Development, Human Services, K-12, Youth Development, and Community Colleges.

Their Mission:       Improve the struggles of workforce professionals to verify employment and provide meaningful retention services

Founder(s):           Kim Coulthurst and Amanda Gerrie of Pathways Consultants, a workforce development consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States

Location:              

Learn More:           CareerHub


CaringCent App consumers support causes in a budget that fits their lifestyle. Nonprofits establish relationships with new donors and companies to deepen ties with customers through micro-targeted corporate philanthropy. Their motto is "Small Change, Big Impact.

Their Mission:       Modernize philanthropy to virtuously personalize generosity across consumers, causes and companies

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           CaringCent


Centro Business Planning App is the first and only free mobile app that helps you plan for a new or growing small business without having any entrepreneurship training. The app coaches users on developing a business plan through a series of interactive activities.

Their Mission:       Assist and teach low-income, at risk and minority entrepreneurs, the nuts and bolts about building a successful business

Founder(s):           Centro Community Partners

Location:               Oakland, California, United States

Learn More:           Centro Business Planning App


CleanSlateDC is a resource to help people with criminal records find success in their futures.

Their Mission:       Help individuals with a criminal history determine their eligibility to have a record sealed

Founder(s):           Code for America DC

Location:               United States

Learn More:           CleanSlateDC


Larger Local is a user curated shopping collection that allows like-minded users find and share products made by social conscious companies.

Their Mission:       Help people find products and companies that care about positive social impact

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Larger Local


Laudelina provides knowledge and tools for domestic workers to advocate for their rights. Laudelina will strongly monitor and create accountability of labour inspection bodies in Brazil, such as The Public Ministry of Labour and the Justice of Employment, both of which have collaborated and have become key allies in its development.

Their Mission:       Legally protect domestic workers and promote a private social network between professionals in this sector

Founder(s):           Themis a feminist NGO

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brazil

Learn More:           Laudelina


My RoundUp App lets you put your spare change from everyday purchases to good use by contributing to causes that are important to you. Connect your debit/credit card and your purchases will be rounded up to the nearest dollar and given to your cause in micro donations. My RoundUp App also has options for private label use and customization.

My RoundUp App was created by a in the United States.

Their Mission:       Helping people donate spare change to causes that matter to them

Founder(s):           Aaron Lowe and team

Location:              

Learn More:           My RoundUp App


Worker Connect In close collaboration with migrant workers, worker welfare staff, and support networks in the Persian Gulf, Worker Connect is a mechanism for migrant construction workers to learn about their rights, share information about their experiences, and provide anonymous feedback to worker welfare supervisors. The service includes a mobile app for use by construction workers to report feedback on their living and working conditions, and a dashboard where supervisors can analyze anonymous data to highlight areas of concern and intervene when necessary.

Their Mission:       Empower workers to share information about their experience and provide anonymous feedback to welfare supervisors

Founder(s):           Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup. TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Worker Connect


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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Learn more about SDG 9.


4Bells helps organizations shift some of the process from white boards to the volunteers. Volunteers are notified about tasks and can claim them and check in, reducing the time spent over the phone and tracking activity on white boards. 4Bells was built, pro bono, by JayStack. The effort is also supported by a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship.

Their Mission:       Help deploy known volunteers to complete urgent, time-sensitive tasks

Founder(s):           Animal Welfare and Food Rescue groups

Location:              

Learn More:           4Bells


Appallicious is a data collection and aggregation company that creates apps such as Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD),Neighborhood Score a mobile app that allows the user access to a block-by-block analysis of health and sustainability data, and the Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD) built to serve the entire lifeline of disaster from community resiliency and preparedness planning through to post-disaster economic recovery.

Their Mission:       Help banks, businesses, and government create opportunity, savings, efficiency and value from all types of data

Founder(s):           Yo Yoshida

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           Appallicious and its apps Code Enforcement Assessment Dashboard (CEAD) Neighborhood Score Disaster Assessment and Assistance Dashboard (DAAD)


Callbot calls a group of contacts in minutes to deliver a personally recorded voice message right from your phone.

Their Mission:       Help nonprofits and organizations manage their volunteers, send reminders, and notify employees

Founder(s):           Gravity Fish, a small developer team

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Callbot


Code Alliance creates volunteer opportunities that last from 6 to 40 hours, spanning from a weekend to a week-long commitment. In order to be considered for a Code Alliance project, the project must be open source, the nonprofit must already be using the technology in the field, and they must have one engineer on staff.

