Factors Affecting Resource Mobilization Of Civil Soicety Organization: The Case Of Selected Ccrda Members

Abstract

The study was done with the main purpose of exploring factors affecting resource mobilization in civil society organizations particularly in selective Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations. The study employed a mixed-methods approach. For the quantitative part, a simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 25 sample respondents from the total population of 250 listed in member list database .Closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect the quantitative data from respondents. The qualitative study employed focus group discussion and in-depth interviews. In light of this, secondary data collected from different documents with data collected through a questionnaire administered an interview conducted was used to make the paper sound. Interviews were conducted with employees of 10 civil society organizations working with the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations. A thematic analysis was used to extract three major themes: (1) Factors affecting financial resource mobilization of Civil Society Organization particularly members of Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations member organizations (2) The way how Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations member organizations utilize their financial resource 3) The potential source of resources and their way of resource mobilization activities of local Civil Society Organization. The finding can inform financial experts, researchers, policymakers, and program developers in facilitating strategies to mitigate these financial resource mobilization problems and maximize the opportunities; Diversification of Income Sources and strengthen financial feasibility, Capacity Strengthen is essential, Structures must create for Organizational governance /board of directors/and have to be actively engaged in resource mobilization and utilization, create a regular dialogue between donors and civil society actors and donors transparency in funding criteria of their organization, make their selection criteria clear for implementation partners.