Social Impact Hackathons in 2026
Explore 2295 social impact hackathons in 2026. Hackathons building solutions for social good, civic tech, nonprofits, and community development.
Hackathons
50
Avg Prize
$11K
Organizers
41
Monday, October 12, 2026
Ongoing
AIC Internal Competition -2026 (Agentic AI)
Online
Oct 1 – Oct 12, 2026AI Community @ SBUOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Edtech
Ongoing
Climate Hack-tion
Online
Oct 1 – Oct 12, 2026Online
Climate Tech
Sustainability
Social Impact
Ongoing
DevonomicsV1
Online
Oct 6 – Oct 12, 2026United HackathonsOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Social Impact
Ongoing
Hackwave 3.0
In Person
Sep 6 – Oct 12, 2026Chameli Devi Group of InstitutionsIndore, India$1K
Cloud
Edtech
Social Impact
Ongoing
All you can do with AI
Online
Oct 7 – Oct 12, 2026SelfOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Blockchain
Ongoing
WarriorHacks 2.0
Online
Sep 28 – Oct 14, 2026Westwood Computer Science ClubOnline$24K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Edtech
Ongoing
Agentic AI Hackathon: AWS Community Day Bay Area 2026
In Person
Sep 30 – Oct 15, 2026John VargheseSan Francisco, United States
Cloud
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Hack Apertus
In Person
Oct 1 – Oct 16, 2026aiLights AssociationSt. Gallen, Switzerland$12K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Edtech
Ongoing
Sociothon: Hackathon for Social Impact
Hybrid
Sep 28 – Oct 17, 2026Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraPune, India$384
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Ongoing
Setu - Bridge the Gap. Build the Fix
Online
Sep 14 – Oct 17, 2026Forge RealmOnline
Cloud
Edtech
Social Impact
Ongoing
PAYTM Ai Hackathon -Design Competition
Hybrid
Oct 3 – Oct 18, 2026Delhi, India$1K
Web Development
Mobile Development
Social Impact
Ongoing
Pride In Tech by Godrej Capital
Online
Oct 9 – Oct 18, 2026Online
Diversity & Inclusion
Women in Tech
Community
Ongoing
SVYCA Youth for Earth (Y4E) Hackathon
In Person
Sep 20 – Oct 18, 2026Silicon Valley Youth Climate ActionStanford, United States$3K
Climate Tech
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Arkiv: Global Tour Stop 🌍
Online
Oct 9 – Oct 18, 2026Online
Community
Networking
Ongoing
Building With IBM Bob Hackathon
Online
Sep 28 – Oct 18, 2026IBMOnline
Social Impact
Blockchain
Web Development
Ongoing
HackIT 2026
In Person
Sep 14 – Oct 20, 2026NP OverflowSingapore
Social Impact
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Ongoing
EurekaDev 2026
Online
Sep 27 – Oct 20, 2026Eureka Institute and UnivaDevOnline$19K
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Social Impact
Ongoing
Jāgriti Hacks
Online
Sep 21 – Oct 24, 2026Siliguri Institute of TechnologyOnline$850
Cloud
Social Impact
Edtech
Ongoing
From Vision to Impact: Building Web3 for Social Good — Collaborate. Innovate. Build for Good 2026
In Person
Aug 26 – Oct 25, 2026School of Computing and Information Systems, SMUTBA
Blockchain
Social Impact
Climate Tech
Ongoing
VIT CODE APEX 3.0
In Person
Sep 7 – Oct 25, 2026Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, MaharashtraPune, India$2K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Cloud
Ongoing
Catalyst Hack 2026
Online
Sep 24 – Oct 25, 2026Catalyst Crew Dev CommunityOnline$240
Social Impact
Cloud
Edtech
Ongoing
FlashCode
In Person
Oct 9 – Oct 26, 2026Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), NagpurNagpur, India$108
Cloud
Edtech
Social Impact
Ongoing
Build With AI: Basics
Online
Sep 22 – Oct 26, 2026DevpostOnline$3K
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Social Impact
Ongoing
Qloo Agentic Hackathon
