Cascade Educational Broadcast Service

Analysis

Cascade Educational Broadcast Service is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cascade Educational Broadcast Service reported income of $316k and spending of $309k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $535k to $316k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cascade Educational Broadcast Service sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Convivio Inc ($316k), LA Pena Inc ($316k) and Arts for the City Inc ($316k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $169k. At year end it held assets of $19k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $19k. It reported 6 employees.