What Nonviolent Peaceforce does

Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) is an international nongovernmental organization founded in 2002 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with legal entities in the U.S. (501c3), Belgium (AISBL), France (Association de loi 1901), and Switzerland (Swiss Foundation). The organization specializes in Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP), a civilian-led methodology that protects populations in violent conflicts through protective accompaniment, community patrols, early warning/early response systems, ceasefire monitoring, and peace team training, rather than through armed intervention. NP maintains active field operations in 10+ countries — South Sudan, Iraq, Ukraine, Myanmar, Philippines, Sudan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (since 2025), and the United States — and centers its model on locally-led protection structures including 3,312+ Community Protection Team members and 70+ Women Protection Teams in South Sudan alone.

NP's core deliverables are methodologies and training programs rather than technology platforms. Assets include the UCP Academy (online and in-person courses with practitioner coaching), the UCP Manual v2 (2020), the UCP Community knowledge platform, a publications library of 100+ multilingual resources, and the SpeakUp® confidential reporting mechanism operated by third-party People Intouch. Supporting products include Safe Civic Spaces Guides, Kids' Corner educational materials, Situational Awareness & Upstander Intervention training, and the Responsible Partnerships Framework toolkit. The organization does not sell commercial products or services; it operates a go-to-market centered on direct field delivery to conflict-affected communities, complemented by online training, advocacy at the UN/AU/EU/U.S. Congress/ASEAN, and year-end donor fundraising campaigns.

As a 501c3 nonprofit, NP is funded entirely through individual donations, institutional and government grants, and corporate partnerships (e.g., Climate Action Accelerator, CyberPeace Institute), with a 2024 global budget of approximately $27.3 million (85% program, 15% global functions). Its donor-facing infrastructure spans the website, social media, monthly newsletters, public events, and the SpeakUp® safeguarding system. NP has UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status (since 2007), and its advocacy has contributed to inclusion of unarmed approaches in 30 UN/UN-related policies and to U.S. Congress funding bill language advancing UCP for 4 consecutive years. The organization is led by Executive Director Tiffany Easthom, Board Chair Deepa Sureka (former COO of Rakuten), and Group Finance & Operations Director Line Hempel (formerly ACT Alliance, IUCN).

Name

Nonviolent Peaceforce

Legal name

Nonviolent Peaceforce International

Website

https://nonviolentpeaceforce.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international nonprofit NGO founded in 2002 that delivers Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) services and training across 10+ conflict-affected countries, funded primarily through donations, grants, and institutional partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Civilian Protection & Stabilization Operations (BPADAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH), Safeguarding, Accountability & Compliance (ESG, Gender/GBV, Do No Harm) (BPADAEAM)

Keywords

• Unarmed civilian protection
• Humanitarian peacebuilding
• Conflict resolution training
• Civilian peacekeeping services
• Protective accompaniment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Nonviolent Peaceforce receives contributions from individual donors worldwide. The organization runs donation campaigns including a year-end matching campaign (every dollar matched up to $50,000 until December 31). Donations are tax-deductible in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.
2. Institutional Grants and Government Funding: NP receives grants from institutional donors and government agencies. The organization has legal entities in the U.S. (501c3), Belgium (AISBL), France (Association de loi 1901), and Switzerland (Swiss Foundation) enabling it to access funding from various government and multilateral sources.
3. Corporate Partnerships: NP has a Corporate Partnership Policy and engages with corporate partners, including organizations like the Climate Action Accelerator for environmental commitments and CyberPeace Institute for cybersecurity support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Nonviolent Peaceforce is an international NGO that deploys Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP) teams to directly protect civilians in violent conflicts through protective accompaniment, community patrols, early warning/early response systems, ceasefire monitoring, and community-based protection teams. It complements field operations with online and in-person UCP training (UCP Academy, UCP Manual, UCP Community), advocacy toward the UN, African Union, European Union, ASEAN, and U.S. Congress, and a confidential SpeakUp® misconduct reporting mechanism.

Product overview

Nonviolent Peaceforce operates as a unified portfolio of unarmed civilian protection programs and training resources. The core offerings include the SpeakUp® confidential reporting mechanism for misconduct, the UCP Academy providing online and in-person Unarmed Civilian Protection training courses, the UCP Manual as a reference guide, and the UCP Community platform for knowledge sharing. Supporting resources include Safe Civic Spaces Guides, Situational Awareness & Upstander Intervention training, Kids' Corner educational materials, the Responsible Partnerships Framework toolkit, and a Publications Library spanning case studies, research reports, and programme briefs across conflict-affected regions worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SpeakUp® Mechanism

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of donor funds go directly to programs protecting civilians
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Scale indicators22 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Peers

• Conciliation Resources:

Direct peers

• Geneva Call: International humanitarian organization engaged with armed groups and de facto authorities to promote compliance with international humanitarian and human rights norms. Geneva Call is a close peer in the civilian protection space, also Geneva-headquartered, working on protection of civilians and engaging non-state actors in conflict zones overlapping NP's footprint.
• Peace Direct: International NGO that supports local peacebuilders in conflict-affected countries and advocates for locally-led peace. Comparable to NP's Community Protection Team model in its emphasis on local ownership and capacity strengthening of peace actors, with similar donor audiences in the peacebuilding field.
• Search for Common Ground: International conflict transformation NGO operating in 30+ countries with programs focused on peacebuilding, media for peace, and community-level conflict resolution. Comparable to NP in scale, country footprint, and peacebuilding methodology, with overlap in U.S. and African geographies (a former NP head of programming previously worked at Search).
• International Alert: One of the world's oldest peacebuilding NGOs, working with people directly affected by conflict to build sustainable peace, with field offices across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. Alert is a comparable peer in scale, methodology (peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity), and donor base, with a former NP head having worked at International Alert.
• Peace Brigades International (PBI): International NGO providing unarmed civilian protection and protective accompaniment to human rights defenders and communities in conflict zones, founded in 1981. PBI is the most direct peer to Nonviolent Peaceforce, sharing the same core methodology of unarmed protective presence and accompaniment; several NP staff (e.g., Tiffany Easthom, Huibert Oldenhuis) have prior PBI experience.
• Centre for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC): International organization dedicated to promoting civilian protection in conflict and post-conflict environments, with advocacy and field programs in active war zones. CIVIC is a close peer that works on protection of civilians through policy advocacy and field engagement, complementing NP's direct accompaniment approach.

Broad incumbents

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): The world's largest humanitarian organization dedicated to protection of civilians and victims of armed conflict, with a global mandate under the Geneva Conventions. A senior NP country head previously worked at ICRC for 8 years; ICRC represents the dominant institutional player in the broader civilian protection space, against which NP's smaller, unarmed-only niche is differentiated.
• International Crisis Group: Global think tank and field-based organization working to prevent wars and shape policy in conflict-affected countries. While not a direct field implementation peer, ICG's policy work on civilian protection and conflict resolution is closely adjacent to NP's advocacy agenda and shares overlapping donor and policy audiences.

Emerging players

• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC): U.S.-based organization dedicated to developing and sharing knowledge about civil resistance and nonviolent action globally. ICNC is an adjacent peer that focuses on knowledge dissemination and training on nonviolent conflict, overlapping with NP's UCP Academy and academic partnerships but not delivering direct field protection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@NonviolentPeaceforce
• Facebookfacebook.com/NonviolentPeaceforce
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nonviolent-peaceforce
• Instagraminstagram.com/nonviolentpeaceforce
• Xx.com/peaceforce

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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