**Published in Progress in Community Health Partnerships (PCHP) 18.1. All rights reserved.**
ABSTRACT
In recognition of the importance of evaluation for funding, research, and quality improvement, a longstanding Community Advisory Board (CAB) in Flint Michigan embarked on a process to evaluate their impact. The Community Based Organization Partners (CBOP) - Community Ethics Review Board (CBOP-CERB) engaged a research team composed of an academic researcher (Solomon Cargill) and a community partner (Spencer) to obtain funding, design and implement an evaluation of the CBOP-CERB. This evaluation study yielded two evaluations of the CBOP-CERB, one with researchers who had engaged with the CBOP-CERB and the other with Flint area community residents. The results of these two evaluations can serve to show other CABs how to establish and expand their impact, establish their worth for future funding, and how to articulate, evaluate, and achieve their goals.