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Social Impact Hackathon Winners

933 winning projects · 185 hackathons

Heart Health At Warp Speed - Sponsored by the Office of the California Surgeon General

Kairos

Her heart, our future.

VenusHacks 2026 · 2026

Social Impact
PythonReactTypeScript
Source pending review
Make & Remake - sponsored by Carter's

Little Loop

A closed loop circular operating system for Carter's garments

Play with Purpose Hackathon presented by Cox Enterprises · 2026

Social Impact
FastAPIPythonReactSQLite
Source pending review
Best AI Safety & Alignment Evaluations - Sponsored by Virginia AI Security Initiative

Lobo

Surgical Precision for Safer AI

HooHacks 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
FastAPIHugging FacePythonReact
Source pending review
Best Use of AI Powered by Reach Capital

Mzansi Move

Mzansi Move uses AI to help minibus taxi drivers optimize routes and pickups, so they can earn more and drive safer—giving passengers more reliable, safer trips

Color Hacks + Northwestern NSBE · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
Google MapsReactSQL
Source pending review
High Quality Sponsormaxxing

Nimbus

Open Source the cloud. SaaS is dying and we're here to take the fight home. We're bringing the fight straight to the source - AWS. Your hardware. Your network.

LA Hacks 2026 · 2026

Social ImpactIoT
React
Source pending review
Medpace Sponsor Challenge

Pulse

Pharmacies are disappearing from the Bronx. Overdoses are spiking. Pulse fuses LinkUp, 311, and CMS data to predict where the next pharmacy desert forms and sen

RevolutionUC 2026 · 2026

EducationSocial Impact
JavaScriptReact
Source pending review
Places & Spaces - sponsored by Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience

RetroFitIQ

RetrospectIQ uses AI to analyze historical building permits, helping contractors and cities accelerate retrofits, streamline approvals, reduce costs, and cut bu

Play with Purpose Hackathon presented by Cox Enterprises · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
ClaudeMongoDBOpenAITypeScript
Source pending review
Energy - sponsored by Southern Company

SKIM (Southern Knowledge Internal Mentor)

Field operations rely on experimental intuition: which valve sticks in the cold, which street has an unmarked line. We aim to capture that knowledge and experie

Play with Purpose Hackathon presented by Cox Enterprises · 2026

Social Impact
AnthropicClaudeJavaScriptPython+1
Source pending review
AV
Audience Favorite $500

Hack for Social Impact x WIT Regatta 2026 · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
React
Source pending review
People's Choice Award

CIVIC_Voice

Civic Voice is an AI-powered web app where Kigali citizens report local problems and share opinions on government decisions. Claude AI analyzes each submission,

Build for Impact — CBC Hackathon @ UR-CST · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
ClaudeFirebaseGroqReact+2
Source pending review
People's Choice

FarmAssist

Inspired by our teammate Kyle's experience growing up on a farm in New Hampshire, we created Farm Assist, a user-friendly GeoAI-powered farm management assistan

Esri's Weekend of Innovation 2026 · 2026

Social Impact
OpenAI
Source pending review
Audience Favourite

RedLockX

AI-Powered Detection & Prevention of Prompt Injection & Jailbreak Attacks

AI for Civic Innovation Hackathon · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceEducation
GroqJavaScriptPythonSupabase+2
Source pending review
Best Ported Data API App Honorable Mentions

[PORT] Judgement Legacy

PORT of Praw bot of r/AmITheAsshole

Reddit Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
React
Source pending review
AC
Snap Spectacles Honorable Mention

Actualization Toolkit

Makes CBT worksheets physical. Work with your hands to build the self that you want.

RealityShift · 2026

HealthcareSocial Impact
Source pending review
Best New Mod Tool Honorable Mentions

AltText Guardian

AltText Guardian detects image submissions lacking post description, generates auto-reply alt-text for the OP using a vision model.

Reddit Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
TypeScript
Source pending review
Best Ported Data API App Honorable Mentions

AmputatorBot

Since 2019, AmputatorBot has fought back against AMP's threat to the open web, replacing privacy-invasive, publisher-harming links with the clean, canonical URL

Reddit Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Hackathon · 2026

CybersecuritySocial Impact
PostgreSQLRustTypeScript
Source pending review
Best New Mod Tool Honorable Mentions

Community Chats

Reviving Chat Channels with Devvit App , With Better Moderation tools than native Chat Channels , A Chat space where Subreddit's Automod and Reddit native filte

Reddit Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
ReactTypeScript
Source pending review
Honorable mentions

Declaro

Voice-first legal aid for refugees and immigrants in 65+ languages

GenAI Dev Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
TypeScriptVercel
Source pending review
Honorable Mention

ElderEase — Accessible Healthcare for Independent Seniors

An inclusive healthcare platform that helps seniors live safely and independently through accessible real-time monitoring and caregiver support.

Next Byte Hacks V3 · 2026

HealthcareAccessibility
JavaScriptMongoDBTailwind CSSVercel
Source pending review
Honorable Mention

Emotion Mirror — Feel the Room

Neurotypical people feel the room instinctively. Emotion Mirror gives autistic people that same awareness — reading faces and decoding subtext, in real time.

Academia EU Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
JavaScript
Source pending review
Honorable Mention

EyeTalk

A communication tool that allows people with limited speech to talk by looking at words and phrases with their eyes. Runs on a tiny model for face tracking and

Katy Youth Hacks 2026 · 2026

Social Impact
TypeScript
Source pending review
Best Ported Data API App Honorable Mentions

Game Threads

MLB/NBA/NHL/NFL game threads with live stats

Reddit Mod Tools and Migrated Apps Hackathon · 2026

Social ImpactGaming
TypeScript
Source pending review
CSC Impact Honorable Mention

Ghost Watt

Photo-walk an empty school and AI ranks the costliest energy waste to fix first.

CSC Summer Impactathon · 2026

Artificial IntelligenceSocial Impact
JavaScriptReactTypeScript
Source pending review
Honorable Mention: Most Creative Use of Claude

Guardian

Guardian watches every page your grandparent visits, speaks up about scams, and walks them through tasks one step at a time - no typing required.

SoCal Claude Builder Club Hackathon · 2026

Social Impact
ClaudeFastAPINext.jsReact+1
Source pending review