
Strengthening communities with data services and organizational support
Research
Holistic research services grounded in community
Strategy
Aligning processes and actions with your mission and goals
Implementation
Data management systems to track your impact
Creative
Design services that capture your voice and vision
For over 10 years, Sweet Grass has assisted mission-driven organizations dedicated to promoting self-determination, equity, and well-being. We are committed to participatory methods and have a combined 40+ years of experience in evaluation, research, strategy, and design.

Recent projects
Food Systems Study: Exploring the Local Food Economy of the Oglála Lakhóta Oyáte
Makoce Agriculture Development is working to transform Pine Ridge's food landscape by building a community-led, culturally rooted food system that reclaims sovereignty and promotes regenerative, local agriculture.
Find Your Story: Texas Indigenous Data Sovereignty Study
Texas Tribal Buffalo Project is using data on food, health, identity, life ways, and economic conditions to support community revitalization and strategic partnerships for Indigenous peoples in Texas and Northern Mexico.

Latest news
What philanthropy can learn from Indigenous funders
PHILANTHROPY | Mainstream philanthropy often operates on control and oversight. Indigenous leaders are showing a different way — one rooted in trust and cultural vitality. Learn how funders can stop leading and start listening.
Four Bands Community Fund uses data to transform Indigenous finance
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT | Blending data with deep community knowledge, Four Bands is reshaping what lending looks like on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.
We partner with tribal, nonprofit, and mission-driven organizations to deliver and measure impact.
We take a holistic, systems approach to our work, where individuals, families, households, beliefs, ways of knowing, economies, environments, and governments all play a role.
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