Campground · Free 3-Week Cohort
From Spreadsheet Wilderness to Data Landscape
Unlock millions in wasted spend and capacity by removing thankless documentation. Walk away with a board-ready landscape of your systems and data that actually helps you make decisions and unleash stalled projects — in just 3 weeks, with your peers.
The shift
The old way, and the new way
The Old Way
Funders are asking harder questions every cycle. You don’t have millions of dollars and years of time to spend on systems transformation projects, only to have them fall apart from lack of capacity. Proving impact from a folder of spreadsheets and inbox threads isn’t sustainable. Your process is slow, fragile, and depends on a few people — so it disappears the moment they leave.
The New Way
You know your organization is bleeding time into manual reporting and operations that a strategic, tech-enabled, connected system could do automatically. Program constituents deserve and expect better. But the gap isn’t effort; it’s infrastructure. And the challenge isn’t “awareness” — it’s actually breaking it down into parts so the change isn’t overwhelming.
Fit check
This is for you if…
- You know your program works, but every board meeting or grant report means scrambling to prove it
- Your impact data lives across spreadsheets, inboxes, multiple tools, and whoever happens to remember where things are
- You're capturing outcomes, but couldn't piece the whole story together if a funder asked today
- You know you need to change your systems, but don't know where to start or what's worth building first
- "We'll fix reporting next year" has been the answer for more than one year
- You're discussing AI readiness, but you don't have a starting point
If two or more of these sound familiar, this was built for you.
Outcomes
What you walk away with
A data landscape
A current-state picture that lets you make real decisions about where to invest.
A board-ready deck
Something you can put in front of your board or a funder without a scramble.
Peer feedback and validation
Your landscape pressure-tested by peers before you act on it.
Format
Bring what you’ve got and your brain.
From problem to plan
You bring the problem. We walk you through it.
“We know we need new systems, but the change is daunting.”
It all starts with mapping your landscape with clarity. We give you all the steps.
“Our data is scattered across spreadsheets, inboxes, you name it.”
You’ll end with a clear current-state picture of exactly where your data and programs stand today.
“We don’t have capacity.”
You can’t plan, fundraise, or build capacity unless you define exactly what the status quo is, and how you want it to change.
How it works
Three Mondays, three moves
Expert-led frameworks and tools, followed by peer feedback and working time.
Week 1
Architecture & theory of change
Create your organization’s architecture and identify the theory of change.
Week 2
Data & systems audit
Inventory what you have, where it lives, and what it costs you.
Week 3
Firm up the landscape
Tee up decisions and define the next steps.
What you get
Everything included
- 3x live 90-minute strategy sessions, facilitated
- Your current-state data landscape
- All content for what to do next
- Peer validation of your landscape before you act on it (priceless)
- Total value: $5,000+ — yours free.
The Investment
The only thing we ask you to bring is what you’ve already got, and 90 minutes of focused time with your team. No budget approval needed to try this.
Our Guarantee
If you show up and don’t leave with at least one insight that will save your organization money and real hours, we’ll donate $100 to a charity of your choice.
Proof
“We just walked away from this process with so much clarity.”
Dates
Choose from two cohorts
Cohort A
- Wk 1October 5
- Wk 2October 12
- Wk 3October 19
Mondays · 12:00 PT · 90 min
Cohort B
- Wk 1November 2
- Wk 2November 9
- Wk 3November 16
Mondays · 12:00 PT · 90 min
Ready to get started?
Three steps to your landscape
01
Fill out a 2-minute application
This just confirms this is the right fit for where you are right now.
02
Get your pre-session checklist
You’ll gather the materials you already have — nothing new to build.
03
Show up Monday at noon Pacific
Ready to build.
Your leader
Sruti Bharat, CEO of Campground Systems
Sruti Bharat is a 3x CEO (two workforce- and talent-oriented nonprofits, All Raise and FutureMap, and now Campground). After starting her career in the private sector (data infrastructure software company, Bain consulting, and MBA), she pivoted to the nonprofit sector where she has led and advised systems transformation initiatives for years. After experiencing countless challenges scaling programs and reporting on data, she started Campground to transform how organizations report on data and deliver programs and services. Some of her partners include the State of CA's Corps to Career Initiative, the Atlanta Vision Project, the American Connection Corps, place-based initiatives like World Business Chicago, Rise East in Oakland, CBO's and college access programs like Richmond Promise, and service agencies like 4Cs of Alameda County. She runs a community to promote best-practice sharing as part of her passion to create lasting relationships within the ecosystem.
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