Washington · Nonprofit
CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION
CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,274 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($193,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $405k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Cascadia Technical Academy Foundation does
Mission
To provide resources, over and above public funding, necessary for cascadia technical academy students to develop competitive knowledge and skills for learning, career and life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
New house construction: supports our construction program with an annual student-built house project. Expenses include: purchase of properties, development and permitting fees, building supplies, contract labor, sub contractor fees and other misc. Expenses associated with building and selling a home.
$980,996 spent90% of program spendingStudent support: assist students who cannot pay for fees and memberships; meals money for students at competition events; uniforms; other help to students as needed to participate in programs. Assisted 76 students in 2024.
$74,256 spentof which $1,729 as grants7% of program spendingScholarship: supports students pursing post-secondary education, training and entry into the workforce. Includes typical scholarship items such as tuition and books, but also includes entry into trade and apprenticeship programs, and tools necessary to secure employment.
$37,000 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,092,252.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $953k to $1.3M (+33%).
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.
87% of CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
David R Cole
Executive director
Board chair
Casey Anderson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $9k → $47k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION’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 TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 99% · 2022 50% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION'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 $150k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from funders outside Washington, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $255k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,274 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($193,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $405,274 in grants to CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $193,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CASCADIA TECHNICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 14 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing