Sattva

The AI knowledge system your organization runs on

We help teams connect their documents, data, and institutional knowledge into your org’s “brain”: a single source of truth that empowers everyone on your team to work with all the information.

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Most nonprofits have a wealth of expertise. What they lack is a system for putting it to work.

Important information is scattered across documents, spreadsheets, CRMs, task managers, data lakes, and people’s heads. That makes routine work slower, tooling less reliable, and institutional knowledge difficult to carry forward.

Sattva brings it together into one system that can answer questions on behalf of your organization, and put what you know to work.


It starts with a design sprint

Automation is only as good as the data underneath it. Before we build anything, we work with your team to understand what you have, where the gaps are, and what’s possible.

01

Landscape mapping

We look at your tools, your data, and how work actually moves through your org. Then we identify where automation will make the biggest difference, and how to evaluate “build or buy” decisions.

02

Knowledge taxonomy

We help you organize your institutional knowledge into a structure AI can actually use. We identify the core concepts and actions your team operates around, and design a system around them.

03

Build the brain

We connect your tools, build the knowledge base, and launch your first workflows tied to the outcomes you care about most.

04

Empower your team

We train your team to run, extend, and own the system independently, building the internal capacity to sustain your knowledge system and keep improving it.


Join a cohort of operators learning together

The Impact Ops Fellowship is a 3-month, small-group program for COOs and Heads of Operations. It’s a community of practice where operators make their workflows explicit, turn AI into quick wins, and build capability that stays in-house.

Cohort 02 starts in September 2026.


Partner with operators who build

Sattva is run by operators and founders who believe this moment challenges and inspires us to find new ways to do the work that matters.

Nick Barr

Nick Barr

Partner

Nick is a 2x edtech founder, executive coach, and former head of classroom products at Khan Academy, with roots in Techstars and Union Square Ventures. He coaches nonprofit leaders on AI transformation and strategy, with a focus on workflow automation, operational design, and helping teams actually adopt the tools they invest in.

Saamra Mekuria-Grillo

Saamra Mekuria-Grillo

Partner

Saamra is the founder and CEO of Kindred, an AI-native social venture, former COO of the Pahara Institute, and an alum of Bain, Google, and Stanford GSB. She helps leadership teams move from AI-curious to AI-confident, with a focus on organizational strategy, learning, and change management.


Let’s talk

Book a 30-minute call and we’ll talk about your tools, your team, and what’s harder than it should be.

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