Their Mission:       Connect tech professionals to open source volunteer opportunities

Founder(s):           Benetech a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions

Location:               Palo Alto, California United States

Learn More:           Code Alliance


Everybody Helping

Their Mission:       Connects individuals/groups with local organizations and causes that are important to them, facilitates monthly donations, and builds awareness

Founder(s):           Ehco Inc.

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Everybody Helping


Feito na Biblioteca Made at the Library is a collaboration with library staff and library users to develop mobile apps using open government data. Working in two capital cities, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), library users and library staff from nine libraries can participate in community events that spark creativity and spur development of three mobile apps that solve local problems.

Their Mission:       Create tools for library users at libraries

Founder(s):          

Location:               Brazil

Learn More:           Feito na Biblioteca


Goodworld allows you to use the #donate hashtag to instantly give to causes that matter on Facebook, Twitter and the web.

Their Mission:       Create a payments pathway that is the global force for good

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Goodworld


Helpugees

Their Mission:       Match refugees and volunteers together using matchmaking platform

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Helpugees


Hermes Translator uses text messaging to help users communicate with anyone, in any language in the world.

Their Mission:       Break down language barriers to communicate with others

Founder(s):           Reid Chatham (started this app to address the need to communicate more efficiently when traveling)

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Hermes Translator


Kill the Cup gives you the best access to the top bingo deals in the industry. They feature both no deposit required offers, exclusive large bonuses and coupons for added value.

Their Mission:       Provide nonprofits with white label versions of mobile apps

Founder(s):           Karuna Mukherjea

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Kill The Cup


Kricket

Their Mission:       Help people and organizations work towards a common goal towards building a community and coordinating the distribution of humanitarian aid by crowd-mapping

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Kricket


Local Free Web 25% of adults do not have any regular Internet access. You need the Internet to find the Internet. Local Free Web is a text messaging service that also places physical signs at bus stops. Text any bus stop ID to their phone number and receive text messages with locations of computers with Internet in the area. They focus on providing a resource directory of sites that locate free internet enabled computers.

Their Mission:       Bringing Internet access to those who do not have access

Founder(s):           a team in SF Brigade Code 4 San Francisco

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           GitHub


Martus is an app that focuses on the needs of grassroots organizations and human rights defenders as well as information management. The app is for desktops that focus on structured data collection and helps circumvent Internet blocking in various countries. This project focuses on an open source Secure App Generator that will allow users and partners to create custom “Powered by Martus” write-only applications (where the user can only submit data, but not read it post-submission, so as to reduce risk for untrained data collectors), making it easier for organizations to distribute secure, easy-to-use data collection tools and for users to collect and secure information in the field. Previous support focused on the creation of a mobile version of Martus for the Android mobile OS to allow for secure information transmission in the field.

Their Mission:       Provide journalists and defenders of grassroots organizations and human rights a means of transmitting information while protecting their sources and themselves

Founder(s):           Benetech a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions

Location:               Palo Alto, California, United States

Learn More:           Martus on the Open Tech Fund platform


MEDAPulse is an NPO in San Francisco’s Mission District. It helps financial counselors better engage with their clients by moving them from their standard paper action plans to a secure web-based texting platform. The app uses group text messaging for the coach and the clients, with scheduled reminders. MEDAPulse is open-source and they invite any non-profit being able to roll their own version of the app. The app was built in Rails and AngularJS and designed for the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) to enhance their financial capability coaches' ability to interact with and track the progress of their clients' action plans. The MEDAPulse project was started at San Francisco’s first financial empowerment hackathon, SF Smart Money Hackathon, then went on to win the national Hackathon in August 2014.

Their Mission:       Help people with their financial goals

Founder(s):          

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Date Started:         August 2014

Learn More:           Github


OneRelief holds crowdfunding fundraisers within hours after a disaster has struck and invites smartphone users through social media to make a small donation via the OneRelief app. Collected donations are forwarded to emergency response funds and support certified humanitarian NGO’s in the affected area(s).

Their Mission:       Collect micro-donations (US$1-$5) for humanitarian relief aid

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           OneRelief


Open Garden is dedicated to connecting the next 5 billion mobile devices with peer-to-peer connections. Many call them the pioneers of peer-to peer mesh networking. They also created FireChat, the first messaging app to enable people to communicate even without any Internet connection or cellular data.

