CULTURETECHLENS
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About CultureTechLens
“CultureTechLens is Chicago’s Black cultural intelligence platform, curating the intersection of history, athletics, music, and technology through a lens of cultural preservation and analysis.”
— William Maxey (BrothaMax), founder. Written by the founder; used as CTL’s quotable centerpiece.
What we do
CultureTechLens is a nonprofit research platform operating through four lenses — history, athletics, music, and technology — with Chicago roots and a national comparative reach. We publish open research, archives, and data: deep investigations, research briefs, entity dossiers, evidence files, and a monthly cultural-resonance Index, all feeding a Black cultural knowledge graph.
Our rule is evidence before authority: claims carry grades, methods are published, limitations are stated, and corrections are public.
Legal identity (verified)
| Legal name | Culturetechlens Nfp |
|---|---|
| Tax status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; exemption issued August 2025 |
| EIN | 39-3143901 |
| NTEE code | A25 — Arts Education |
| Mailing address | PO Box 379244, Chicago, IL 60637-9233 |
| Illinois corporate record | File #75228759 — domestic not-for-profit corporation, active, incorporated 2025-07-10; 2026 annual report filed 2026-09-16 (good standing) |
| Website | culturetechlens.com (registered 2025-06-26) |
Identity facts verified 2026-09-28 against the IRS Exempt Organizations record and the Illinois Secretary of State business entity search. Full canonical record: CultureTechLens entity authority file CTL-ORG-000001.
How we work
Trust & evidence
Evidence before authority. CultureTechLens publishes its methods, its limits, and its corrections alongside its findings. Claims carry grades — VERIFIED, SUPPORTED, PROVISIONAL, DISPUTED, UNRESOLVED — and unknowns are never reported as zero.