List of hackathons about non-profit in 2016

The UHack 2016 is organized by the University of Miami aiming to unleash "THE DEVELOPER IN U". Create your own projects for the benefit of improving one’s lifestyle. You are free to utilize any platform, framework, language, or hardware device. Start from scratch or hack something previously created and alter its function, you are free!

URV CodeAthon is an event where participants will develop technology solutions that meet one or more needs of the university (PAS, PDI and students) at the University Rovira i Virgili (URV). It is a free event and open to everyone. The aim is to collaborate with a multidisciplinary creative teams to materialize an idea into a working prototype in 30 hours. The best proposals will have great prizes! Lives accelerated the process of creating an app, game or software, while experimenting, doing networking, learning from other points of view, working together and expressing yourself to society! This CodeAthon is organized by the URV Foundation commissioned by the University Rovira i Virgili and the members of the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering and the School of Art and Design.

A 2-day hackathon for improving downtown liveability in the most creative way possible. Team up with digital creatives, community organizers, and civic leaders to tackle challenges such as the Eugene tech community promotional video, creating the First Friday ArtWalk mobile app, the Eugene 2021 digital arts installation, the After-school computer science program website, and the increasing downtown safety mobile app to win cash prizes be part of a good cause!

The Apps4Change Demo Breakfast will let developers share their prototypes and apps with experts who can provide useful feedback from direct experiences in the sector. The goal is to create tools and apps that make the world a better place. It should be an inspiring, fun, and informative conversation that will influence community-relevant tool development. Meet and learn from tech developers, nonprofits, influencers, product designers, and civic leaders who will offer guidance and feedback and leave the event with valuable skills to develop products that will shape tomorrow's technology landscape.

#HackTrafficking4Good is a 48 hour hackathon find technical solution to combat online sex trafficking. Too many children are at risk of being trafficked for sex and a majority of those victimized in the sex trade are recruited and sold via the web. Developers, engineers, coders, and other experts - the world needs your help!

A 24-hour art and technology hackathon to disrupt the art industry with real challenges from key players in the art and technology space. Welcoming entrepreneurs, artists and hackers of all skills!

A hackathon to think about opportunities for refugees and their place in the hosting societies/countries. Turning their arrival into opportunities with the power of technology. Beyond the emergency and the positive emotional reaction generated by the massive arrival of refugees, it's time now to think about mid-term and long-term issues and opportunities. What can be done to increase the probability of success that refugees and migrants will find - temporarily or definitely - their place in the hosting societies / countries ? How can we turn the refugees' arrival into opportunities together ? How can we as positive impact entrepreneurs contribute to this while leveraging the power of technology ? After collecting ideas on the platform http://ideas.refugees.net/ for 8 weeks, we will meet in transforma bxl to work on the top voted ideas and turn them into scalable projects.

Join the Seattle Super Happy Dev House to hack on non-profit websites, public datasets, or projects meant to serve the greater good. This is an event for empowering the hacker culture and open to anyone interested in technology, knowledge sharing, and ad-hoc collaboration. Come to have fun, build things, learn things, and meet new people. You can either bring a project to work on, or help someone else with their project. An Intel Galileo and a Raspberry Pi will also be there for you to play with!

This Hackathon in Brescia is to create a synergy project among people affected by a debilitating disease, health professionals and experts from the world of technology. The general objectives is to raise awareness on limitations caused by rheumatoid arthritis; create synergy between citizens suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, nurses and the world of technology through planning. This invitation is addressed primarily to makers eager to innovate by helping others.

This hackathon weekend will bring together journalists, developers, designers, nonprofits and the community to create projects using open data on immigration and tech tools. Your goal is to work together in a team to develop an 560x400 pixel application that can be embedded into any web page or shared on social media through using a data visualization projects including maps, infographics, and/or videos. Migrahack is an open invitation to anyone interested in joining the issue of migration, technology, accountability and the stories behind the numbers!