Their Mission:       Enable communities, orgs, and app developers to create resilient, people-powered networks

Founder(s):           Paul Hainsworth, Ben Teitelbaum, and Christophe Daligault

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Open Garden


Polis generates canvassing routes, load scripts and questions for volunteers to follow, and track the locations and conversations of those you have visited. It displays data analytics for each campaign, and helps to target who you should visit the next round. The app has been used successfully in many civic issue campaigns such as school district polls, and for social issue cause-building uses. Polis is perfect for door-to-door sales organizations (i.e. construction, solar, energy, home repair, retail, cable, insurance, etc.), non-profits, church groups and political campaigns.

Their Mission:       Help harness the power of door-to-door offline advocacy

Founder(s):           Kendall Tucker

Location:               Boston and Virginia, United States

Learn More:           Polis


Propelit guides users step-by-step on how to effectively film and share videos. They provide helpful tips on how to best hold your device, frame the shot, and light the scene. Once your video is complete, you can use Propelit to push your new video as a call to action via social sharing.

Propelit was created by the digital agency See3 in Washington DC in the United States.

Their Mission:       Provide a platform for nonprofits to create quality, inexpensive short videos for giving campaigns, social outreach, and advocacy

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Learn More:           Propelit


Rise CIEL App is a SaaS platform (Software as a Service), consisting of a robust suite of tools, including an assessor and responder mobile application, and a cloud database with a UI portal driving the global humanitarian system. RISE CIEL App tools, designed to work in internet and infrastructure poor settings, rely on portable Wi-Fi, solar device charging, and technologies common in developing countries.

Their Mission:       Provide a coordination platform that brings unprecedented efficiency to the delivery of humanitarian aid worldwide

Founder(s):           RISE a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (works to build safe, healthy, and meaningful futures for unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children)

Location:               United States

Learn More:           RISE CIEL


Shot Gun MessengerAllows a group leader to text individuals or the entire group from their web app or SMS. The click to call feature connects the group leader with any member in the group via a conference call.

Their Mission:       Simplify communication from a single origin to a larger group while hiding member phone numbers, allowing open communication and limiting access time

Founder(s):           Jolene Hayes with the help of Hackbright fellows

Location:               The Bay Area, California, United States

Learn More:           GitHub


SmartResponse curates an algorithm-sorted, location, and disaster-specific "how to help" lists to provide information to donors after a natural disaster has occurred. Through SmartResponse, users can find out which organizations are responding and not responding. This can redirect hundreds of millions of dollars to the most transparent and often local groups that have the greatest capacity to deliver assistance and save lives.

Their Mission:       Help donors make informed decisions after a natural disaster since the generosity that follows natural disasters are often delayed and diluted

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SmartResponse


Talking Points

Talking Points is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit started by Heejae Lim and Nancy Lee. Talking Points is located in San Francisco, California in the United States.

Their Mission:       Connect teachers, parents and students across tech and language barriers through a multi-lingual texting platform (free for teachers)

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Talking Points


Track it Forward is a volunteer time tracking app that allows volunteers to track their own time and see their progress.

Their Mission:       Help organizations maintain forward momentum in recognizing volunteer achievements and tracking the number of hours a volunteer works

Founder(s):           Anca and James McBryan

Location:               Oakland, California, United States

Learn More:           Track It Forward


TriggerGive is a mobile-based platform that allows users to instantly donate money to organizations via Twitter.

Their Mission:       Allow users to send donations to any nonprofit of their choice, in response to social media posts that either "enrage or inspire them"

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Triggergive


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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries

Learn more about SDG 10.


Balance was built because nearly 50 million Americans are receiving SNAP (Food Stamps) and the creators wanted to give them an easier way to check their balance. Balance started as an idea to help social service clients in San Francisco. Balance now works in: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Balance is still in Beta testing.

Their Mission:       Let anyone check their EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) balance with a text message

Founder(s):           Dave Guarino, Alan Williams, and Jake Solomon through Code For America

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Balance. Get involved on the Github


DAHLIA San Francisco Housing Portal makes it easier to find and apply for affordable housing in San Francisco.

Their Mission:       Allow residents of San Francisco to browse affordable housing in the city

Founder(s):           Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development in partnership with SF Department of Technology Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           DAHLIA


DataSF The portal has multiple ways to access data, including search, categories, and view by department, including the SFPD Crime data. Data is viewable by resource types like charts, maps, filtered view, and a data lens, with external links, files, documents, and calendars. City staff has the support, skills and capacity to collect, manage, and use data effectively and efficiently. City data is understood, documented and of high quality. Our data infrastructure provides data that is usable, timely, and accessible. Published data supports broad and unanticipated uses of City Data and supports trust, transparency and accountability.

