List of hackathons about non-profit in 2016

This is a hackathon where teams of designers, developers, tinkerers and thinkers are invited to get together and build something from start to finish in just 24 hours. You are free to create any technology you like including apps, software or physical products. At the end of the weekend, teams will be asked to pitch their ideas and completed products to a panel of notable judges. There will be a cash prize for overall winner.

This is a hackathon organized for the development of an innovative ideas for developing a mobile app for EFSA. You may participate as an individual or as a team by submitting a prototype of a mobile app that gives access to EFSA’s recent work. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2016. You should work on your idea before applying. You may not have a fully functioning product when you apply, but as long as the idea is in place, you’re in good shape. The creators of the five best prototypes will be invited to present them at EFSA’s premises, in Parma. By this time, your app should fully work! This is a competition but it’s also a place to meet interesting people and learn something new. Just have a good time and do your best!

This is AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series. The Challenge is Simple. AngelHack’s nonprofit arm, Code For A Cause, is challenging superhero coders to build a technology that will have a positive impact on the world, people, or environment. No matter your age or skill level, just come and create projects that are innovative, and have the potential to improve or influence people’s lives. Build a hack that people can use, enjoy, and potentially scale and get the chance to fly to Silicon Valley for the Annual Global Demo Day and participate in a week of extensive pitch training!

This is AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series. The Challenge is Simple. AngelHack’s nonprofit arm, Code For A Cause, is challenging superhero coders to build a technology that will have a positive impact on the world, people, or environment. No matter your age or skill level, just come and create projects that are innovative, and have the potential to improve or influence people’s lives. Build a hack that people can use, enjoy, and potentially scale and get the chance to fly to Silicon Valley for the Annual Global Demo Day and participate in a week of extensive pitch training!

This is a hackathon aimed to code solutions for declining catches, destruction of the marine environment, help fishermen from developing countries and support sustainable fishing. An event for solving the problem of sustainable fishing bringing together developers, designers, project managers and subject matter experts to create applications, systems and tools.

Hack for Homelessness is a hackathon to help contribute to solving homelessness! Aside from giving a few dollars from time to town it is hard to know how to help homelessness. In Silicon Valley, the place where there’s an app everything, they have work to do when it comes to addressing their neighbor’s basic human needs. Join the Homeless Hackathon together with unhoused individuals, developers, designers, marketers, and problem-solvers from across the technology and nonprofit sectors to design solutions to homelessness. Food and drink will be provided.

This a typical 24-hour hackathon organized by Robert Gordon University for techs to come together, form teams around a problem or idea, and collaboratively program a solution from scratch. Using technology to turn ideas into reality! There will be food, drinks and prizes for the winning projects/ideas!

This is AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series. The Challenge is Simple. AngelHack’s nonprofit arm, Code For A Cause, is challenging superhero coders to build a technology that will have a positive impact on the world, people, or environment. No matter your age or skill level, just come and create projects that are innovative, and have the potential to improve or influence people’s lives. Build a hack that people can use, enjoy, and potentially scale and get the chance to fly to Silicon Valley for the Annual Global Demo Day and participate in a week of extensive pitch training!

This hackathon aaims to help those in need! It will bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs and community members to develop creative tech solutions to help refugee families settle into the Australian community. Former refugees who have already settled in Australia will participate in the event to help teams deeply understand problems and challenges faced by new settlers and co-design solutions. Prizes will include runner up prize package of $3,000 sponsored by LawPath includes a free company registration, 12 month subscription to 200+ customisable legal documents and a $300 discount off the first legal quote. A free 3 month LawPath account will also be available for all attendees. So what are you waiting for? Come make a difference, have some fun, learn a lot and help to welcome refugees to the Australian community.

With over 20million refugees worldwide fighting for their lives it’s clear that the current crisis is one of the most urgent issues of our time. Therefor, What Design Can Do (WDCD), the UN Refugee Agency and the IKEA Foundation have grouped together to create ‘The What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge’, A global design competition that calls on the creative community to come up with game-changing ideas for accommodating, connecting and integrating refugees. The Liverpool Collective invite designers, creative thinkers and imaginative trouble-shooters to join this day of collaboration to show the world what can be created with a bit of ‘Scouse Nous’. Come and meet Some ‘Proper Boss Lads’, grab a coffee and Spend the day networking with some of the city’s best. The winning idea from the hackathon will be entered into the official competition, the five best entries of which will receive up to 10,000 euros and more importantly help to turn their idea into a reality.