The thought partner you need to strategize, scale and solve.
Plans that survive Monday
CSquared Consulting Group helps mission-driven organizations turn big plans into real, everyday operations. Clear numbers, steady teams, and plans that survive Monday.
Who we help
Built for mission-driven organizations in the middle of something big.
We partner with small and mid-size mission-driven organizations, nonprofits and purpose-led businesses alike, that are growing, changing, or just tired of duct-taping things together. You might be:• Growing faster than your systems. The mission is working, but the spreadsheets are starting to sweat.• Restructuring or downsizing. You need to make hard calls about budgets and roles, and still keep your people with you.• Getting ready for an audit or a big funder. You want to walk in confident, not crossing your fingers.• Stuck between strategy and reality. The board approved the plan. Now someone has to make it work on a Tuesday afternoon.
Three Ways We Help
Strategy
Turn the big picture into a plan your team can actually follow.
• Strategic and operational planning
• Thought partnership for executive directors and boards
• Turning priorities into budgets, timelines, and owners
Finance
Know where your money is, where it's going, and what it can do next.
• Financial systems and processes that fit your size
• Budgeting and forecasting leadership can read without a decoder ring
• Audit readiness, so audit season feels like a check-up, not an emergency
Transformation
Lead big changes without losing your people along the way.
• Change management for restructurings and reductions in force
• Reassigning roles and responsibilities so nothing falls through the cracks
• Clear procedures and handoffs that hold up after we leave
Plans that survive Monday.
Lots of plans look great in the board meeting and fall apart by the first Monday. Ours are built for that Monday and all the days that follow.1. Get the real picture. We look at how things actually work today: the numbers, the processes, and the people running them. No judgment, just clarity.2. Build what fits you. No cookie-cutter templates. We design an approach around your size, your budget, and your team's real capacity.3. Hand off with a clear path. You walk away with next steps, owners, and tools your team can run without us. That's the whole point.
We've made the hard calls. And lived with them.
CSquared Consulting Group was founded by Cyra Copeland, a finance and operations leader with 15+ years inside nonprofits, universities, and global organizations. She's led finance teams through growth, audits, new systems, and more than one restructuring.Here's what makes the difference: Cyra has been on both sides of the hard decisions. She's been the one making the call, and the one living with it afterward. That's why our plans account for the spreadsheet and the people who have to carry them out.Today, CSquared brings that experience to every engagement, backed by a bench of trusted partners we bring in when your project needs extra hands or specialized expertise.
Simple to start. Clear from day one.
1. A free discovery call (30 minutes). You tell us what's going on. We ask a lot of questions. No pitch, no pressure.
2. A clear proposal. Within a few days, you get a short proposal with the scope, timeline, and one fixed price. No surprise invoices, ever.
3. Focused work. Most projects are short and targeted, built around your organization's size and budget.
4. A real handoff. You end with tools, procedures, and next steps your team owns.
Good questions.
Do I need to be a finance person to work with you? Not at all. We explain everything in plain language. If we use a term you don't know, that's on us, not you.How big does our organization need to be? We work best with small and mid-size mission-driven organizations, whether that's a nonprofit or a business built around a purpose. Our pricing scales with your organization's size, so you're not paying big-firm rates for a right-sized project.Can you help if we're in the middle of a restructuring or layoffs? Yes, and it's one of the things we care about most. We help with the numbers and the human side: who takes on what, how to communicate it, and how to keep your team steady.Are you a full-time CFO or bookkeeper? No. We're strategic partners for focused projects. If you need ongoing bookkeeping or a part-time CFO, we're happy to point you to good people.Do you work remotely? Yes. We work with organizations anywhere, mostly over video, with on-site visits when a project calls for it.
Let's talk about what's next.
Grab 30 minutes on the calendar. Bring the messy version; that's what the call is for. [CSquared Discovery Call, 30 min]