Faith-based Community Organizing:  The State of the Field, by Mark R. Warren and Richard L. Wood

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TABLES

 

Table 1: Characteristics of FBCO organizations according to founding date (all figures are percentages except where noted) 

Founding date
Characteristic 1972-1994 1995-1999
Region
Midwest
Mountain
Northeast
Pacific
South
Southwest Central


18.5
8.1
20.1
22.7
10.1
20.5


36.3
5.3
21.6
12.5
14.6
9.7
Number of member institutions (mean) 28.14 33.03
Number of member congregations (mean) 24.13 29.57
Number of member NCIs (mean) 6.45 7.31
Size of board of directors (mean) 19.29 21.24
Number of core leaders (2 months, mean) 158.69 208.43
Service area
City section
City
Metropolitan areaa
County
Multi-county


7.10
18.00
34.50
16.70
21.60


11.60
13.20
26.40
20.30
25.90
Income (median)b
Expenses (median)b

Percentage of income from:b

CCHD
Other religious givers
Foundations/corporations
Dues from members
Local fundraising
Other sources
$172,210.31
$168,000.00

 

15.67
8.69
34.81
21.75
15.86
3.18
$120,000.00
$129,000.00

 

23.71
18.39
23.34
20.47
6.49
7.54
Type of NCI (on average for organizations)
Unions
Schools
Neighborhood associations
Other community organizations


9.29
41.59
11.53
37.59


9.13
21.58
12.50
56.79
Racial/ethnic composition of member institutionsc
Monoracial
Dominant
Multiracial


9.10
47.10
43.80


11.90
34.20
53.90
Maximum number of cases 76 53

a Includes several groups reporting its service area as part of a metropolitan area.

b Limited to cases with valid data on sources of income.

c "Monoracial" organizations are those reporting that 100% of their member institutions are predominantly of a given racial/ethnic group. "Dominant" organizations are those reporting that 60-99% of their member institutions are predominantly of a given racial/ethnic group. "Multiracial" organizations are all others, that is, those organizations where institutions predominantly of one particular racial/ethnic group do not dominate. 


Table 2: Characteristics of all FBCO organizations, and according to region (all figures are percentages except where noted)

Region

Characteristic

 

 All Midwest Mountain Northeast Pacific South Southwest Central
Region
Midwest
Mountain
Northeast
Pacific
South
Southwest Central


26.0
6.7
21.3
17.9
12.5
15.6























Year founded - first hired organizer (mean) 1991.3 1992.5 1991.2 1992.5 1989.6 1993.7 1987.9
Number of member institutions (mean) 30.35 36.19 26.50 28.47 25.80 28.83 31.72
Number of member congregations (mean) 26.57 32.65 22.66 24.78 22.57 27.29 25.24
Size of board of directors (mean) 20.22 22.66 23.81 21.16 18.23 15.74 19.64

Number of core leaders (two months; mean)

177.82

233.75

124.25

138.11

237.87

118.22

141.83

Income (median)a  

Expenses (median)a

Percentage of income from:

CCHD
Other religious givers
Foundations/corporations
Dues from members
Local fundraising
Other sources
 $150,000.00

$149,898.50



18.68
12.42
29.96
21.95
12.02
4.91
 $138,134.56

$135,111.74



19.45
14.00
27.56
23.82
12.52
2.60
 $162,500.00

$161,500.00



23.41
8.89
20.25
29.57
15.76
1.94
 $149,494.74

$150,000.00



18.71
14.81
31.09
23.45
8.92
3.02
 $229,073.14

$204,194.46



11.98
7.55
53.49
13.21
8.02
5.68
 $107,000.00

$109,000.00



15.93
12.71
22.28
28.75
18.97
1.43
 $178,689.66

$160,000.00



24.69
13.49
17.19
17.62
12.41
14.52
Maximum number of cases 133 35 9 28 24 17 21

a Limited to cases with valid data on sources of income.



Table 3: Characteristics of FBCO organizations (all figures are percentages)
Characteristic  Percent of FBCO groups
Year founded - first hired organizer
1972-1979
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-1999


7.7
8.4
12.5
30.4
41.1
Number of organizers on staff
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8


29.1
26.9
19.7
11.6
6.5
2.7
0.9
2.5
Number of member institutions
Less than 10
10-14
15-19
20-29
30-39
40-69
70-99
100-230

2.1
15.4
19.8
31.2
17.1
11.1
0.0
3.3
Member institutions consist of congregations only 43.6
Number of core leaders (participants over 2 months)
10-19
20-39
40-59
60-99
100-149
150-199
200-249
250-299
300-1300


3.2
11.7
15.9
9.2
14.1
10.2
10.7
11.8
13.2
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly Asian
None
1-9%
10-19%
20-29%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
90-99%
100%



