Navigate
Complexity.
Amplify
Impact.
Data, AI, grants, and evaluation strategy for organizations doing meaningful work.
Practical strategy for funding, data, evaluation, and responsible AI.
Three Canyon works at the intersection of strategy, evaluation, technology, and implementation — helping mission-driven organizations move from complexity to clarity.
All ServicesAI & Data Strategy
Our core practice. From AI curiosity to grounded strategy — governance frameworks, vendor-neutral evaluation, automation planning, and the data foundation that makes everything else work.
Grant Development & Funding Strategy
Federal and foundation proposals, reviewer-informed strategy, narrative development, funding scans, budgets, and proposal review across NSF, DOE, NIH, DOD, and FIPSE.
Program Evaluation & Impact Measurement
Logic models, theory of change, survey design, external evaluation, outcomes measurement, statistical analysis, and impact reporting.
Organizational Strategy & Capacity Building
Technical strategy only lands when your people are equipped to carry it — strategic planning, leadership development, facilitation, change management, and capacity building.
Technical Infrastructure
Dashboards, analytical systems, reproducible workflows, research computing, data pipelines, and hands-on implementation support.
"Experienced guides through complexity."
Organizations doing meaningful work in complex environments.
We work alongside teams navigating funding, policy, data, and systems challenges — where the stakes are real and the margin for error is low.
Mission-driven organizations
All sectorsNonprofits
Social impactTribal agencies & organizations
Sovereign nationsState, city & county agencies
GovernmentPublic health organizations
Health & equityEducation K–20 and beyond
Learning systemsResearch institutions
Academia & scienceThoughtful
by design.
We believe organizations deserve clear guidance, honest partnership, and practical expertise — not hype, jargon, or endless upselling.
Two PhDs spanning data science, AI, program evaluation, grant development, leadership, and organizational strategy. We bring depth across fields that typically operate in silos — and we know how to connect them.
We've seen enough complexity to know what actually matters. Our approach is steady, grounded, and focused on the decisions and actions that move work forward — not on adding layers of process for their own sake.
No vendor relationships. No upselling. No one-size-fits-all recommendations. We give you our honest read on what fits your context, your team, and your goals — and then we help you execute it.
Every engagement is led by our principals — not handed to junior staff or subcontractors. You get experienced collaborators at every stage, from the first conversation through final delivery.
"We speak plainly.
We stay vendor-neutral.
And we do the work ourselves."
Federal grant strategy and technical development across research, healthcare, education, and public-sector initiatives.
Applied AI, analytics, and evaluation expertise grounded in real organizational workflows.
PhD-level expertise without enterprise consulting overhead.
"We let our work speak for itself. Ask us about specific projects during your consultation."
Clear, collaborative, and built around your capacity.
We help organizations move from uncertainty to practical next steps through a process that is structured, flexible, and easy to understand.
Listen
Understand organizational goals, constraints, stakeholders, timelines, and capacity.
Design
Develop practical strategies, technical workflows, evaluation plans, or funding approaches aligned with real operational needs.
Build
Implement systems, proposals, analyses, dashboards, AI workflows, or reporting infrastructure collaboratively.
Translate
Deliver documentation, training, and actionable next steps that organizations can realistically sustain.
The people behind Three Canyon.
Angela Cruze PhD
Mission-centered program design grounded in collaboration, organizational capacity, and long-term sustainability.
Building the strategy behind the proposal — and the capacity to sustain what comes after.
Greg Chism PhD
Applied technical strategy focused on practical implementation, responsible AI, and scalable analytical systems.
Translating complex technical decisions into systems that organizations can actually use and sustain.
Thoughtful strategy for organizations navigating complexity.
Whether you're pursuing funding, strengthening internal capacity, evaluating programs, or exploring responsible AI adoption, we help organizations move forward with clarity.
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