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AirBritt ( talk) 22:40, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
We plan to build on the history of community organizations. We will also add a section examining the impact of globalization and community organizations. In addition, we will explore the recent evolution of community organizations in more depth. AirBritt ( talk) 22:40, 19 February 2015 (UTC) I am happy to see this entry.
In an attempt to improve the entry, here are a few comments.
1. Some community groups operate within a community that may not be defined by a geographical connection, ie "local." For example, ACORN is a community organization made up of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities.
2. The fundraising section seems a bit disconnected from the rest of the entry. For example, Community Organizations are defined as "nonprofits that operate within a single, local community." Later in the fundraising section, the entry reads "fundraising for community organizations is very different from that of charities and the larger nonprofits." By this definition, can community organizations not have a charitable purpose?
3. The following quote needs a citation: "Charities typically receive the bulk of their money from donations. Donations such as these rarely account for much more than 5% of a typical community organization's annual total." If church groups are community groups (as indicated in earlier in the entry), I would argue the veracity of the quote. Church groups are driven by donations. Also, how, then, are community organizations funded?
4. The following statement -to me- also violates the NPOV standards: "There are many reasons why community organization fundraisers have it a little h04:35, 11 June 2007 (UTC) Tvhickmanarder than their charity counter-parts. Obviously community organizations have a lot less resources at their disposal than the bigger nonprofits and charities, but the main reason is that the benefits of charities are much more obvious than those of the typical community organization."
5. Really, the whole "fundraising" section is problematic. Fundraising is a process of gathering donations. Non-profits, both big and small, typically raise funds, whether they have a charitable mission or not. It is my point of view, not an NPOV, that relationship building is a key part of fundraising in general.
It is difficult to define a community organization. Interested to hear others' thoughts on this entry.
Tvhickman 04:35, 11 June 2007 (UTC)tvhickman
In Chicago there exists a huge problem with community organizations. They see themselves as shadow governments, and although they sometimes make a token effort to appear to be a charity, everyone knows that their sole reason for existance is to influence legislation, which in the U.S. is a violation of IRS regulations for non-profit corporations.
Advocating for or against legislation is not in violation to IRS regulations. "Extensive" lobbying or supporting a political candidate, however, does violate IRS regulations. See this link http://www.cnmsocal.org/ForNonprofits/FAQLobbying.html Tvhickman
"Community-based organization" as defined in the Workforce Investment Act (United States)--The term ``community-based organization means a private nonprofit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of a community and that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce investment.
Tvhickman —Preceding
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1. In the very first paragraph, we suggest adding more clarity to the definition of community organizations. Maybe listing or mentioning the varied names of community organizations and their differences (if there are any). So for example, nonprofit organization vs. community benefit organization vs. settlement house.
(edited first paragraph to clarify the types of community organizations)
2. We suggest making changes to the flow of your headings. Right now you have History in the United States followed by Globalization and then Examples. Maybe you could elaborate more in the History of the U.S. and then do a section on current trends followed by the Globalization section. You could even include Globalization within current/modern section. After the flow of history to current, you could include the examples section and within that section make subheaders for History in US, Current and Globalizations and provide examples for each section. Just something to think about to make it all flow more cohesively.
(created new headings for better flow, and edited both paragraphs to develop a common voice)
3. Have you thought about adding an image? Might make it more powerful
(added powerful image)
4. Lastly for formatting/grammar, there's one word that is highlighted in blue and I think it's suppose to be Divestment but it says Divestmentfrom.
(fixed)
Overall good work! Definitely important to have a Wiki page on the significance of community organizations. -Nikki & Loren SSWUM15 (talk)
(Thanks!!!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AirBritt ( talk • contribs) 20:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
How does community organizations bring out community change in relation to social problems and solutions. Kindly explain the theoretical framework and strategies. 117.215.198.5 ( talk) 03:57, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Material: https://kapanjadibeda.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/community-practice.pdf http://wyke.ac.uk/uploads/ws-summer2012/sociology/socialaction-studyguide.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.241.55.4 ( talk) 23:57, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
I support the merge, proposed originally by User:PanchoS. Through he has not explained this in this section, it is clear that this article is not about a type of organization but about the process of organizing, hence the merger with Community organizing is valid. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: Not moved. A consensus to keep the article at it's current location has been established. ( non-admin closure) — Music1201 talk 00:37, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
Rename
Community organization →
Community-based organizations – "Community organization" may refer to either the process of organizing communities (it is then used synonymously with
community organizing), or to the organizations (groups) evolving from this process (then synonymous with "community-based organizations"). This article mixes the two without making the ambiguity explicit.
While some authors and organizations prefer one or the other term for "Community organizing" and while slightly different perspectives on the topic may play a role, the overlap seems too large to have more than one primary article on this topic. I therefore think this article should mostly be merged to Community organizing and refocused on "community-based organizations", therefore retitling. As one may not happen without the other, I'm combining these two requests into one, and am curious whether this turns out to be a good precedent for similar situations.
-- PanchoS ( talk) 00:25, 6 April 2016 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 ( talk) 15:53, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
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