Who We Are
Our company emerged from the largest presidential campaign in history to bring the same level of principled scientific rigor and analytics technology to organizations around the world.
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Empowering better decisions through data
Civis Analytics was founded in 2013 with a simple but powerful belief: organizations make better decisions when they use data the right way. Born from the data-driven success of the 2012 Obama campaign, Civis set out to bring advanced analytics, cloud-based technology, and deep expertise to governments, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and mission-driven enterprises.
We began as a consultancy, helping organizations solve complex problems with data. But we quickly saw a common challenge—most in-house data teams lacked a unified environment to support their work.
They were forced to piece together disconnected tools, making it harder to generate insights and drive impact. To solve this, we spent years building the Civis Platform—a simple, managed data stack that empowers teams with AI, analytics, and automation. By providing a secure, scalable foundation for data science and decision-making, the Civis Platform allows organizations to focus on what matters most: turning data into real-world results.
Today, Civis continues to evolve, expanding its technology and services to meet the changing needs of organizations that want to do more with data. From nonprofits to humanitarian efforts, we remain committed to our core mission: empowering people with the tools and support they need to make better decisions and create a better world.
A purpose-driven methodology built on principles
Our commitment to the core principles outlined above dates to our origins on the campaign trail. We know what moves the needle in politics and over time we’ve applied our methodology to many other industries. We’ve absorbed and adapted lessons from every client in all sectors to provide insights across all of our partnerships, informing deeper data insights and more persuasive marketing efforts for all organizations.
Core principles
Our mission is to bring objective, data-driven truth to organizational decision-making – all the way from the boardroom to the world’s largest social causes.
First, and most importantly, we seek truth through scientific rigor.
The scientific method is at the core of everything we do. That’s because, after more than 700 years, it’s still the best process for determining truth. And our customers trust us and our technology because truth is the new anchor of good business.
We tell the truth, and we admit when we’re wrong.
We call it out with candor, empathy, and the license to be disproven – even when it’s awkward. We’d rather be fired than lie or obfuscate.
And we build products that deliver useful truth.
Scientific insight on its own is great. Usefulness on its own is easily replaceable. Impactful data science is the combination of both. Consider this our golden rule: Customer Impact = Unique Insight * Usefulness.
We trust each other to self-start.
We’re solving some of the toughest and most fascinating problems facing organizations today. We prize the best ideas, no matter where they come from. And we expect and help each other to hit the ground running from Day One.
That said, we execute in multi-disciplinary teams.
We believe that good data science rests on three disciplines: creative problem-solving, excellent engineering and cutting-edge methods. Leave one out and it all falls down. Put them together and it’s the basis for all good work.
We never compromise on quality.
Prepare the facts, form a point of view, invite skepticism, execute, measure… and get better over time. It’s the proven basis of excellence — from the work we do to the people we hire.
And, finally, we’ll always stay weird and have fun.
We embrace the full person, but the only thing that really matters at this company is the gray matter between your ears. Come as you are, as weird as that may be.
We help you turn your data into campaigns that drive action
At the end of the day, data is about people. It’s about turning supporters into volunteers and donors, improving the customer experience, enhancing city services, or moving people to action.
Civis empowers organizations like yours to change the world — by changing the way you reach the people you care about most.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure to manage the audience data your organization owns, and research to understand the audiences you want to know better.
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Tools
Tools for marketers, organizers, and creatives to access data, collaborate, and make decisions.
Dedicated experts
Dedicated experts who understand your unique challenges, and put you on the path to self-sufficiency.
How the Civis method works for you
Get a clear picture of your audience
Our machine learning-driven identity resolution tech effortlessly gives you a single source of truth, and our proprietary data appends to your data to make it more complete.
Know your audience and pinpoint your message
Our unique, scientifically-validated control vs. treatment media measurement methodology shows you how your messages will perform with specific segments of your audience, ensuring you always send the right message to the right people at the right time.
Use fresh, authoritative, precise data
We’re a tech company that employs a legion of survey and data scientists and we don’t purchase media, so you can trust our research and insights results to the strictest statistical best practices.
Trusted by leading organizations around the world
Embrace data to elevate your decision-making.
Let’s put your data to work.