Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO)

What Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO) does

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity founded in 1993 in Fresno, California, that organizes and delivers direct services to Indigenous communities — predominantly Oaxacan and Guerrero farmworkers — across California's Central Valley and Central Coast. The organization operates four physical offices (Fresno headquarters, Madera, Greenfield, and Salinas) and reaches a network of close to 60,000 Indigenous people, delivering programs across six "Justice Initiatives": Economic Justice, Language Justice, Education Justice, Health Justice, Immigration Justice, and Worker Justice. Service offerings include Indigenous-language interpretation (Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui, Chatino, Tlapaneco, Amuzgo across 13 variants), mobile health clinics, school-based Mixteco after-school programs, labor-rights training and worker committees, early childhood development programs (First 5 Monterey/Madera), maternal mental health, and the annual Guelaguetza Fresno cultural festival. CBDIO is governed as an independent public charity, funded through donations and institutional grants, and does not operate a unified technology platform — its only digital presence is a Wix.com-hosted website with Google Analytics. Strategic direction is set by a board and Indigenous community leadership, with recent initiatives including a planned Organizing Academy and the nation's first Indigenous Farmworker Center.

Name

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO)

Legal name

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño

Website

https://centrobinacional.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO) is a Fresno-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1993 that delivers Indigenous-language interpretation, health, education, labor-rights, and immigration services to Oaxacan and other Indigenous farmworker communities across California's Central Valley and Central Coast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Indigenous, Ethnic & Folk Arts/Heritage Organizations (BPAGAHAI), Cultural, Multilingual & Immigrant Family Engagement Programs (EDACALAL)

Keywords

• Community organizing services
• Indigenous language interpretation
• Farmworker advocacy programs
• Immigrant health navigation
• Early childhood support

Headquarters

HQ city

Fresno, California

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: CBDIO is a 501(c)(3) public charity that relies on donations from individuals and institutional funders to support its programs and operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CBDIO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free community-based programs and social services to Indigenous families from Oaxaca and Guerrero across California's Central Valley and Central Coast. Core offerings include Indigenous-language interpretation in Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui, Chatino, and Tlapaneco; mobile health clinic navigation; labor rights organizing with worker committees; Mixteco after-school language and cultural programs; early childhood development (First 5); and immigrant advocacy and legal support.

Product overview

CBDIO offers a portfolio of community programs and social services organized around four strategic pillars: culture, language justice, economic justice, and organizing. The organization provides no unified software platform but instead delivers programs including: the Indigenous Interpreting Program offering interpreter services in Mixtec, Zapotec, Triqui, Chatino, and Tlapaneco languages; Health Disparities Program with mobile health clinics; Mixteco After-School Programs (VeꞋe TùꞋun) at Santa Rita and McKinnon Elementary Schools; Labor Rights Program with worker committees; Mamas Platicando y Sanando maternal mental health initiative; First 5 early childhood programs; Farmworker Resources Center; and the COVID Worker Outreach Project. The organization also organizes the annual Guelaguetza Fresno cultural festival. CBDIO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity, not a technology company, and does not offer software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• First Five Madera
• Storm Assistance for Immigrants (SAI)
• First 5 Monterey
• Mamas Platicando y Sanando
• Farmworker Resources Center
• Health Disparities Program
• Indigenous Interpreting Program
• Mixteco After-School Program
• Labor Rights Program
• Veꝫbe Tùꝫbun After-School Program
• Interpreter Services
• COVID Worker Outreach Project (CWOP)
• Guelaguetza Fresno Cultural Festival