Online
Sep 30 – Oct 31, 2026QlooOnline$25K
Artificial Intelligence
Web Development
Social Impact
Ongoing
InterWell Hack2.0
Online
Oct 3 – Oct 31, 2026InternWell-SLIETOnline$12
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Deviathon 2.0
Hybrid
Aug 13 – Oct 31, 2026TBA
Innovation
Networking
Community
Ongoing
Swipe-to-Hire Sales Hiring Challenge
Online
Jun 15 – Oct 31, 2026Online
Career Development
Networking
Diversity & Inclusion
Ongoing
Next Byte Hacks V5
Online
Oct 6 – Oct 31, 2026Next Byte HacksOnline$100
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
IoT
Ongoing
Bias Bounty Mapping Equity Challenge
Online
Aug 28 – Oct 31, 2026Online$10K
Data Science
Social Impact
Diversity & Inclusion
Ongoing
October Study Jam: Google WAXAL ASR Challenge
Online
Oct 5 – Oct 31, 2026Online$500
Artificial Intelligence
Natural Language Processing
Data Science
Ongoing
Speed Demon 2026 — Every Millisecond Is a Soul: Five Tracks, One Machine
Online
Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2026RaptorsOnline
Innovation
Community
DevOps
Ongoing
MDBA Youth Blockchain Hackathon
Online
Feb 27 – Nov 1, 2026Blockchain Legal InstituteOnline$50K
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Builder Pop-Up
In Person
Sep 16 – Nov 1, 2026TBA
Social Impact
Community
Networking
Ongoing
Creator Colosseum: The Startup Showdown
Online
Sep 20 – Nov 1, 2026Creator ColosseumOnline$30K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Entrepreneurship
Ongoing
CodeVerse 2026 - Open Innovation Hackathon
Online
Sep 30 – Nov 4, 2026CodeVerse CommunityOnline
Social Impact
Cloud
Ongoing
Portaldot Hacker house 2026
Online
Sep 29 – Nov 6, 2026PortaldotOnline$5K
Blockchain
Social Impact
Data Science
Ongoing
PayPal AI Hackathon
Online
Oct 1 – Nov 12, 2026PayPalOnline$68K
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
DevHack 2026
In Person
Sep 21 – Nov 14, 2026Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM), MangaluruMangaluru, India$1K
Social Impact
Open Source
Cloud
Ongoing
Reality Check(Meet-up)
In Person
Oct 5 – Nov 18, 2026noclueIndia
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
BCH BLAZE 2026
Online
Oct 10 – Nov 21, 2026BCH BlazeOnline$8K
Blockchain
Social Impact
Fintech
Ongoing
Hackathon Agéntico SoftwareChido 2026B
Online
Oct 6 – Nov 25, 2026ITESOOnline
Artificial Intelligence
Edtech
Social Impact
Ongoing
medianet CreativeTech AI Hackathon 2026
Online
Sep 7 – Dec 7, 2026Online
Artificial Intelligence
Innovation
Networking
Ongoing
Samadhan 2026( National Social Innovation Challenge)
In Person
Jul 31 – Dec 15, 2026UPAY (Underprivileged Advancements by Youth)Delhi, India
Social Impact
Climate Tech
Edtech
Ongoing
MCA 2026 projects
Online
Feb 27 – Dec 25, 2026Mizzou Computing AssociationOnline
Beginner Friendly
Student
Community
Ongoing
hackFront India
Hybrid
Jul 6 – Dec 27, 2026TBA
Innovation
Community
Networking
Ongoing
hackathon-testing
Hybrid
Sep 7, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027Amritsar, India
Web Development
Community
Mentorship
Ongoing
TCU Hack Day
Hybrid
Sep 29, 2026 – Jan 23, 2027Technical Community UniverseDelhi, India
Social Impact
Cloud
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Aurora Global Hackathon
Online
Mar 31, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027no hostOnline$1K
Web Development
Mobile Development
Artificial Intelligence
Ongoing
Hackonomics 2026
Online
Jul 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2027Organizer
hackonomicsOnline$10
Artificial Intelligence
Social Impact
Ongoing
Hackonomics 2027
Online
Jul 1, 2026 – Jun 1, 2027hackonomicsOnline
Data Science
Web Development
Social Impact