About us
Our mission at Skvare is Helping Others Help Others. We're a values-driven technology agency serving nonprofits, membership associations, advocacy campaigns, and the public sector. Since 2008, we have specialized in open-source solutions that empower organizations to maximize their impact. Our commitment to clarity, high-quality development, and transparent communication has fostered long-term client relationships, with some spanning over a decade. As a woman-owned company recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the Best Workplaces, we prioritize a collaborative and supportive culture that enables our team to deliver exceptional results.
As a Climate Neutral Certified company through the Change Climate Project, we align our work with values that drive positive global change. Skvare actively contributes to CiviCRM and other open-source communities and seeks opportunities to promote an open web that fosters accessibility, knowledge-sharing, and inclusivity. Our approach emphasizes using the right technology for each of our client’s unique needs. From crafting well-documented, maintainable code to adapting quickly to client feedback, we’re dedicated to building solutions that stand the test of time and create lasting impact.
We support organizations using CiviCRM Standalone, CiviSpark, and CiviCRM integrated with Drupal, WordPress, Backdrop, and Joomla.
CiviCRM Services
- Business Analysis and Technical Architecture – defining "why" and "what" for an organization's technology needs in order to propose "how" priorities will be met
- CiviCRM Configuration – Full system implementation
- Custom Development – Custom CiviCRM extensions and CMS plugins and modules to meet an organization’s unique business and operational needs
- Customized Training – General and customized trainings, screencasts, and written documentation so organizations get the most out of CiviCRM and are prepared for internal change, including staff transitions
- System Audit & Optimization – Performance and data structure assessments to recommend and implement strategic improvements
- Data Migration – Seamless migration of data from legacy or external systems
- Third-Party Integrations – Data integration for streamlined operations and reporting needs
CiviCRM Hosting
Skvare maintains a robust hosting infrastructure with a fleet of production, development, and staging servers, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Our architecture includes a load balancer, dedicated production web servers, MySQL database servers, a replication server, mail and utility servers, and dedicated development and staging environments. Hosted on Linode’s high-speed network, our system is optimized with ZFS snapshots, extensive monitoring via Netdata and Prometheus, and real-time alerts for proactive issue resolution. With full DevOps oversight, we take complete responsibility for hosting management, scaling resources as needed to provide reliable, high-performance CiviCRM hosting.
Additional Services
Strategy & Digital Planning
- User research and content strategy
- Information architecture and technical discovery
- Digital governance planning
Design & User Experience
- Research, ideation, and prototyping
- Brand and identity development
- UX/UI design and usability testing
Website Development
- Back-end and front-end development
- Content migration and multilingual website development
- Search interfaces, directories, and dashboard
- Ongoing accessibility compliance and monitoring
Ongoing Support & Optimization
- Maintenance, security updates, and managed hosting
- Performance optimization and SEO monitoring
- Accessibility and security compliance
- Training and knowledge transfer
Reporting & Analytics
- Custom reports and dashboards
- Automated report generation
- Data visualization
- Integration with external platforms
- User activity cracking
- Compliance & security reporting
