Learning & Evaluation

Digital Public Library of America

Digital Public Library of America

Appalachia Funders Network

Appalachia Funders Network

South Dakota Arts Council

South Dakota Arts Council

United States Artists

United States Artists

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

New York Public Radio

New York Public Radio

George Family Foundation

George Family Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Northern Lights

Northern Lights

WAMU / Guns & America

WAMU / Guns & America

Gifford Foundation

Gifford Foundation

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

Digital Public Library of America

8 Bridges partnered with DPLA on a program assessment of its digital cultural heritage program, and subsequently is helping manage that program’s next steps

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Appalachia Funders Network

8 Bridges is the learning and evaluation partner for AFN’s narrative change project.

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South Dakota Arts Council

8 Bridges is helping the South Dakota Arts Council assess its current grantmaking programs and consider ways in which they could be changed to…

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United States Artists

8 Bridges Workshop is United States Artists’ evaluation partner for USA’s administration of the new Seed and Bloom: Detroit program. Seed and Bloom provides…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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June 10, 2019

CultureSource

CultureSource is a long-term 8 Bridges partner. Our most recent project is to evaluate implementation of a set of “recipes” that organizations can use…

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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…

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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…

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