Cascades Camp and Conference Center

Analysis

Cascades Camp and Conference Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Yelm, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1975, 51 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a church under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cascades Camp and Conference Center reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.5m to $3.1m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Cascades Camp and Conference Center sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birmingham Jewish Foundation ($3.1m), Marathon County Child Development Agency Inc ($3.1m) and Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Georgia Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 66% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $251k (8.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $851k. At year end it held assets of $11.2m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $9.8m. It reported 101 employees.