Their Mission:       Help the city of San Francisco’s city’s data be more accessible and usable to all

Founder(s):           http://sfgov.org/ City of San Francisco] and supported by Jason Lally, Open Data Program Manager and Jay Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer of SF and other staff members

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           City staff


District Housing helps residents prepare housing applications to automatically fill out any building’s application. Originally, to apply for affordable housing in the District of Columbia, residents must fill out a separate paper application for each HUD-subsidized building they apply for. None of the approximately 100 applications are the same format and none are electronically accessible.

Their Mission:       Help residents and caseworkers prepare affordable housing applications by creating an online, common application form that can be used to automatically fill out any building’s application

Founder(s):           Code For DC and partners with Bread For City

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           District House


ESLmap

Their Mission:       Provide a filterable, mapped, community sourced listing of available English Language Learner classes in the Nashville area

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           ESLmap


Find Your Voice is a

Their Mission:       Provide a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly

Founder(s):          

Location:              

Learn More:           Find Your Voice


Good Call If you or a loved one are arrested, we'll put you in touch with a free lawyer. They'll tell you what to expect and begin handling the case.

Their Mission:       Provide a fairer criminal justice system through the Arrest Hotline for loved one who have been arrested

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Good Call


No Place Like Home Through the site, the tenant inputs info about them, their rental and the buyout offer, and then gets estimates of what they should request for a buy-out. A map is also made of all the buy-outs recorded in San Francisco.

Their Mission:       Help tenants make informed decisions about a buyout offers since they are common practice for property owners of rent-controlled apartments in San Francisco

Founder(s):           developer Jesse Germinario

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           No Place Like Home. See the open-source code on Github.


Notifica is an app, built by United We Dream and Huge. With the press of one button, users can quickly activate their pre-determined backup plans by sending 30 personalized notifications to family, lawyers and their support networks in the event of an ICE raid.

Their Mission:       Empower undocumented immigrants to take control of their destinies

Founder(s):           built by United We Dream and Huge

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Notifica


Person-Centered Network App

Their Mission:       Assess a person's social support network, identify where help is needed, leverage strengths, and links the person to resources to fill the gaps

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Pesron-Centered Network App


Tenderloin Housing Clinic App for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic lets the tenants of SRO hotels and private apartments for low-income families report code violations. The app also helps the staff to manage, act upon and assign the violations to an appropriate staff members. It also helps the general public to see which SRO hotels and apartments have the most violations. Tenderloin Housing Clinic is a 501(c)(3) organization.

Their Mission:       Prevent tenant displacement, preserve and expand the city's low-cost housing stock, and to provide comprehensive legal assistance to low-income tenants

Founder(s):           Nicolas Melo

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           Tenderloin Housing Clinic Github


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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Learn more about SDG 11.


Aunt Bertha

Their Mission:       Help people find and connect to social services across any zip code in the United States.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Aunt Bertha


Circles.org helps create giving circles to allow giving one community to another.

Their Mission:       Foster and expanding citizen-led philanthropy and volunteer engagement in developing countries

Founder(s):           Foundation for Sustainable Development

Location:              

Learn More:           Circles.org


CityXcape App

Their Mission:       Provide a real time map of hidden gems in the city that are scouted

Founder(s):          

Location:               San Francisco, California, United States

Learn More:           CityXcape


DecipherAustin helps map Austin's open spaces. Go anywhere in Austin and answer a few short questions about your experience in the area surrounding the location.

Their Mission:       Help citizens have more information about how to make a more open space for people regardless of backgrounds

Founder(s):           Decipher City

Location:               Austin, Texas, United States

Learn More:           DecipherAustin


Faya

Their Mission:       Provite community-building places and activities for you to do nearby through a civic engagement chatbot

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Faya


Find Your Voice is a civic engagement tool that assists users researching legislation at the Tennessee General Assembly.

Their Mission:       Allow Tennessee voters to research their local lawmakers

Founder(s):          

Location:               Tennessee, United States

Learn More:           Find Your Voice


Hustle is the leading peer-to-peer messaging tool used by campaigns and nonprofits around the country. In the past, Hustle has worked with groups like Sanders for President, Planned Parenthood, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the Human Rights Campaign to enable them to communicate with their donors and supporters in a highly personalized way.

