Congratulations to the 24 Change the Web Finalists! How did the number of finalists grow to 24, you ask? Well, we had a heckuva tie!

Thank you to all those who participated in the Community Vote last week, selecting the Finalists in the Social Actions Change the Web Challenge.

You can check out the all the Change the Web Submissions in the Project Gallery here. Thank you to everyone for submitting projects and for getting the word out!

The Change the Web Finalists

NetSquared and Social Actions are proud to announce the Top 24 Finalists from the Change the Web Challenge.

*Please note: Finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

• Amazeeng - search social action everywhere!
• Beyond the Bite
• CauseSense
• Charity Meter
• Citizens Voice Social Application
• Democracia 2.0
• District-by-District Organizing Tool
• Giveback's Take Action Widget
• Micro-Lending Widget
• Social Actions + Cell Alert = Social Actions Alerts
• Social Actions for Facebook and Myspace
• Social Actions Interactive Map (and location extractor)<
• Social Actions Map
• SocialActions Search for Firefox
• Social Actions Tuner
• Social Actions WordPress Widget
• Social Connect
• Social Friends
• Squarepeg: iphone app manages social actions, posts to twitter, facebook, email, rss
• "Take Action" Button
• Take Action for Firefox
• Take Action iGoogle Gadget<
• Volunteer Connect - The Easiest Way to Volunteer
• Zemanta's related social actions for bloggers

What's Next?

The Top 3 Winners will be selected by a panel of expert judges from the pool of 24 Finalists.   Those 3 prize winners will share $10,000 in cash awards. Winners will be announced at The Nonprofit Technology Conference, taking place April 26-28, in San Francisco, CA.

Social Actions has also mentioned that they are putting together a prize package for all of the Finalists - So stay tuned!

A note from Joe Solomon, Director of Social Actions' Change the Web Challenge:

The Change the Web Challenge is just the beginning of a movement to make it easy to make a difference all over the web. We hope you'll continue to join us as we push the boundaries of lighting up the web for change!

Developers are invited to keep the sparks flying by joining Social Actions' Developers Google Group!

On behalf of the Social Actions team, Congratulations to all the Finalists and Project Participants!