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About Confluence AI

Everything Between 'Funding Available' and 'Project Complete'

Most tribes know the money is out there. The problem is capacity. We handle what normally requires a full-time grants team.

What We Do

The Full Journey, One Team

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  • Find the right funding - Federal, state, foundation. Matched to your community's actual priorities and readiness.
  • Write and submit applications - Proposals that meet every requirement and tell your story. Submitted on time.
  • Manage contracts and compliance - Deadlines, milestones, quarterly reports, audit prep. Tracked and handled.
  • Support planning and delivery - From feasibility studies to breaking ground. We stay through implementation.
  • Build local capacity - Training for your team to take over more of this work over time.

Our founders have been doing this work for decades. We're building the systems to do it for more communities.

Our Founders

Where Expertise Converges

Ginny Hasselfield

Ginny Hasselfield

Co-Founder & CEO

Career spanning political leadership and institutional fundraising across North America.

Jason Deichert

Jason Deichert

Co-Founder & CTO

Building Confluence AI's technical infrastructure.

Jamie Banks

Jamie Banks

Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor

Architect with projects for First Nations across Western Canada.

Christa Montpetit

Christa Montpetit

Client Success Lead

17 years navigating complex regulatory and permitting processes.

Recent Work

Tribal Clean Energy Deliverables

Real work, delivered for real communities

EVMojave.com portal homepage — Powering the Future of Fort Mojave

CEC Grant Administration & Technical Deliverables

Confluence AI supports tribal communities through the full lifecycle of California Energy Commission grants — from application to approved deliverables. Our team works directly with tribes and state energy agencies to produce compliant, high-quality planning documents and digital infrastructure.

What We've Delivered

  • EVMojave.com — custom community portal for tribal EV readiness and clean energy education
  • Tribal energy curriculum — workforce training content covering electrification, EV infrastructure, and clean transportation
  • CEC-approved planning deliverables for tribal electrification readiness
  • Professional document generation — grant applications, compliance reports, and presentation materials
  • EV infrastructure readiness assessments and zero-emission planning
EVMojave training courses — EV workforce development curriculum Training & Courses EV Charging Pre-Certification course — 7 lessons with interactive curriculum Course Curriculum EVMojave news and community updates News & Updates
Ginny Hasselfield

Indigenous Community Development

Decades of institutional fundraising and cross-cultural programming

Aboriginal Inmate Initiative

Client: Federal Correctional Services Canada Scope: National Program

Created and implemented an oral training program to reconnect incarcerated Indigenous peoples with their culture and heritage. Used videos, films, and community speakers to deliver culturally grounded programming.

Key Achievements

  • 12 of 14 inmates successfully completed pilot program
  • Program adopted nationally after pilot success
  • Trained trainers across Canadian federal penitentiaries
  • Funded by Correctional Services Canada

National program still referenced as model for Indigenous correctional programming

Additional Track Record

  • $20M raised at Simon Fraser University (Principal Gifts)
  • $28M international trade facilitated via Global Connections
  • 500+ refugees/immigrants employed (84% success rate)
  • $3M raised through 50 Women of Options campaigns
Hasselfield Fundraising
Jamie Banks

First Nations Built Environment

Registered Architect (AIBC), RAIC Member

Illustration of architect reviewing plans with community members outside a solar-powered First Nations community building in British Columbia

Lax Kw'alaams Housing

Client: Lax Kw'alaams Band Location: Prince Rupert, BC

Co-Project Architect at Human Studio in partnership with MGA. Jamie worked to overcome significant site challenges to provide much-needed rental suites for members of Lax Kw'alaams. The project includes 70 rental units within a 6-storey light wood construction building, including temporary suites for pregnancy residencies and cultural gathering space facilitating funerals.

First Nations Experience

  • Alexander First Nation - Infrastructure development (Alberta)
  • Lax Kw'alaams Band - 70-unit housing project (BC)

Additional Experience

  • Key leader at Human Studio, growing the firm from inception to 20 people
  • Portfolio spanning multifamily housing, office, industrial, and masterplans
  • BC Housing and Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards projects
  • Award-winning thesis on attainable housing (University of Waterloo)

Direct experience navigating First Nations development processes, governance structures, and community priorities

Banks Architecture & Permitting
Christa Montpetit

Regulatory Navigation & Client Success

17+ years of permitting, licensing, and government relations

Complex Permitting & Licensing

Focus: Multi-Jurisdictional Regulatory Processes Clients: Hotels, Franchise Chains, Restaurants, Manufacturing

Expert in navigating complex projects with multi-level permitting and licensing requirements. Christa regularly liaises with local, provincial, and federal governments, lawyers, accountants, and business owners to bring clients' projects from application to approval.

Areas of Expertise

  • Multi-jurisdictional permitting and licensing processes
  • Government relations across BC and Canada
  • Client onboarding and ongoing partnership management
  • Regulatory compliance and application support

Background

  • Founded Blue Diamond Hospitality, serving hundreds of clients across the hospitality industry
  • Board director, Hospitality Vancouver Association
  • Merged consultancy into Banks Architecture & Permitting

Bringing the same application-to-approval expertise that served hundreds of hospitality clients to tribal communities navigating federal grant processes

Banks Architecture & Permitting
Jason Deichert

Platform & AI Infrastructure

Building the technology to scale decades of tribal expertise

Confluence AI Platform

Role: Co-Founder & CTO Focus: Full-Stack Development & AI Systems

Architecting the AI-powered platform that transforms how tribal communities discover, win, and manage grants. Combining automation, intelligent document processing, and compliance tracking to multiply the impact of every team member.

Technical Foundation

  • Multi-agency grant monitoring matched to tribal priorities and readiness
  • AI-assisted document generation for applications and compliance reports
  • Deadline tracking and milestone management across multiple funders
  • Data sovereignty-first design with tribal control over all project data

Background

  • Founded BuildGravity - automation platform for construction industry
  • Built Document Forge - AI-powered document generation for proposals, grants, and compliance reports
  • Enterprise healthcare AI at Phreesia - systems processing millions of patient records

Making 100+ years of combined Indigenous community expertise accessible to hundreds of tribes through technology

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Your Success Is Our Purpose

Too many tribal communities miss out on funding because they lack the resources to compete with larger organizations. We combine decades of expertise with AI-powered grant discovery and compliance tools to change that equation.

Our Values

What Guides Us

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Community First

Technology serves people, not the other way around.

Sovereignty

Your data stays under tribal control. Our tools support your decisions, not dictate them.

Transparency

Clear communication. Honest assessments. Straightforward pricing.

Long-term Partnership

Measured by communities strengthened, not projects completed.

Let Us Show You What Is Possible

Schedule a consultation to see the funding opportunities waiting for your community. No pressure, no obligation, just a clear picture of your options.

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