Washington · Nonprofit
CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,712 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $161k
- Net assets
- $853k
What Cascadia Research Collective does
Mission
Our mission is to conduct scientific research and education in the fields of mammal biology, animal behavior and pollution ecology to promote environmental protection by providing our findings to the public, managers and other scientists. Accomplishments are demonstrated through publications in scientific journals and in public and scientific presentations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Code 541700 Hawaii Odontocete Research (HI-OD): Conducted scientific studies on odontocetes in Hawaiian waters to examine behavior, movement patterns, including false killer whales and beaked whales using dive and satellite tags, photo-identification techniques and visual and acoustic studies. Supported by NOAA, State of Hawaii, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Hawaii Ocean Foundation, and Dolphin Quest.
$473,942 spent$645,330 earned by the program36% of program spendingCode 541700 Photo-identification of Large Whales in the Eastern North Pacific (WC-ID): Scientific research on migratory movements, distribution, stock structure, reproductive rates, abundance and behavior of large whales using photo-identification and impacts of tagging research off the eastern Pacific Ocean. Supported by NOAA, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and California Ocean Protection Council.
$541,838 spent$634,402 earned by the program41% of program spendingCode 541700 Marine Mammal Stranding Response (STRAND): Scientific research on marine mammals stranded live or dead primarily in Washington State including large whale stranding and disentanglement response along the US West Coast. Supported by NOAA and SeaDoc.
$117,914 spent$145,360 earned by the program9% of program spendingCode 541700 Noise Impact Research (BRS): Study of whale and dolphin behavioral response to anthropogenic noise particularly Navy mid-frequency sonar. Studies involve monitoring whale and dolphin behavior and tracking the response of animals to controlled exposure playback with scaled sounded sources and Navy sources. Information from this study is critical to understanding the impact of Navy activities and also potential strategies for reducing these impacts. Supported by the US Navy.
$107,884 spent$205,413 earned by the program8% of program spendingCode 541700 Gray Whale Photographic Identification (ER): Scientific research to photograph, match and analyze photo-identification and biopsy data of gray whales to estimate abundances, regional fidelity and movements off Washington. Supported by NOAA.
$28,800 spent$7,070 earned by the program2% of program spendingCode 541700 West Coast tagging efforts (WC-TAG) of large whales to examine underwater behavior including ship strike and entanglement risk. Funded by Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Stanford Univ.
$17,678 spent$27,664 earned by the program1% of program spendingCode 541700 Killer Whale Research (KW): Scientific research on the biology of harbor seals and killer whales including habitat and prey selection using survey, biopsy sampling and tagging. Supported by NOAA and WDFW
$9,486 spent$19,272 earned by the program1% of program spendingCode 541700 Pinniped assessment (PINN): Studies of harbor seals and other pinnipeds primarily in Washington State related to the assessment of populations.
$6,373 spent$19,450 earned by the program0% of program spendingCode 541700 Atlantic Studies (ATL-TAG): Taggingand other studies to obtain movement and habitat use information on odontocetes in the southeastern US. Funded by NAVFAC Atlantic (US Navy)through HDR Consultants and Southall Environmental Associates and Marine Biological Lab.
$3,466 spent$875 earned by the program0% of program spendingCode 541700 Intern Support (Intern): Provide reimbursement for living expenses for interns assisting with us.
$3,000 spent$2,539 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 10 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,310,381.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.7M to $1.4M (−14%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 98% · 2018 95% · 2019 93% · 2020 90% · 2021 83% · 2022 76% · 2023 73% · 2024 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $100k → $174.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
68% of CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $52k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 3 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $109k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.5M on record.
- Department of Commerce$5.4M
- Department of Defense$858k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$205k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Cascadia Scientific Services LLC · disregarded
- Cascadia Research Collective · exempt
- Cascadia Scientific Services · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE?
- CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE (Washington) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,712 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $160,712 in grants to CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing