Learning & Evaluation

July 1, 2021

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Report: From Airwaves to Earbuds With Dot Connector Studio, we evaluated the foundation’s investments in podcasting and on-demand audio through the lens of Knight grantees, then wrote...
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New York Public Radio

8 Bridges helped NYPR document the lessons learned from its musical instrument donation program and then created a free guide to others considering launching a drive...
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George Family Foundation

8 Bridges has completed multiple assignments for this Minneapolis-based family foundation, most recently working with the Foundation’s founders in the search for a new president.
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Kresge Foundation

8 Bridges Workshop conducted a 10 year evaluation of the Kresge Artist Fellows program. The public-facing report on this work is available here. Significant program changes...
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Northern Lights

8 Bridges conducted a program evaluation of Northern Spark for this outdoor festival’s first year of neighborhood-based programming drawing on its cultivation of neighborhood cultural and...
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March 30, 2021

WAMU / Guns & America

8 Bridges led the learning and evaluation process for WAMU’s national initiative Guns & America. The project placed 10 Audion Fellows in public radio stations across...
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December 4, 2020

Gifford Foundation

8 Bridges conducted a developmental evaluation of the 10-year impact of the Gifford Foundation’s program, ADVANS (Advancing and Developing the Value and Assets of Nonprofits in...
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March 30, 2021

Bird Note

8 Bridges conducted an evaluation of a Bird Note project that provided funding to support teachers to use its radio program and podcast in educational settings, both in...
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February 5, 2020

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

8 Bridges Workshop is working alongside MACP’s Folk Arts & Cultures program leaders on the initial stages of evaluation planning. A series of four virtual convenings...
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June 10, 2019

CultureSource

Over the past several years 8 Bridges has developed a research partnership with CultureSource that is currently focused on gathering information about ways Southeast Michigan cultural...
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August 7, 2018

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

8 Bridges collaborated with consultant Sharon Rodning Bash to provide a developmental evaluation for NFCB’s CPB-funded capacity building program for rural and tribal community radio stations,...
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April 18, 2018

OPERA America

8 Bridges supported OPERA America with the development and delivery of a new grant making program supported with a grant from the Ann and Gordon Getty...
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