Sigma Computing Consulting for Legal Organizations and Associations
Answer leadership questions in minutes instead of weeks of analyst work. We build Sigma reports on Snowflake for caseloads, members, programs and grants.
The short answer
Where the Hours Go Today
- Leadership questions go to an analyst and come back days or weeks later.
- Case, staff and program data sit in separate tools that do not talk to each other.
- Grant and funder reports are rebuilt by hand for every deadline.
- Membership numbers differ depending on who pulled them.
Sigma Workbooks We Build
- Case and Caseload Reporting
- Open, new and closed matters by office, program and staff member, with trends over time.
- Leadership Dashboard
- The questions leadership asks every month, answered from one warehouse instead of a new analyst request each time.
- Membership and Program Reporting
- Members, renewals, events and program participation on the same definitions across teams.
- Funding and Grant Reporting
- Outcomes and activity by grant and funder, with input tables for narrative notes and scheduled exports before each deadline.
Why Sigma Fits
- Staff can answer their own questions
- A spreadsheet grid on live Snowflake data lets program and finance staff filter and pivot without waiting on an analyst.
- Notes and inputs in the warehouse
- Input tables store what staff enter, such as grant narratives or program targets, next to the numbers they describe.
- Reports on a schedule
- Scheduled exports send board, funder and program reports on time without anyone building them by hand.
2 weeks to 20 min
to answer a leadership question for a national legal organization
Read the case study
Data We Connect
- Salesforce or another CRM
- Case management system
- Association management system
- HR and payroll system
- Project management tools
- Accounting and grant tracking
- Snowflake
Common questions
Is Sigma good for nonprofits and associations?
Sigma fits organizations with data in several systems and staff who work in spreadsheets. It needs a cloud warehouse such as Snowflake underneath, so it suits teams ready to bring their data into one place.
Have you worked with legal organizations?
Yes. For a national legal organization we brought eight source systems into Snowflake and built dashboards on top. Leadership questions went from 2 weeks to 20 minutes, leadership asked 300% more questions, and their team has run it in-house since handover.
Can Sigma help with grant and funder reporting?
Yes. We build the grant reports from the same tables as internal reporting, add input tables for narrative notes, and schedule exports ahead of each deadline.
Can our own team maintain it?
Yes. We train your staff on the workbooks during the build so they can maintain and extend them after handover.
How long does a Sigma build take?
It depends on how many systems you have, how much history you need and how settled your definitions are. We scope it on a short call.
Bring the report that eats your week
We'll look at it with you and say what Sigma would save. No pitch deck.