Quantifiable outcome

• $4.3 million in pandemic solidarity aid mobilized to over 3,000 Indigenous families across nine California counties
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kaiser PermanentecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026CBDIO is a partner of Kaiser Permanente to ensure that community members have access and support to enroll in the Community Health Coverage Program (CHCP), a health coverage option for people who do not have satisfactory immigration status. CBDIO has 70 people on its waiting list for this program.
• Monterey County Department of Public HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with CBDIO on the Farmworker Resources Center to provide community outreach and education on public health issues affecting farmworkers in the Salinas Valley.
• UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and SafetycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with CBDIO as part of the COVID Worker Outreach Project (CWOP), supporting organizations in the Central Coast engaging in community outreach and education around workers' rights issues.
• Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with CBDIO as part of the COVID Worker Outreach Project (CWOP) to support organizations in the Central Coast engaged in community outreach and education around workers' rights issues.
• Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative (SIEDI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO participates as a partner in SIEDI, an initiative where Indigenous leaders grow their ability to ensure their voices and experiences are represented in economic development efforts in the Salinas region.
• Regions Rise TogethercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO is part of a collective effort that actively works to include the voices of Indigenous communities in the co-creation of economic investment plans for the Salinas Valley.
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO partners with UCSF to host mobile health clinics in rural communities in Fresno County, bringing healthcare services directly to farmworkers and Indigenous community members who face barriers to accessing traditional healthcare settings.
• UC Santa Cruz Institute for Social TransformationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO collaborated with the UC Santa Cruz Institute for Social Transformation to produce the 'Dignity in the Fields' report on Latino and Indigenous farmworker well-being and prosperity in the Salinas Valley.
• Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO and COPA joined forces to organize community meetings focused on the Esperanza Care pilot program in southern Monterey County, advocating for healthcare access for Indigenous families.
• California Network for Immigrant and Worker Justice (CNIWJ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCBDIO joined allies from CNIWJ to advocate for permanent funding to support immigrant families affected by raids, detentions, and deportations at the California State Capitol.
• Harmony at HomeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarmony at Home delivered a presentation about emotions to students in the VeꞋe TùꞋun after-school program, supporting social-emotional learning alongside cultural education.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Indigenous Environmental Network: National Indigenous-led environmental and rights organization. Comparable on Indigenous self-determination framing and grassroots organizing ethos, but primarily focused on environmental justice rather than the farmworker services portfolio CBDIO delivers.

Broad incumbents

• Centro Legal de la Raza: Bay Area-based legal and social services nonprofit serving immigrant and Latino communities. Comparable on immigration legal services and community organizing model, though less specialized in Indigenous-language farmworker populations than CBDIO.
• National Farm Worker Ministry: Faith-based national organization supporting farmworker-led organizing and advocacy. Shares CBDIO's worker-justice focus but works through a coalition model across the U.S. rather than directly delivering Indigenous-language services.
• United Farm Workers (UFW): Historic farmworker labor union with major California membership and worker-justice advocacy. Operates in overlapping geography and addresses related labor rights issues, but UFW's scale, union structure, and broader crop focus differ from CBDIO's community-organization model.
• Farmworker Justice: National advocacy organization advancing farmworker rights through policy, litigation, and coalition building. Comparable advocacy mission and farmworker constituency, though Farmworker Justice operates at the federal policy level rather than as a direct service provider.
• California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA): Statewide legal aid organization serving low-income rural Californians, including farmworkers, with offices across the Central Valley and Central Coast. Comparable mission around farmworker and immigrant rights but operates at much larger scale and with a broader service mix than CBDIO.

Direct peers

• TODEC Legal Center: Inland Empire nonprofit providing immigrant legal services, health navigation, and Indigenous language interpretation (Mixteco, Zapoteco, Purépecha). Competes for similar funder dollars and serves a directly overlapping Indigenous farmworker constituency.
• Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP): Ventura County-based Indigenous-led organization serving Mixteco, Zapoteco, and Triqui communities. Directly comparable to CBDIO on language justice, farmworker organizing, and Indigenous advocacy; already collaborates with CBDIO on the COVID Worker Outreach Project (CWOP).
• CIELO (Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo): Oregon-based Indigenous-led nonprofit serving Indigenous migrant communities from Oaxaca and Guerrero with organizing, language access, and cultural programs. Highly comparable model to CBDIO with overlapping language coverage and farmworker focus, though geographically distinct.

Regional players

• Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) of Los Angeles: Los Angeles-based immigrant services and community organization offering legal aid, civic engagement, and education programs. Comparable immigrant-services model, but serves Central American rather than Oaxacan Indigenous populations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CBDIOCA
• Facebookfacebook.com/CentroBinacional
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centro-binacional-para-el-desarrollo-ind-gena-oaxaque-o-cbdio
• Instagraminstagram.com/CBDIO_

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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