Their Mission:       Connect campaigns and nonprofits around the country with their supporters

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Hustle


imby is important because supporting and creating walkable neighborhoods for everyone requires community engagement during the zoning process.

imby was created in the United States. Their Mission:       Inform, engage, and influence the creation of responsive, sustainable communities

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Learn More:           imby


PARTNER Tool is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and designed for use by collaboratives/coalitions to demonstrate how members are connected, how resources are leveraged and exchanged, to measure the levels of trust, and to link outcomes to the process of collaboration. PARTNER Tool includes an online survey that you can administer to collect data and an analysis program that analyzes these data.

Their Mission:       Measure and monitor collaboration among people/organizations

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           PARTNER Tool


Phone2Action is a digital grassroots advocacy platform.

Their Mission:       Connect supporters to elected officials with social media, phone and email advocacy tools drive participation in civic process

Founder(s):           Ximena Hartsock and Jeb Ory

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Phone2Action


RagTag uses technology to make progressive organizations and candidates better at what they do.

Their Mission:       Connect tech volunteers eager to jump in and help out with projects for organizations doing good work on the ground - and actively manage projects, from scope to solution

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           RagTag


Reach is a social network of citizen security. In real time, people can take take action or precautions, reduce response times and validate in community if there are false incidents thus effectively achieving joint work between authorities and citizens. Learn more about .

Their Mission:       Easily share information and/or evidence of crimes and social incidents anonymously

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States.

Learn More:           Reach


SafeRideWalkSafe

Their Mission:       Improve individual safety by letting users share their location and real-time updates to a chosen group of people

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SafeRideWalkSafe or watch the video here


SF CrimeData uses San Francisco Crime Data from the SFPD data provided by SF OpenData.

Their Mission:       Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           SF CrimeData


Tier 1 Screener was created for Allies Against Slavery in the United States.

Their Mission:       Help frontline professionals rapidly and effectively identify possible victims of sex trafficking

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Learn More:           Tier 1 Screener


TransitScreen is a real-time display of transportation options at your location. Compare train times to bus arrivals on your way to work in the morning. Know when your employee shuttle arrives so you aren’t caught waiting in the cold. The service is active in every major city in the US and Canada, and select European cities.

Their Mission:       Provide information about one's transportation choices at a glance, live and in real-time

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Languages:           English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Hindi

Learn More:           TransitScreen


wonktonk is suitable for all policy wonks: informed citizens, students, advocates, practitioners and professionals who like to apply logic and facts to public issues.

Their Mission:       Enable crowd-intelligence to come up with reasoned solutions to public problems that are usually "left to the experts"

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           wonktonk


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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Learn more about SDG 12.


Greenease helps people eat local and sustainably grown food.

Their Mission:       Connect consumers with restaurants, cafes and grocers buying from local or sustainable farms

Founder(s):          

Location:               New York City and Washington, DC

Learn More:           Greenease


Laborlink transforms everyday purchases into votes for positive change.

Their Mission:       Translate the voices of workers into actionable analytics that enable socially responsible supply chains

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Laborlink


Producing Right App helps producers collect information directly from the field quickly and efficiently , online or offline. It works for any rural property, regardless of size and type of production. Producers will be able to gradually and continuously improve their production practices and as a result, will have the opportunity to raise the compliance level of the farm to national and international sustainability standards. Performance reports are created and made available in a fast and transparent manner, allowing instant sharing with the various links of the supply chain, and creating new business opportunities. For further assistance, a team of environmental technicians are prepared to give the necessary support through email or phone.

Their Mission:       Assist rural producers in managing the social and environmental aspects of their properties

Founder(s):           Aliança da Terra

Location:               Goiânia, Brazil

Learn More:           "Producing Right App"


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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Learn more about SDG 13.


Climate Cost Project

Their Mission:       Measure the costs of climate change happening right now (run by Climate Impact Census)

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Climate Cost Project


Goal Getter helps the Alameda County Office of Education students meet their goals as they grow and learn.

Their Mission:       Letting people simply know what is and is not recyclable

Founder(s):           Urban Strategies Council (whose mission is to bring people and data together for equity and social justice)

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Learn More:           Goal Getter


Litterati App Soda cans, plastic bags, and cigarette butts litter the environment, choke wildlife, and threaten our planet. Litterati is tackling this problem one piece of litter at a time, geotaging pinpoints of litter collected worldwide. Literati is still under development for android.

