Tailored implementation services for enhanced data management

We build customized database solutions that align with your organization’s unique goals, supporting decision-making for sustainable growth and success.

  • Authentic & accurate

    Our commitment to culturally sensitive data collection ensures an authentic representation of each organization’s enduring impacts on their community.

  • Intuitive & user-centric

    We go beyond traditional database management by building your internal capacity, giving you total control of your system and data.

  • Dynamic & adaptable

    Our customized data solutions seamlessly integrate with existing systems to maximize efficiency and minimize duplication.

Situated within an impact tracking structure, our systems are designed to elevate data management and impact assessment.

How it works

Discovery & process review

We review your existing data collection tools, processes, and software to identify integration and streamlining opportunities, then determine which forms and data tools to utilize and customize for your organization’s unique needs. Predominantly using Salesforce, we leverage standard features tailored for nonprofits and build a fully-customized database.

Hands-on customization

Beyond Salesforce certifications and technical expertise, our implementation team has extensive experience and deep-rooted involvement with Native communities and Native CDFIs. Acting as intermediaries and translators, we simplify complex technical jargon into easy-to-understand terms and develop personalized resources, avoiding generic, one-size-fits-all approaches.

Capacity building & sustainability

Our commitment lies in fostering capacity building and ensuring long-term sustainability through technical assistance and training. We focus on empowering organizations by providing personalized support and customized solutions that promote effective data management and operational efficiency.

We’ve developed easy-to-use methods for navigating the complexities of data management.

  • We construct a custom impact tracking matrix for each organization, providing a structured framework to establish priorities and define indicators of success.

  • We use culturally sensitive measures, language, and data collection processes to capture and highlight the distinctive impacts of each organization on their respective communities.

  • We integrate existing systems by leveraging previous data collection efforts, streamlining processes and maximizing the efficiency of data management.

  • All tracking data, ranging from impact measurement to loan servicing information to funder reporting, is centralized within one comprehensive system.

  • We develop easy-to-use tools that accommodate users with varying levels of technical ability and understanding, creating a system that is intuitive and user-centric.

  • We work hands-on to build comfort and capacity in your database through ongoing one-on-one technical assistance and training specific to your system.

  • Our implementation system is dynamic, responding to changes in the funding climate and ensuring that the tracking system remains aligned with evolving organizational requirements.

Implementation team

  • Mary Sienko

    IMPLEMENTATION DIRECTOR

  • Megan Andrews-Sharer

    SENIOR IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER

  • Meredith Gammon

    IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER

  • "[Sweet Grass] helped our organizations deploy more than $500,000 in emergency loans for folks impacted by COVID and . . . influence public policy to ensure COVID resources reach our most impacted populations—native communities, communities of color, and women."

    Jeff Gilbreath, Hawaiian Community Assets

  • "We enjoy the line of communication with Sweet Grass. Being that it is a new program for us to use, it has been so easy to approach the staff and ask any questions . . . Our company has learned a lot in such a short period of time with them."

    Westwater Financial, Inc.

  • "Whenever we have a question or run into an issue, it has been very easy to communicate and get answers. Easy to talk to and understanding. It has been great working with [Sweet Grass] and getting support."

    Vaipuarii Tapiero-Kight, Hawaiian Lending and Investments

  • "Thanks as always for your world-class assistance in developing systems, reports, and templates that have tremendously added to the success of launching our online platform to manage Kahiau."

    Danielle Chavez, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

  • "Very responsive, attentive but not buggy, clear communication and explanation of capability, set clear expectations and met them, quite timely."

    Kris Brunetto, Mountain Plains Community Development Corporation

  • " . . . good to work with and very helpful with walking through the steps by steps and listened to the ideas we had."

    Margaret Morrison, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

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