Civic Safeguard Strategies

Offering Holistic Risk Mitigation Support for Nonprofits

Background

CSS is a women-led consultancy with a combined 90+ years of experience strengthening civil society across some of the world’s most complex and restrictive environments. With careers spanning government, private sector, and nonprofits, each founding member contributes complementary expertise — from program design and capacity assessment to partnership development and donor engagement — ensuring our work is both strategic and pragmatic. Our diverse geographic specializations add to a foundation for credibility and long-term sustainability.

Civic Safeguard Strategies (CSS) provides a range of consulting services to mission-driven nonprofits, in the U.S. and overseas, for organizational capacity development, strategic planning, and risk mitigation. CSS’ unique value lies in its blend of global donor experience and local organizational insight. Unlike large consulting firms, CSS offers customized, trust-based advisory services grounded in lived field experience and peer partnership. In this way, CSS helps organizations that are navigating constrained funding and operational environments to not only survive but also thrive.

Overview

Through approaches that are practical, people-centered, and grounded in trust, Civic Safeguard Strategies helps build stronger, more resilient organizations so they can continue serving their communities as the operating context shifts.