AEA evaluated the Knight Arts Challenge, a five-year initiative launched in the Miami-Dade community in 2008 that comprised two parts: three major grants totaling $20 million and a $20 million community-based arts competition. The assessment focuses on the community-based arts portion of the program, evaluating to-date achievements and creating a framework for prospective evaluation.

AEA worked to document the major accomplishments of and lessons learned from both individual grantees and the Challenge overall; analyzed the overall impact of the Challenge on the Miami arts sector; synthesized findings across the portfolio of grantees; and identified and recommended systems for tracking metrics on an ongoing basis. The result of the evaluation were published and presented at the 2012 Grantmakers in the Arts conference.

The Executive Summary and full report are available here.