Front Porch Forum

To create open-source software for neighborhood news

The Public Laboratory

To make technology work for communities by creating a tool kit and online community for citizen-based, grassroots data gathering and research.

Zeega

To help tell rich multimedia stories by improving a toolkit that allows people to collaboratively produce, curate and publish multimedia projects.

Do Something SMS

To support the development of a technology plan for an SMS-based mobile membership platform designed to increase the number of participants and incentivize increased action and retention

PANDA

To help news organizations better use public information by creating PANDA, new software that cleans up and aids in analyzing it.

Awesome Foundation News Taskforce

To experiment with a new funding model for local news by bringing together leaders and innovators in communities to provide microgrants to journalism and media projects.

Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

To analyze issues of Internet unity, governance and structure and propose strategies to increase global Internet freedom

NextDrop

To develop a new, mobile model for disseminating community information by testing a service that notifies residents of a city in India when water is available.

SwiftRiver

To increase transparency by creating a platform that helps verify information emerging from mobile phones and the social web.

Artplace

To support ArtPlace, a creative place-making initiative that uses investments in the arts and other creative assets to shape the social, physical and economic character of cities, towns and communities across the U.S.

The State Decoded

To create a digital platform that will display local laws and court decisions in a way that provides clarity and context.

Poderopedia

To create an editorial and crowd-sourced database that allows visualizing the relationships among political, civic and business leaders