84.5
10.9
1.1
2.6
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly Black
None
1-9%
10-19%
20-29%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
90-99%
100%
 
 
19.3
10.6
11.7
11.7
3.6
14.4
12.7
8.5
2.0
3.5
0.0
3.5
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly Hispanic
None 
1-9% 
10-19% 
20-29% 
30-39% 
40-49% 
50-59% 
60-69% 
70-79% 
80-89% 
90-99%
100%
 
 
41.1
12.6
15.8
  9.8
  4.6
  6.2
  0.0
  4.1
  1.5
  0.0
  0.0
  4.3
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly Native American
None
1-9%
10-19%
20-29%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
90-99%
100%
 
 
96.4
3.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly white
None
1-9%
10-19%
20-29%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
90-99%
100%
 
 
10.3
3.6
8.2
11.8
17.5
11.7
10.1
7.2
12.2
3.6
0.0
3.8
Percent of member institutions that is predominantly interracial
None
1-9%
10-19%
20-29%
30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-89%
90-99%
100%
 
 
47.8
23.9
16.5
7.8
1.9
1.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
Percent of organizations with:
No unions as members
1 union
2 unions
3 unions
4 unions
5 unions
10 unions
15 unions
 
87.3
3.3
2.5
2.5
1.6
0.8
0.8
1.2
Percent of organizations with:
No schools as members
1 school
2 schools
3 schools
4 schools
5 schools
6 schools
8 schools
10 schools
11 schools
22 schools
 
76.2
3.7
1.2
3.7
1.2
2.1
2.1
3.4
3.7
1.2
1.2

Table 4: Characteristics of member institutions for all FBCOs combined, and by region (all figures are percentages except where noted)

Region

Characteristic  All Midwest

Mountain

Northeast

Pacific

South Southwest Central
Percentage of all member institutions that is:
Congregations 
Noncongregational institutions (NCIs) 
  
87.5
12.5























Percentage of member congregations that is:
Jewish 
Unitarian Universalist 
Other non-Christian 
Catholic 
Episcopalian 
Lutheran 
Presbyterian 
UCC 
United Methodist 
Other Protestant 
AME, CME, AME Zion 
Missionary Baptist
COGIC 
Other Black Protestant 
Baptist (non-Missionary) 
Theologically Conservative Protestant 
Other Christian 
  
1.95
2.09
0.62
32.92
6.54
7.89
5.71
3.52
8.90
0.83
2.70
 1.49
2.16
1.49
14.81
2.84
3.52


2.46
1.03
0.41
27.49
4.46
13.32
3.04
2.10
9.18
0.49
0.99
1.60
3.46
2.11
21.77
3.41
2.65


4.15
5.19
2.07
38.18
4.15
10.79
6.22
1.04
13.90
1.76
3.11
0.00
0.00
0.00
2.49
0.00
6.95


2.23
2.33
0.19
31.43
12.75
9.82
5.84
8.11
7.39
0.37
2.10
0.00
0.68
1.11
9.44
3.24
2.97


2.28
1.35
0.81
34.30
5.74
4.60
7.43
4.02
9.65
0.53
1.93
1.56
4.31
1.01
7.53
5.11
7.83
  
1.78
2.59
1.36
14.95
8.62
3.00
11.52
2.72
6.97
2.73
7.36
2.19
1.77
3.52
23.86
1.91
3.15


0.00
2.76
0.23
54.73
2.57
2.96
3.45
1.55
9.47
0.33
2.89
2.86
0.89
0.23
12.93
1.15
0.99

Percentage of member institutions that is predominantly

Asian 
Black 
Hispanic 
Native American 
White/Anglo 
Interracial 
Immigrant (of various race) 
  
1.29
35.03
20.89
0.22
36.06
6.49
10.81
  

0.29
37.03
25.04
0.00
32.80
4.85
11.43
0.00
3.50
37.34
2.18
49.20
7.79
6.62



0.99
29.55
8.16
0.18
48.31
12.82
2.98



6.89
33.28
20.22
0.00
33.59
6.02
21.01



0.00
50.50
0.25
0.00
44.10
5.16
0.74

 

 
0.24
40.04
40.03
0.24
16.39
3.05
20.83

 
Percentage of all NCIs that is
Unions 
Schools 
Neighborhood associations 
Other community organizations 


14.84
42.48
6.65
36.03


22.88
21.00
5.39
50.78


24.15
43.48
0.00
32.37


27.67
14.82
5.41
52.10


13.87
21.28
5.23
59.62
  
0.00
0.00
69.84
30.16


0.00
97.58
0.00
2.41


Table 5: Characteristics of boards of directors of all FBCO organizations, and by region (all figures are percentages)

