TL;DR: If you are replacing Democracy Earth, the closest options are Bayes Impact, Women Who Code, OpenCurriculum. The table below compares 12 alternatives on what they do, stage, size and status.
Every alternative below is compared on what it actually does, not just its category — so you can see which one genuinely replaces Democracy Earth (YC Winter 2015).
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The three closest alternatives to Democracy Earth are:
| Alternative | What it does | Stage | Team | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayes Impact | Tech nonprofit building the future of public services. | YC Summer 2014 | 11 | Active |
| Women Who Code | WWCode is a non profit that empowering diverse women to excel in tech. | YC Summer 2016 | 25 | Active |
| OpenCurriculum | Helping K-12 teachers and school administrators build awesome… | YC Winter 2014 | — | Active |
| One Degree | One Degree is a nonprofit organization that makes it easy for… | YC Winter 2014 | 14 | Active |
| CodeNow | Our mission is to diversify the talent pipeline of students who… | YC Winter 2014 | 2 | Active |
| New Incentives | Cash transfers that save lives. | YC Summer 2016 | 51 | Active |
| 80,000 Hours | An online guide that tells talented graduates how to maximise the… | YC Summer 2015 | 13 | Active |
| Sanitation and Health Rights in India (SHRI) | — | YC Winter 2016 | 1 | Active |
| mRelief | mRelief has built an easy-to-use platform and web and text messaging… | YC Winter 2016 | 12 | Active |
| ACLU | Defender of rights and liberties | YC Winter 2017 | 501 | Active |
| SIRUM | SIRUM is a “match.com” for unused medicine. We connect institutional… | YC Winter 2015 | 15 | Active |
| The Centre for Effective Altruism | We're your non-profit portfolio managers. We make giving to… | YC Winter 2017 | 15 | Active |
It depends on your size. Bayes Impact is the closest match on what Democracy Earth actually does. If you need something more established, sort the table by team size — larger teams generally mean more support and a longer track record. If budget is the constraint, the earlier-batch companies are usually the ones still competing on price.
Democracy Earth is still operating, so switching is a choice rather than a forced migration. Compare on fit and price rather than urgency.
Every company here is Y Combinator-backed and was matched to Democracy Earth on what it actually does — its own description of its product — rather than on a broad category label. Batch, team size and operating status come from the YC directory and are shown as-is. We do not rank by payment.
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