Center for Tech and Civic Life
Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL), founded in 2015, is a nationally recognized nonprofit advancing professional, secure, and accessible election administration by partnering with roughly 8,000 local election departments across all fifty states and Washington, D.C. Election officials face mounting challenges—including chronic underfunding, uneven capacity, outdated technology, and rising cybersecurity threats—while managing responsibilities that span election law, public relations, logistics, and personnel. CTCL addresses these gaps by providing training, civic technology, data infrastructure, technical assistance, and convenings that help officials better serve their communities. The organization has a proven track record, including piloting a 2024 Rural and Nonmetro Election Infrastructure Program that distributed $3.7 million in grants to small, under-resourced jurisdictions. With Corporation support, CTCL will continue equipping election officials with training, tools, and resources to administer secure and accessible elections, strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure, expand support for rural jurisdictions, and help secure sustained public funding for election administration.