The 2025-2026 Tools & Tech Guide
Our movement is growing.
The 2025-2026 Tools and Tech Guide is here to expand what’s possible in our shared work toward a healthy multiracial democracy.
This latest edition builds on previous reports and includes new movement insights on working with generative AI, best practices for implementing tools, and much more. Developed by State Voices’ Data Department after months of research, testing, and planning, we’re proud to share this comprehensive resource with you.
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In This Report
The 2025-2026 Tools and Tech Guide offers an in-depth overview and curated recommendations for the latest civic tech tools and digital resources. From grassroots organizing and nonprofit voter engagement to event coordination, petitions, and legislative advocacy, this guide is designed to support nonprofits, organizers, and community members using digital strategies to build people power.
Whether you’re deep in the work or just getting started, we hope this resource can support your work and ignite your interest in movement-owned technology.
The evaluation and recommendation of the +40 tools and resources featured in the guide were based on factors including but not limited to API integrations, open-source availability, data privacy terms, mission alignment, accessibility, security, and adaptability.
We encourage advocates, organizers, and freedom fighters to use this 2025-2026 edition as a foundation for further research and a practical companion for navigating today’s complex digital space.
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State Voices’ network of more than 40 full-time data practitioners consistently use data and technology to uplift oppressed communities, inform and highlight stories from our communities, and increase overall civic engagement.
The best work is intentional, intersectional, and done with a team.
Thank you to State Voices’ Data Department for months of research, analysis, and drafting poured into the 2025-2026 guide. Thank you to State Voices’ President Alexis Anderson-Reed and the State Voices staff that supported this effort and shared their insight.
The first, second, and third editions of the Tools and Tech Guide are archived here.