Their Mission:       Create a global community to identify, map, and collect the world's litter

Founder(s):           Jeff Kirschner and Literati, LLC

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Literati App


Recyclable allows anyone to find out if their item can be recycled by simply taking a picture of it. With this application, there are no excuses not to recycle.

Their Mission:       Let people know what is and is not recyclable

Founder(s):           Miriam Hendler

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Recyclable


Sistema Ambiental Paulista SAP is an app that displays the location and air quality of parks and beaches in the state. It lets Paulistas and tourists map collection points for cooking oil recycling through a partnership with the Sustainable Oil program of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE).

Their Mission:       Inform citizens and residents of São Paulo to the various services offered by the State Government's Environment Secretariat

Founder(s):           State of São Paulo Environment Department

Location:              

Learn More:           the project & Download the app


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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

Learn more about SDG 14.


Clean Swell is used to document trash found during cleanups by adding photos and shared via social media for others to see. It tracks the path of users during cleanup efforts, tallies miles cleaned up, and keeps a record of the total amount of trash you’ve collected. Clean Swells data delivers a global snapshot of ocean trash, providing researchers and policy-makers insight to inform solutions. Join the thousands of International Coastal Cleanup® volunteers who are working for a cleaner ocean by picking up the millions of pounds of trash that wash onto beaches around the world.

Clean Swells was created by the Ocean Conservancy and developed by Beaconfire Red in the United States.

Their Mission:       Reduce the amount of trash and document the trash cleaned up at beaches, waterways, and oceans

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Clean Swell and download the Clean Swell App


Dive Against Debris allows divers to report debris they see below the surface of the ocean. They can use the Dive Against Debris app to quickly and easily report on the conditions under water. They can also get debris cleanup kits and report debris via an online platform.

Their Mission:       Clean up underwater debris

Founder(s):          

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Learn More:           Dive Against Debris is a program of Project Aware. App for iOS and Android


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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

Learn more about SDG 15.


AdoptMe App helps bring stories to the faces of animals and are posted to Twitter and other platforms, bringing a whole new level of exposure to pets looking for their forever homes! AdoptMeApp is used by shelter & rescue group volunteers, socializers, and fosters. Those who interact most with adoptable pets love taking pictures of their furry friends. AdoptMeApp is now in use at Pets In Need (CA), San Diego Humane Society (CA), Contra Costa Animal Services (CA), Front Street Animal Shelter (CA), Stanislaus County Animal Shelter (CA), Fluvanna SPCA (VA), Animal Allies Humane Society (MN), RSPCA Queensland (Australia), and many more shelters.

Their Mission:       Help animal welfare organizations increase adoptions and save more animals' lives

Founder(s):           Cynthia Typaldos

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           AdoptMeApp


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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies

Learn more about SDG 16.


AboliShop intervention tool is a website to display Free2Work grades as consumers browse through online retail space. Armed with this information, consumers can make the decision to buy from suppliers that have a commitment to preventing human trafficking. AboliShop is currently in beta testing. AboliShop partners with Not For Sale and USAID.

Their Mission:       Prevent the spread of human trafficking around the world by informing consumers of the ethicality of supply chains for certain products

Founder(s):           Nick Montgomery, Kwamina Orleans-Pobee, and Wes Williams

Location:               United States

Learn More:           AboliShop and Free2Work


App Boca de Urna is a Brazillian Android app that promotes sharing social opinions on candidates and voter information within a network. It supplies news of the election in real time with ranking of the richest politicians, as well as ranking of those chosen for users networks (Friends and Friends of Friends).

Their Mission:       Have people share thoughts about an election on a social platform and empowering individuals to set the Brazilian political destiny with greater inclusivity

Founder(s):           Dineu

Location:               Brazil

Learn More:           the community and download the app


AsylumConnect catalog is the first ever online resource database for LGBTQ asylum seekers in the U.S.

Their Mission:       Help persecuted LGBTQ people identify and access verified human needs resources in the U.S.

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           viewed here AsylumConnect


B.O. Coletivo is a free interactive map where users can submit their location and share information about criminal activities that take place in Brazilian cities. The application allows the user to register different types of issues related to public security (thefts, robberies, kidnappings and other), giving location, date, time and description of the incident. Thus it is possible to know which areas of a particular city are safer or more violent.

Their Mission:       Increase awareness about public safety

Founder(s):           B.O. Coletivo (an urban activist group focused on public safety)

Location:               Porto Alegré, Brasil

Learn More:           "the app and download it"


Fiskkit is a web app that is currently available in Beta.

