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CASCADE MEDICAL ADVANTAGE

EIN 81-4019611 BELLINGHAM, WA

Revenue 2024
$711,721
Expenses 2024
$611,991

Program services were 93.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F22
Classification
1000
Street
800 E CHESTNUT ST STE 3A

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The organization is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes in order to address substance use disorders. In particular, opiate use disorder and epidemic and the lack of medical treatment options for patients in our region.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To provide medical treatment for opiate use disorders.

  • Cascade Medical Advantage (CMA) provides medication-assisted treatment for people substance use disorder, primarily alcohol and opiate use disorder by specifically prescribing different medications based on the patients' needs and condition that help stabilize them and remain in recovery. This decreases mortality by 50%.Treatment is provided by physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and chemical dependency counselors and mental health counselors. When needed patients are referred to Detox (withdrawal management) centers or residential inpatient treatment facilities. We also assist patients bridge care from the regional hospitals to medication and outpatient treatment. Strengths:-CMA offers low barrier care (accepts essentially all insurances/uninsured; no penalty for missing appointments or relapsing; UDS is non-punitive; telemedicine is available).-CMA currently has on-site stock of Long-Acting Injectable Buprenorphine (LAIB - Sublocade, Brixadi) through a WA Health Care Authority grant utilizing Opioid big Pharma Lawsuit settlement funds, which assists patients getting onto long-acting treatment and overdose prevention. This decreases mortality by 50%.-We partner with the Whatcom County Health Department, and many local service agencies that provide outreach to homeless, SUD counseling, and housing. -Our Nurse Care Manager directly assists pregnant and parenting individuals access recovery. She teaches at our local hospital and around the community.-CMA has created a Community Resources for Substance Use Disorder Treatment guide which was distributed throughout the community and posted publicly on our website. -Our Perinatal Nurse Care Manager, Natalie Andrews, works in the community supporting pregnant and parenting people with opioid use disorder. She connects people to resources, including MOUD, OB care, inpatient and outpatient treatment, sober housing, and other support programs and helps them navigate complex care systems. She rounds on patients in the childbirth center of the local hospital, acting as an advocate for vulnerable families as well as a resource for the care team (physicians, nurses, and social workers). As part of her role, Natalie provides education on topics such as overdose response, stigma, trauma-informed care, and MOUD. Audiences include hospital nursing staff, community organizations, SUD providers, and college students. Natalie also participates in various committees including the PeaceHealth systemwide Perinatal SUD Workgroup, the Whatcom County Multi-Agency Coordination group to address the opioid crisis in our community, the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center's Eat, Sleep, Console committee, and the Whatcom County Perinatal Mental Health Taskforce.

    Expenses $571,107 · Grants $13,198 · Revenue $247,703

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Adam Kartman

    President

    Total calculated
    $21,076
    From this org
    $21,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Ken Bachenberg

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Ransom

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $88
    From this org
    $88
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Lombard

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Stern

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martha Gillham

    Governor

    Total calculated
    $12,715
    From this org
    $12,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $711,721
    Expenses
    $611,991
    Contributions
    $338,477
    Grants paid
    $13,198
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $515,094
    Expenses
    $738,015
    Contributions
    $236,747
    Grants paid
    $68,183
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,136,290
    Expenses
    $907,233
    Contributions
    $891,453
    Grants paid
    $76,259

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,258,472
    Expenses
    $924,617
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,821,104
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,222,878
    Expenses
    $919,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,609,579
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,312,143
    Expenses
    $968,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,189,308
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $945,469
    Expenses
    $533,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $841,899
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $484,608
    Expenses
    $97,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $419,744

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.