CSS is a nonprofit solutions provider for governments, organizations, and businesses. We are committed to socially and environmentally responsible community development. With years of experience in the world of grants, our team knows how to craft a successful grant application and manage your projects. With more than one hundred funded grants, we have a proven track record of helping organizations get the funding they need. We work with you and your team to identify the best solutions to your problems and identify grant funding which will solve them. We deliver the highest level of service to ensure your success.
We have obtained grant funding for cities, counties, special districts, nonprofits, and private businesses. Our subject expertise includes community development, ports, water, wastewater, renewable energy, solar PV, energy efficiency, electric vehicles, Net Zero, waste to energy, material separation and handling, telecommunications and internet, business development, business clusters, business incubators, tourism, multifamily housing, job training programs for youth and adults, arts programs –including live performance, sound and video technology – and climate change mitigation. We can also raise non-grant funds.
We provide your organization with a number of valuable benefits:
The grant writing process is complex and time-consuming. We take care of it for you, saving you a significant amount of time and effort; so your team can focus on your mission, instead of paperwork.
The SMART CSS Program has been designed to assist Locals with organizing work for community development in their jurisdiction. We identify government-owned buildings, schools, and private buildings with potential projects for SMART Union members. We identify grant funding and finance solutions for those projects. We develop property owner relationships and secure Community Benefits Agreement for every project we work on. We collect all needed project documents. And then we write grant and finance applications to fund the projects. Learn more by watching the video.
Explore an example of our Building Inventory Mapping Tool in New York City. Click on any building icon to find out all about that building.
Our mission is to improve the overall quality of life for everyone in the community, by securing funding to address infrastructure needs, poverty reduction, equity and inclusion, community health, living wages and youth development.
Community system solutions refer to the various ways in which communities can work together to address commo
Our mission is to improve the overall quality of life for everyone in the community, by securing funding to address infrastructure needs, poverty reduction, equity and inclusion, community health, living wages and youth development.
Community system solutions refer to the various ways in which communities can work together to address common problems.
By writing grant applications, which bring financing to your community efforts, we meet our mission.
Mike Bahr has over 25 years of grant writing experience. He has written more than 100 successful grant applications for a wide variety of projects and programs for governments, nonprofits and businesses. He has been awarded grant dollars from federal, state and local government agencies, foundations, non-profit funders, and private busine
Mike Bahr has over 25 years of grant writing experience. He has written more than 100 successful grant applications for a wide variety of projects and programs for governments, nonprofits and businesses. He has been awarded grant dollars from federal, state and local government agencies, foundations, non-profit funders, and private businesses. Most recently he wrote a U.S. Department of Transportation Port Infrastructure grant for the Crescent City Harbor District, which was awarded $7.3 million.
We are a group of passionate individuals dedicated to helping organizations secure funding to make a positive impact in the world. We believe in creating positive social and environmental impact and having a public benefit for the projects we work on.
Our goal is to provide solutions to your problems, which enhance your community.