Their Mission:       Lets users discuss news that matters on the local and national levels, and verify truth of news reports

Founder(s):          

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Fiskitt


Flower helps friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through the most important moments in life. Flower makes it easier to both ask and answer that question. Flower is a mobile app available for IOS download.

Their Mission:       Help friends and family members be a strong and effective support network through important moments in life

Founder(s):           Jean Miller Truelson and Dog Patch Tech

Location:               San Francisco, California in the United States

Learn More:           Flower


Hall of Justice Criminal justice data transparency is important. Hall of Justice is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research. The inventory incorporates government as well as academic data.

Their Mission:       Provide a searchable inventory of criminal justice data

Founder(s):           project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

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Learn More:           Hall of Justice


Meu Filho Autista or "My Autistic Son" is an application for families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder developed to help these relations be the person in control of their child's treatment. It offers tools, tips and resources and community as well as pre-developed modules. It is common for children with autism to perform various therapies: It's common for people with autism to receive various therapies including Speech Therapy, Occupational Psychology, and Educational Psychology among many others. All these therapies may generate anxiety if parents do not have tools to evaluate what is being effective and which is thus not ensuring the coordination of the treatment of his son. The continuous and careful evaluation by this application aims to provide parents and caretakers the opportunity to coordinate the treatment of their child and through feedback, seek the best intervention strategy.

Their Mission:       Provide families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders more control of their child's treatment

Founder(s):           ForLifeApp

Location:               São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil

Learn More:           download the app


Open States allows you to discover and follow all state legislatures. Open States is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to track what is happening in their state's capitol by aggregating information from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Search the politics in your state by finding your legislators, reviewing their votes, searching upcoming legislation, and tracking bill progress.

Their Mission:       Allows Americans to discover and follow all state legislatures

Founder(s):           a project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

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Learn More:           Open States


Out App was developed to support youth coming out to friends and family. Out App includes suggested conversation starters that include films, articles, and other media, challenges that encourage involvement in the LGBTQ community, features to schedule conversations with family members, access to volunteer mentors (and a pathway to engage volunteers), crisis services, LGBT-friendly housing resources, and more. The Out App is all volunteer built and is still being built. Learn more and volunteer with.

Their Mission:       Support youth coming out to friends and family

Founder(s):           Eddie Chen at NYU

Location:               New York in the United States

Learn More:           Out App


Party Time helps track the political fundraising circuit. From the early hours of the morning until late in the evening, politicians are meeting with donors.

Their Mission:       Let people know which politicians are fundraising and where

Founder(s):           a project of The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all

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Learn More:           Party Time


The Refuge Restrooms app is focused on providing safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Refuge is an effort to fill the hole left by the now-defunct Safe2Pee website.

Their Mission:       Provides a resource for trans and queer individuals in need of gender neutral and other safe restrooms

Founder(s):           Teagan Widmer

Location:               United States and internationally

Learn More:           web app, contribute on Github


Reporta app is the next step for journalists to act on any risk situations they might encounter in potentially dangerous conditions worldwide by creating security protocols, and through setting up in-app check-ins, designate what steps to take if a check-in is missed including locking mobile access to the app, send sensitive audio, photo, or video data to designated contacts, and create alerts of who to notify if assistance is needed.Reporta is a free app available on iPhone and Android devices in Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, and Turkish.

Their Mission:       Empower journalists working in potentially dangerous conditions to quickly implement their security protocols with the touch of a button

Founder(s):           designed by International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), built by RevSquare

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Reporta


RideAlong bridges the gap between police officers, mental health providers, and people by giving the officer tailored info about the most frequent callers.

Their Mission:       Transform everyday purchases into votes for positive change

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Location:               United States

Learn More:           RideAlong


Safe Shelter Collaborative has a suite of tools, so that registered agencies can find space in a traditional shelter. If none is available, they can reach a broader community, via the SafeNight mobile app, to get funding for a hotel stay, if that is a safe and chosen option.

Their Mission:       Help agencies find shelter for human trafficking and domestic violence survivors

Founder(s):           Built and is maintained by Caravan Studios

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Learn More:           Safe Shelter Collaborative


Salama web and mobile application is used to assess risks for journalists, bloggers, and human rights defenders. Salama provides automated advice, training resources and useful links to enhance risk reduction capabilities of the user. This app also will evaluate a command of digital tools and provide specific advice and training resources. Salama is still in Beta.

