Assignment #5 Community Based Organization Profile Due April 16 You will identify a community based organization within your chosen community and produce a well written (about 1000 words) profile of the organization. During your investigation, you should reach out to the group to possibly speak to a representative who could augment the information that is likely freely available on the organization’s website and print literature. Your goal is to find answers to the “who, what, when, where, and whys” of the group regarding their impact on the community What does the CBO do? What are their goals? From what you can tell (your observations and research), what has been the impact of the organization? When was the organization created? Under what circumstances did this occur? What is the organization’s history? Who comprises the CBO’s membership/workforce? What population does the organization serve? (This is a time to think about issues of class, race/ethnicity, age, ability, and gender. To what degree is the organization representative of the population it serves?). Is the organization large or small? Where is the organization located? How “grassroots” (comprised of local members and focused on the local community) does the organization appear to be? Why was the organization established? As far as you can tell, have the goals/strategies shifted considerably over time? How does the organization go about its work? (Does it provide specific services to the community? Does it organize community members to fight for their own interests?) How is the group organized? How is the organization funded? How does the group present itself to the larger community? Considering findings from your larger community research project, what conclusions can you draw about the organization? Consider some methodological issues as well: Was the group difficult to locate or contact? Were they open to you inquiries? If you encountered any special difficulties, why do you think that occurred? Does the group seem sustainable? (Is it firmly established or on its last leg?) Does the organization appear to be impactful? How can you tell? .

1. Assignment #5
Community Based Organization Profile
Due April 16
You will identify a community based organization within your
chosen community and produce a
well written (about 1000 words) profile of the organization.
During your investigation, you
should reach out to the group to possibly speak to a
representative who could augment the
information that is likely freely available on the organization’s
website and print literature. Your
goal is to find answers to the “who, what, when, where, and
whys” of the group regarding their
impact on the community
What does the CBO do? What are their goals? From what you
can tell (your observations and
research), what has been the impact of the organization?
When was the organization created? Under what circumstances

2. did this occur? What is the
organization’s history?
Who comprises the CBO’s membership/workforce? What
population does the organization
serve? (This is a time to think about issues of class,
race/ethnicity, age, ability, and gender. To
what degree is the organization representative of the population
it serves?). Is the organization
large or small?
Where is the organization located? How “grassroots”
(comprised of local members and focused
on the local community) does the organization appear to be?
Why was the organization established? As far as you can tell,
have the goals/strategies shifted
considerably over time?
How does the organization go about its work? (Does it provide
specific services to the
community? Does it organize community members to fight for
their own interests?) How is the
group organized? How is the organization funded? How does

3. the group present itself to the
larger community?
Considering findings from your larger community research
project, what conclusions can you
draw about the organization? Consider some methodological
issues as well: Was the group
difficult to locate or contact? Were they open to you inquiries?
If you encountered any special
difficulties, why do you think that occurred? Does the group
seem sustainable? (Is it firmly
established or on its last leg?) Does the organization appear to
be impactful? How can you tell?