Established Fact
Of approximately $6.8 million in total CTCL grants deployed across nine Arizona counties, $5.16 million — roughly 75.8% — went to the four counties that voted for the Democratic presidential candidate (Maricopa, Pima, Coconino, and Apache), including $1.84 million to Maricopa County alone. This operational funding underwrote expanded staffing, ballot processing equipment, and absentee infrastructure. In CTCL-funded Arizona counties, analysis found that Biden improved over Hillary Clinton’s 2016 performance by approximately 81%, while Trump’s improvement over his own 2016 performance in those same counties was approximately 66% — a differential suggesting the grant-funded infrastructure may have provided measurable operational advantage in areas that shifted further Democratic.
Citations
Arizona Auditor General, “Use of Private, Nongovernmental Grant Monies and Maricopa County Voting System Procurement,” Report No. 22-301 (documenting total CTCL grants to Arizona: $6,810,967 across 9 counties; four Biden-won counties (Maricopa, Pima, Coconino, Apache): $5,159,758 = 75.8% of statewide total; Maricopa County alone: $1,842,754; five Trump counties: $1,651,209): https://www.azauditor.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/22-301_Report.pdf
Capital Research Center, “How CTCL Helped Biden in Arizona and Nevada” (documenting that in CTCL-funded Arizona counties, Biden improved over Clinton’s 2016 performance by approximately 81% while Trump improved over his 2016 performance in those same counties by approximately 66%; note: both figures are within-county candidate comparisons in CTCL-funded areas, not a comparison of funded vs. unfunded geographic areas): https://capitalresearch.org/article/how-ctcl-helped-biden-in-arizona-and-nevada/
InfluenceWatch, “Center for Tech and Civic Life” (documenting CTCL’s organizational background, funding sources including Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and grant program): https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/center-for-tech-and-civic-life/