This article is about the foundation. For the unrelated company, see OpenGov.
The OpenGov Foundation
Founded
June 2012[1]
Founder
Seamus Kraft and Darrell Issa
Type
501(c)(3)
Focus
Civic engagement software development for government.
Location
Washington, D.C., United States
Origins
The United States Congress
Area served
United States of America
Products
Article One, User-Centered Research in Legislatures
Revenue (2015)
$665,723[2]
Expenses (2015)
$517,607[2]
Website
OpenGovFoundation.org
The OpenGov Foundation is a United States nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. It conducts research on legislatures like the United States Congress,[3] develops software for government officials,[4] and claims to help governments create policies and rules that support openness and effective engagement with the public.[5]
The organization was co-founded by Seamus Kraft and Congressman Darrell Issa in 2012, and it is currently funded primarily by the Democracy Fund,[6] Twilio.org,[7] Todd Park and Matt Cutts. In the past, The OpenGov Foundation has been funded by the Knight Foundation, Shuttleworth Foundation, the Rita Allen Foundation and the Consumer Technology Association. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., and has offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[8] and Wichita, Kansas.[9]
The OpenGov Foundation grew out of the 2011–2012 protests against SOPA and PIPA, creating a platform called Madison that allowed the public to directly and effectively engage alongside Members of Congress in the legislative process.[10] It received a $200,000 grant from the Knight Foundation in 2013, an additional $750,000 from Knight in 2014, and over $700,000 from the Shuttleworth Foundation since 2014.[11] In 2017, The OpenGov Foundation received $150,000 from the Twilio.org Impact Fund[7] and $100,000 from Todd Park.
In May 2017, The OpenGov Foundation released the fourth and last version of the Madison open source legislative engagement software.[12] In June 2017, it began development of Article One, a cloud-based voice and SMS tool that supports meaningful engagement at scale between citizens and their Members of Congress.[13]
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^ ab"OpenGov Foundation" (PDF). Foundation Center. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^"This Is What Congress Does With Your Phone Calls and Emails". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^"This OpenGov Foundation tool aims to make calling Congress great again - Fedscoop". Fedscoop. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
^Howard, Alexander (2015-06-29). "Cracking the Code: U.S. House of Representatives Allows Use Of Open Source Software". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
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