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what are CBOs? - ✔✔non-profit groups that work to generate improvement
within a community at the local level and represents the community
development process in the form of a formal organization. They are locally
formed, locally staffed, and their actions are specific to the location they
operate in.
typical features of CBOs - ✔✔• Funding is delegated to the orgs objectives
• Instability due to limited resources
• Often focus on a single project specific to the community they reside in
• Can be apart of a larger non-profit but DO NOT act as a branch of that org
outside of the CBOs geographic focus
• Serve as an intermediary for resources and actions
• Used by many larger groups like non-profits or governmental public health
to interact with those who already work at specific issues in the community
• Attract and filter resources for the community development process
• The public voice of the community
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,• Provide information and expertise on issues it focuses on within the
community
• Highlight issues that need to be addressed in the challenges the
community faces, potential remedies, resources available, and the impact
of the issue on the community
• Various forms such as formal, informal, public or private. A spectrum of
organizational structures
advantages of CBOs - ✔✔-tax exemption
-direct benefit
-perpetuity
-liability protection
tax exemption - ✔✔non-profits, pay no taxes, access to PSAs, reduced
mail rates; more funding to go to needed issues
Direct Benefit - ✔✔designed specifically for community it operates in,
benefit goes to those issues it was intended for
Perpetuity - ✔✔is an established organization separate from any one
individual, can continue as long as it has purpose even if founder leaves
liability protection - ✔✔have built-in protections from actions of individuals;
may have own insurance coverage as a non-profit
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, Disadvantages of CBOs - ✔✔Financial restrictions
Workforce
Social Pressure
Financial restrictions of CBOs - ✔✔often hampered by lack of funding;
fundraising and donations may be main sources of funding, may not have
internal expertise for grant writing
Workforce of CBOs - ✔✔• primarily made up of volunteers, may be
unstable or not reliable; sometimes issues with having workers comply with
CBOs methods
Social pressure of CBOs - ✔✔may be community resistance to a CBOs
goals or methods; some may disagree with the CBOs issue focus or may
no adhere to the religious tenants and beliefs of an FBO
types of CBOs - ✔✔-Faith-based organizations (FBOs)
-user associations
-village development committees (VDCs)
-micro-finance institutions
-common interest groups (CIG)
faith-based organizations - ✔✔• Have a religious orientation and typically
affiliated with a specific religious denomination; function much like a CIG;
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