A Native agriculture leader builds an impact measurement and evaluation system
Intertribal Agriculture Council
Founded in 1987, the mission of Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) is to pursue and promote the conservation, development, and sustainable use of agricultural resources for the betterment of Tribal Nations and their citizens. As a member-driven organization, IAC provides a forum for federally recognized tribes to identify and advance policy positions on agriculture issues.
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This project aimed to develop an internal impact measurement and evaluation framework for IAC to improve data collection and storytelling efforts to funders, partners, and constituents. This included a thorough data harvest and review of current data collection efforts and a gap analysis of where impacts were being missed. Sweet Grass supported the development of new data collection tools centered in IAC's impact measurement and evaluation framework to help track Native producer interactions and support provided.
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Strengthen data collection via new and revised data collection tools to speak to IAC's impacts.
Improve ability to collect data for funder and IAC's own internal reporting and storytelling needs.
Streamline data collection from Native producers across the organization.
Create and streamline staff processes around collecting, and store producer data.
Enable stronger storytelling.
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In collaboration with IAC, Sweet Grass created updated data collection tools that sit within an impact measurement and evaluation framework to capture the TA Network's activities and efforts. This expanded to tracking for the entire organizaiton and eventually Stakeholder Services.
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2019
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Andrea Mader — Project oversight and direction
Mary Sienko — Data harvest and review, gap analysis, and support with data collection tool development
Josh Shaughnessy — Data harvest and review, gap analysis, and support with data collection tool development
“Our interactions with Sweet Grass were thoughtful and chock-full of meaningful, inspiring, and goal-oriented encounters.”
—Kelsey Ducheneaux, Intertribal Agriculture Council
