Cascadia Health

Analysis

Cascadia Health is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2023, Cascadia Health reported income of $98.9m and spending of $86.0m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $74.3m to $98.9m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cascadia Health sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 100th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute for Cancer Research ($98.8m), St Lukes Wood River Medical Center Ltd ($99.0m) and Northbay Healthcare Corporation ($98.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $2.2m (2.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $51.3m. At year end it held assets of $96.4m against liabilities of $38.0m, net assets of $58.3m. It reported 1,097 employees.