---
title: DemocracyLab
type: civic tech
status: active
country: US
website: https://www.democracylab.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/democracylab.png
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-01
  form: https://www.democracylab.org/contact
  source: https://www.democracylab.org/contact
summary: A Seattle-based non-profit connecting skilled volunteers with civic technology
  projects — an open matchmaking platform for the civic tech movement, with 7,000+
  volunteers and 300+ projects supported.
concepts:
- e-government
- direct-democracy
location:
  latitude: 47.6062
  longitude: -122.3321
  name: Seattle, USA
  precision: city
events:
- date: '2018-01-01'
  title: Launched the online volunteer platform in Seattle
  url: https://solve.mit.edu/solutions/51507
  quote: Though we launched in Seattle in 2018, we now have projects and/or volunteers
    from every inhabited continent thanks to our adoption of asynchronous and remote
    work prior to the pandemic.
  note: The organisation's MIT Solve profile dates the launch of its online volunteer
    matchmaking platform to Seattle in 2018, with volunteers and projects since reaching
    every inhabited continent.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-14'
- date: '2025-09-10'
  title: Reached 10,000 connected volunteers
  url: https://blog.democracylab.org/10-000-volunteers-and-counting/
  quote: Recently DemocracyLab reached an important milestone- we have connected over
    10,000 volunteers (UXers, Data Scientists, Devs, and other tech roles) to over
    300 nonprofits and tech-for-good projects!
  note: Blog post announcing the milestone of 10,000 skilled volunteers connected
    to over 300 nonprofits and tech-for-good projects through the platform.
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-14'
activity:
  manual:
    checked: 2026-06-07
    date: 2025-09-10
    note: website loaded. Last blog post is at https://blog.democracylab.org/10-000-volunteers-and-counting/  10
      Sep 2025 '10,000 Volunteers and Counting!'
    url: https://blog.democracylab.org/10-000-volunteers-and-counting/
  dod:
    checked: 2026-07-05
    date: 2026-07-05
    note: Homepage is JS-rendered (loading placeholder); sitemap.xml lastmod shows
      2026-07-05, confirming active
  sitemap:
    date: 2026-08-17
    note: Page last modified (from sitemap)
    url: https://www.democracylab.org/sitemap.xml
    checked: 2026-08-17
last_checked: '2026-07-05'
---

DemocracyLab is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates an online platform connecting skilled volunteers with civic technology projects. It functions as infrastructure for the broader civic tech movement, matching developers, designers, researchers, and communications professionals with tech-for-good initiatives that need their skills.

Over 7,000 volunteers have contributed more than 250,000 hours to 300+ projects through the platform. DemocracyLab also hosts project discovery, team formation tools, and events connecting the civic tech community.

## Links

- Website: [democracylab.org](https://www.democracylab.org)

## See also

- [E-Government](../concepts/e-government.md)
- [Code for Australia](code-for-australia.md)