Center for Technology and Civic Life

Brief

Chicago-based nonprofit that supports election administrators and democratic participation through grants, technology, and training. Public records identify it as a 501(c)(3); its founders are Noah Praetz and Tiana Epps-Johnson. Public sources do not show an active current fundraising target.

Founders

• Noah Praetz co-founder and executive director · Previously: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners · Public-facing bios identify him as a founder/co-founder
• Tiana Epps-Johnson co-founder and executive director · Previously: National Democratic Redistricting Committee · Public-facing bios identify her as a founder/co-founder

Snapshot

Citations

• harris.uchicago.edu
• en.wikipedia.org
• illinois.gov
• conference-board.org
• aei.org

Why this scored 53

Center For Technology And Civic Life is a Chicago-based civic infrastructure organization that achieved perfect thesis fit (1.0) and recency (1.0) scores, indicating active work aligned with Funder's civic health priorities. The organization shows moderate raise-stage fit (0.5) suggesting potential capital receptivity, but minimal talent density signal (0.0) and weak founder credential indicators (0.2) create uncertainty about team pedigree. The composite score of 53/100 falls below Funder's 65-point verification threshold, primarily due to missing founder backgrounds and team composition data that would confirm "talent-dense" and "credentialed founders" requirements.