Democracy Infrastructure

Centrist think tank founded by former Senate majority leaders from both parties. Governance program focuses on congressional capacity, executive branch management, and government modernization.…

Princeton interdisciplinary research center on technology and public life, covering election security, AI regulation, algorithmic accountability, and digital rights. Alumni pipeline into USDS, FTC,…

Washington DC volunteer civic tech group (est. 2012) meeting about twice a month to build tools with community organizations and government agencies. Hosted Civic Hack DC 2025 on Regulations.gov…

Boston-area civic tech group running hybrid hack nights at Cambridge Innovation Center. Builds MAPLE (Massachusetts Platform for Legislative Engagement) for submitting legislative testimony. ACT…

Philadelphia civic tech community. Projects include Clean & Green Philly (vacant lot greening to reduce gun violence), Phlask (map of free water, food, and bathrooms), and a Benefit Decision Toolkit.…

Progressive advocacy organization with a congressional modernization portfolio covering transparency, open data, and legislative branch capacity. Co-authored bipartisan House rules reform proposals…

Nonpartisan foundation with effective and accountable government as one of four pillars, making 200+ grants a year. Funds congressional modernization (POPVOX Foundation, Lincoln Network), government…

Nonprofit building voting technology for election officials and voters. Voting Information Project (VIP) gives election offices a free platform to share official voting location and ballot data with…

Leading nonprofit defending civil liberties in the digital world through litigation, policy advocacy, and technology development. Shapes government surveillance law, AI policy, and digital rights…

Financial support for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers studying democratic governance, innovation in government, and civic technology. Part of the Ash Center's Program on Democratic Governance.

Harvard Kennedy School center for government innovation and democratic governance, supported by a $50M Ford Foundation endowment. Runs the Innovations in American Government Awards (since 1985),…

Designs policy solutions for government service delivery and election administration, including automatic voter registration, cross-agency data sharing, and UX reform for DMVs, tax departments, and…

Global foundation spun out of Omidyar Network in 2018, funding civic empowerment, data and digital rights, financial transparency, and independent media. Exited its domestic US grantmaking by the end…

Technology Exchange (12+ months at civil society orgs) and PhDX Fellowship (PhD students at DC policy orgs). Focused on public interest technology and media policy.

Research lab studying government innovation, political accountability, and institutional design using field experiments and design thinking.

Congressionally chartered. Convenes expert panels studying federal agency management, organizational design, and institutional effectiveness.

Nonpartisan nonprofit (est. 1894) promoting civic engagement and government innovation. All-America City Award (oldest community recognition in US). Research on collaborative governance, civic…

Civic health research. Project Redesign focuses on redesigning public services. Co-created TELI program.

Philanthropic investment firm making grants and equity investments in responsible technology and governance, with $2B+ deployed to 700+ organizations. Funds TechCongress; spun out Luminate as a…

Coalition advocating for government transparency, open data, and accountability. Works on FOIA reform, open data policy, and government information access. Part of broader good-government advocacy…

Congressional modernization nonprofit focused on AI-ready legislatures and legislative branch capacity. Key 2025 wins: secured 4M House Modernization Initiatives Account; advanced CaseCompass unified…

Free-market think tank producing research on limited, effective government, regulatory reform, and tech policy.

A Democratic-aligned policy think tank focused on reshaping the party's strategy toward broader, more electorally viable positions.

Nonpartisan nonprofit building open-source, publicly owned voting machines and election auditing software. Only nonprofit building certified voting systems in the US. Deployed in multiple states.

Mobile Voting Project · Advocate

Tool / Product, Collaboration Opportunity

Democracy Works · Capacity Builder

Tool / Product, Expertise

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) · Researcher

Expertise

· Technologist

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise, Interesting Conversation, Tool / Product

Legislative Information Access in Prisons and Jails · Technologist

Collaboration Opportunity, Tool / Product

· Capacity Builder

Collaboration Opportunity, Expertise