Civic Tech Field Guide
Donate

This project has been put to rest.Read post mortem →
http://web.archive.org/web/20201101222002/http://democracy.com/

Democracy.com

The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.

Since 2012

The start-up raised $4.5 million, much of it from friends and family, but struggled in recent years to line up more substantial, institutional investment. A large crowdfunding campaign was planned for April, Mr. Cooley said, but the site ran out of money in February. "We just had to call it off and that was that," he said. – The New York Times

Founder(s)

Talmage Cooley

Project type
Document
Founded
2012
Language(s)
English
Added
2021-06-22
Last modified
2025-11-12T22:26:30.000Z

Additional details

Number of integrations
0

More in Civic literacy

Próxima Geração

A Próxima Geração, uma associação sem fins lucrativos, tem como objetivo revitalizar a democracia portuguesa. A Próxima Geração representa a primeira Academia apartidária com contexto global em Portugal.

Lisbon
2022