CFSJ partners with fellow nonprofits, academic groups and local government by providing organized, pro-bono, highly-skilled technical and design talent that amplifies social good initiatives. In that light, CFSJ serves as a unique environment where workforce development and community service converge.

Who Are Our Partners?

Co-creators looking to do good in the community and amplify their work through technology and human-centered design.

Who Are We?

A volunteer civic innovation organization solving community problems through technology, UX research, UI designs, and community partnerships.

Code for San Jose Partners

Code for San Jose (CFSJ) is an all-volunteer-driven chapter (aka "brigade") of Code for America. Our mission is to create transparent, accessible, and equitable community services through technology and human-centered design. We create transformative outcomes for the San Jose and the general Silicon Valley area.

Who Are We?

A volunteer civic innovation organization solving community problems through technology, UX research, UI designs, and community partnerships.

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Code for San Jose brings together talented community members who want to help your organization make an even bigger impact through technology and design.

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Expand our impact

Code for San Jose is looking for other community organizations that pair well with our value-delivery pipeline. For example, if you're a community organizer, bootcamp, meetup, social good promoter or anyone who is passionate about civic technology and community services we'd love to chat with you!

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Meet Our Partners

Non-profits

Code for Sacramento

Code for Sacramento is a all-volunteer civic-tech meetup group.

Vot-ER integrates voter registration into the health care delivery system.

Bay Area Older Adults

Our mission is to stimulate the hearts, bodies and minds of older adults through easy access to arts and culture, nature and new friends.

Elevate Community Center

Elevate Community Center serves community members the justice system has impacted and/or are low-income. They provide financial wellness through education and service.

Code for Chicago

A civic tech volunteer meetup.

Tenant's Together

Tenants Together is a statewide coalition of local tenant organizations dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of California tenants to safe, decent, and affordable housing.

We are a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive mentorship and housing support services to current and former foster youth, as well as other under resourced youth populations.

Hack for LA is a civic tech volunteer meetup.

Code for San Francisco

Code for San Francisco is a civic tech volunteer meetup.

Catalyze SV engages community members, developers, and city leaders to envision and create sustainable, equitable, and vibrant places for people in Silicon Valley.

Code for Boston

Code for Boston is a volunteer Civic Technology meetup.

We work to identify our country’s most powerful anti-hunger programs, understand program access barriers, and work with partners to leverage data-driven insights, policy action, and direct outreach to overcome access barriers.

Open Street Map

OpenStreetMap provides map data for thousands of web sites, mobile apps, and hardware devices

DemocracyLab helps tech for good projects launch by connecting skilled volunteers to projects that need them.

Code for Sonoma County

Code for America "brigade" focused on improving the lives of residents of Sonoma County in California.

Center for Employment Training - Immigration & Citizenship Program

Community organization that provides free legal immigration assistance to those in need.

Government

Report potholes, street lights, graffiti or illegal dumping to the city through their 311 website.

San Jose Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation

MOTI works on building the future of San Jose by addressing pressing issues using technology to improve residents' livelihoods and opportunities.

Academia

A program of Stanford's Journalism and Democracy Initiative that works to gather hard-to-collect local data to uncover impactful stories. Their platform allows journalists and reporters to share data as they work to report out stories.

Other

We help newsrooms treat their story's location data with extra TLC so people can easily find news near them or places they care about.

Only in San Jose

OSJ educates, enables, empowers everyday residents with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to create the change in the community.

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