Creative, Culturally Responsive Evaluation That Leads to Better Data and Better Outcomes.
We help nonprofits, state agencies, community-based organizations, and foundations discover meaningful, actionable insights using arts-based, community-centered evaluation methods. Because when your evaluation reflects the people you serve, the data gets better — and so does your impact.
What Makes Authentic Evaluation Different
At Authentic Evaluation, we believe evaluation should be mission-aligned, human-centered, and deeply respectful of the communities you serve. Our approach blends rigor with creativity, data with lived experience, and clarity with authenticity.
Arts-Based and Culturally Responsive Methods
We use creative, culturally responsive practices to gather deeper, more accurate insights in diverse communities.
We integrate personal and professional identity to build trust, expand perspective-taking, and create the conditions for meaningful dialogue and honest data.
Practitioners Who Show Up Authentically
We design evaluations intentionally, not from a “neutral” mainstream perspective, but from a perspective that honors the experiences, culture, and voices of the communities you serve.
A Commitment to Anti-Prejudice
Who We Serve
We partner with mission-driven organizations which choose evaluation that is aligned, supportive, and purposeful.
Nonprofits
Managing monthly and annual reporting requirements that overwhelm team capacity and rarely reflect true program impact.
State Agencies & Public Programs
Needing rigorous, creative, community-centered evaluation that provides actionable insight for staff and builds trust with the communities being served.
Indigenous-Serving Organizations
Seeking evaluation tools that are person-centered, culturally relevant, and meaningful.
Foundations & Charitable Funds
Desiring clear insight into whether their funding is creating measurable, comparable impact across funding recipients.
If evaluation currently feels pointless, burdensome, or disconnected from your mission, you’re not alone. We can help.
Many organizations struggle with evaluation because the structure, requirements, or methods simply don’t fit the reality of their work. We solve:
Problems We Solve
We turn evaluation from a chore into a tool that strengthens your mission. Contact us today to see how we can help.What We Do
We offer flexible evaluation services that meet your needs at any stage of the program lifecycle.
Evaluation should make your work easier, clearer, and more powerful. Effective evaluation provides:
Why This Work Matters
Meet Audie
Audie Nadler is the founder and lead evaluation practitioner at Authentic Evaluation. They are committed to creative, culturally responsive, community-centered methods. With significant experience supporting nonprofits, public health agencies, and foundations, Audie integrates personal and professional identity to create trust, invite honesty, and gather more meaningful data.
Their work is grounded in the belief that when evaluators show up authentically (and when evaluation reflects the realities of the population served), the results get better for everyone.
Headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Serving mission-driven organizations nationwide.
Ready to Transform Your Evaluation Experience?Let’s turn evaluation from a burden into a powerful tool for clarity, efficiency, funding, and impact.