Region

Characteristic 

 

 All Midwest Mountain Northeast Pacific South Southwest Central

Gender

male 
female 

 

  
48.73
51.27


49.76
50.24


40.98
59.02


51.29
48.71


48.04
51.96


57.34
42.66


43.59
56.41
Age distribution
10-19 
20-29 
30-39 
40-49 
50-59 
60-69 
70-79 

 
 
 
0.48
2.76
16.34
33.52
27.81
18.70
2.99


0.00
1.64
12.63
34.10
28.49
21.21
1.93


0.00
0.61
26.81
44.38
12.46
14.02
1.72


1.84
6.63
17.29
33.17
23.37
16.36
3.31


0.00
1.14
19.52
33.76
35.30
20.60
3.50


0.80
2.39
13.31
29.43
36.97
12.87
4.25


0.00
2.51
13.32
28.90
28.73
22.90
3.64
Race/ethnicity
Asian 
Black 
Hispanic 
Native American 
White Anglo 
Interracial 
 
 
2.31
31.73
21.05
0.47
43.36
1.07


0.90
32.68
9.99
0.00
56.09
0.34


0.00
6.14
58.21
3.20
32.44
0.00


1.93
32.18
10.38
0.79
49.75
4.96


8.14
25.85
25.20
0.00
40.81
0.00


0.45
56.78
1.87
0.00
41.92
0.00


1.10
33.63
42.02
0.32
22.94
0.00
Clergy 

Nonclergy 

 27.16

72.84

 29.93

70.07

 12.07

87.93

 28.09

71.91

 22.35

77.65

 40.03

59.97

 26.50

73.50

 

Table 6: Characteristics of all organizers, and by gender (figures are percentages except where noted)

 
Characteristic All Men Women
Gender
Male
Female


56.3
43.7







Race/ethnicity
White/Anglo
Blacka
Hispanic
Asian
Native American
Mixed


50.2
28.9
16.3
2.7
0.9
0.9


55.7
25.6
14.8
3.0
0.0
0.9


43.2
33.2
18.3
2.3
2.0
1.0
Age (mean) 40.80 40.93 40.61
Religious denominationb
AME
AME Zion
Apostolic
Baptist
Bible Church
Buddhist
Catholic
Christian (non-denominational)
Christ Missionary Alliance
Christian
Church of Christ
COGIC
Episcopal
Evangelical
Islamic
Jewish (Conservative)
Jewish (Orthodox)
Jewish
Jewish/Christian mix
Lutheran
Methodist
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Baptist
Pentecostal
Presbyterian
Protestant
Quaker
UCC
United Methodist
None/not applicable


0.5
0.5
0.4
11.7
0.4
1.3
36.4
0.8
0.4
0.7
0.4
1.2
3.8
0.3
0.3
1.2
0.3
4.4
0.4
2.2
3.4
0.4
0.5
1.0
3.9
2.3
0.3
3.2
2.5
14.8


0.0
0.0
0.0
12.2
0.0
2.4
35.4
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.6
1.5
4.0
0.6
0.0
2.2
0.6
3.9
0.6
2.6
3.3
0.6
0.9
0.0
3.7
1.8
0.6
2.7
4.5
13.3


1.2
1.2
1.0
11.0
1.0
0.0
37.7
0.8
0.0
0.7
0.0
0.8
3.5
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
5.1
0.0
1.8
3.5
0.0
0.0
2.3
4.1
2.9
0.0
3.8
0.0
16.8
Year started with organization (mean)

Year started with network (mean)

Percent time working for local group

In supervisor position

 1996.3

1993.7

87.41

32.8

 1995.7

1992.9

88.77

43.0

 1997.0

1994.8

85.56

19.5


Maximum number of cases

 
325


183


142

a Includes Haitian, Black Caribbean.

b Using categories as reported by respondents



Table 7: Characteristics of organizers by race/ethnicity (All figures are percentages)
Race/ethnicity
Characteristic  Black Hispanic White
Gender
Male
Female

Age (mean)

Year started with organization (mean)

Year started with network (mean)

Percent time

In supervisor position


49.8
50.2

41.54

1996.9

1995.1

90.15

17.7


51.0
49.0

38.25

1997.3

1994.2

86.32

16.8


62.4
37.6

41.9

1995.5

1992.6

86.16

47.0

Maximum number of cases 94 53 163

Note: Asian, Native American, and mixed race organizers are excluded because there are too few for meaningful comparison.


Table 8: Characteristics of organizers
Characteristic Percent
Age
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
  
15.7
26.8
38.2
16.0
3.3

Year started with network

1969-1979
1980-1984
1985-1989
1990-1994
1995-1999

 

 
2.7
4.4
10.5
25.3
57.0