Their Mission:       Help individuals analyze particular risks they might face for their work

Founder(s):           Jorge Luis Sierra and developed by the International Center for Journalists with the technical support of the Peace Tech Lab

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Salama


The Sanctuary App was created for Survive 2 Thrive in the United States.

Their Mission:       Provide immediate safety options to domestic violence survivors who have been turned away from their local shelter and placed on a wait list

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Learn More:           The Sanctuary App


'SheChange makes tools, including a Chrome web browser extension, that give consumers a voice to influence corporate policies that impact people and our planet

Their Mission:       Empower consumers to make companies do better for people and our planet

Founder(s):           Tracy Wyman

Location:               California, United States

Learn More:           SheChange video


SIC.SPis an app where users can access public info and receive notifications about the progress of their requests. Developed by Prodesp, the Data Processing Company of the State of Sao Paolo, this app brings government closer to the hands of the people. This app is supports the 2011 Access to Free Information Act and is directly a result of the formation of the Citizens Information Service (SIC) that allows for the request of documents and data related to the entities of the Paulista Public Administration.

Their Mission:       Allow citizens in the State of Sao Paolo, Brazil to access to the data and public information, produced or guarded by departments within the Paulista state administration

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Learn More:           the service or download the app


Statement App enables you to easily communicate in-person via large, high contrast text when you can't talk out loud. Whether you're at a noisy concert, in a quiet classroom, or have trouble speaking, you simply type your message and turn your phone around.

Their Mission:       Making it easier for people to communicate in situations where talking is not possible

Founder(s):           Carrie Phillips and Todd Anderson

Location:               San Francisco, California in the United States

Learn More:           Currently a free app on IOS, download here. Find out more information about Statement


The Sunlight Foundation is a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open government globally and uses technology to make government more accountable to all.

Some of Sunlight's noteworthy apps and tools: Hall of Justice An inventory of criminal justice data. Open States Discover and follow all state legislatures. OpenCongress Track bills and lawmakers in Congress. Party Time Tracking the political fundraising circuit.

The Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Their Mission:       Use technology to enable more complete, equitable and effective democratic participation

Founder(s):           View the team and board here

Location:               Washington DC, United States

Learn More:           Sunlight Foundation


Turismo Acessível is free app provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism that displays the location of tourist attractions in the country that are accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The user can search by accessibility for audio, mobility, visual and wheel chairs. Based in Brasilia, the Ministry is an advocate of disability rights. The tourism guide is a collaborative and allows users to register, rate and consult the accessibility of tourist spots, hotels, restaurants, parks and various attractions.

Their Mission:       Help those with physical disabilities travel to popular destinations in Brazil

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Learn More:           the app and download it


We Vote View your ballot, learn from friends, share your vision. We Vote USA is nonprofit, nonpartisan, open source, and ready to get out the vote through social sharing. We are a volunteer-driven movement, dedicated to educating citizens and bringing social collaboration to the process of making voting decisions. We have built an open platform for citizens to create and share personal voter guides that aggregate information and opinions across their social networks. We Vote USA is in the process of applying for 501(c)(4) nonprofit status.

Their Mission:       Provide a political social network for America

Founder(s):           Dale McGrew

Location:               United States

Learn More:           We Vote


Whistler App can trigger a Panic Mode to alert a trusted network of an emergency situation taking place and erase sensitive data from your device.

Their Mission:       Assist front line activists, human rights defenders, and citizen journalists facing surveillance and digital or physical repression to capture and share evidence of political violence, human rights abuse or corruption

Founder(s):           Build A Movement (a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to supporting activists and organizers around the world)

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Learn More:           Whistler App


Wildfire App sends you real-time safety alerts about dangerous incidents occuring nearby of muggings, shootings, and fires. The safety app is used by 15,000 college students and is growing.

Their Mission:       Alert people of dangerous incidents closeby

Founder(s):           Vinay Ramesh and Hriday Kemburu of Day, LLC

Location:               Berkeley, California, United States

Learn More:           Wildfire App


Vote.org is a nonpartisan nonprofit digital voting organization (formerly Long Distance Voter). Americans are eager to adopt digital voting solutions. Vote.org has built and will continue to iterate the digital technology that removes barriers to voting and increases voter turnout.

Their Mission:       Increase voter turnout by reaching millions nationwide to help Americans register, check their registration status, and get absentee ballots

Founder(s):           Debra Cleaver

Location:               United States

Learn More:           Vote.org


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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Learn more about SDG 17.