What CascadiaNow does

CascadiaNow! (also referred to as Cascadia Nonprofit Community, or CN!) is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2015 (Tax ID 47-1954164) that operates as an umbrella fiscal sponsor for grassroots community projects across the Pacific Northwest bioregion spanning southern Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Northern California. The organization provides tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, administrative infrastructure, and donation-processing capability to "dozens" of volunteer-led sub-projects under its umbrella, with focus areas spanning arts & culture, community connectedness, education, health & wellness, and environmental stewardship. Sub-projects include YourCascadia (open-source economic exchange marketplace), GEPREP (environmental education), Cascadia Climate Action, Friends of Rocky Top and Friends of Morris Creek (watershed stewardship), Learning Places (distance learning), Port Angeles Nature School, Vibrant Palette Arts Center, Survivor Support Network, and many more.

The organization is supported by a small team of 1-10 staff and dozens of volunteers, with governance through a Board of Directors. Revenue is generated exclusively through donations and charitable contributions from individuals, foundations, and supporters, with no commercial product or service revenue. The marketing/GTM approach is community-led, relying on the organization's website, email newsletter, organic social media, and direct community engagement to recruit both grassroots project participants and donors. There is no proprietary AI/ML or advanced technology platform; the primary digital surface is a Squarespace-hosted website for donations, volunteer signup, and project information.

Operationally, CascadiaNow! offers a fiscal-sponsorship onboarding service ("Get Sponsored"), a membership program, board and internship recruitment, and a project directory that channels donations directly to sub-projects. The organization's core assets are its regulatory 501(c)(3) status, its brand association with the bioregionalism concept, and the cumulative network of sponsored projects that depend on its infrastructure to receive tax-deductible contributions.

Name

CascadiaNow

Legal name

CascadiaNow!

Website

https://cascadianow.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CascadiaNow! is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded 2015, that serves as an umbrella fiscal sponsor for dozens of volunteer-led grassroots community projects across the US–Canadian Pacific Northwest bioregion, covering arts, education, environment, health, and social-services verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, CascadiaNow! generates revenue primarily through charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters who contribute to their mission of supporting grassroots Pacific Northwest projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CascadiaNow! is an umbrella 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides fiscal sponsorship and administrative infrastructure for grassroots community projects across the Pacific Northwest bioregion. The organization enables volunteer-led projects to operate under its tax-exempt status, allowing them to receive tax-deductible donations while providing organizational, legal, and administrative support. Its sponsored projects span arts and culture, community connectedness, education, health and wellness, and environmental stewardship.

Product overview

CascadiaNow! is an umbrella 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2015 that provides fiscal sponsorship and organizational infrastructure for grassroots community projects across the Pacific Northwest bioregion. The organization does not operate a single unified product but rather serves as an administrative umbrella for dozens of independent projects and programs, including community engagement platforms like YourCascadia, environmental initiatives like GEPREP and Friends of Rocky Top, educational programs like Learning Places and Port Angeles Nature School, arts organizations like Vibrant Palette Arts Center, social services like True Blessings and Survivor Support Network, and various other grassroots initiatives in categories spanning arts & culture, community connectedness, education, health & wellness, and environmental stewardship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CascadiaNow! Fiscal Sponsorship Program Umbrella 501(c)(3) nonprofit structure providing fiscal sponsorship, administrative support, and organizational infrastructure for dozens of grassroots community projects across the Pacific Northwest bioregion, enabling them to receive tax-deductible donations.
• CascadiaNow! Membership Membership program that enables Pacific Northwest community members to support the bioregional nonprofit network and engage with grassroots projects and initiatives.
• CascadiaNow! Maps & Posters Physical merchandise including maps and posters depicting the Cascadia bioregion, available for purchase to supporters and community members.
• YourCascadia Web-based economic direct democracy marketplace platform designed to empower community members to sustainably exchange goods and services with transparent, open-source technology.
• GEPREP (Global Environment Protection and Restoration Education Project) Free web-based resource providing comprehensive environmental education content for individuals, businesses, governments, and organizations to understand and respond to environmental issues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports dozens of grassroots volunteer-led projects across the Pacific Northwest bioregion

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ashoka: Ashoka is a global network supporting social entrepreneurs and changemakers - comparable to CascadiaNow!'s community-organizing role but at much larger scale and with a focus on individual fellows rather than project hosting.

Direct peers

• Tides Foundation: Tides is one of the largest fiscal sponsors in the US, providing umbrella 501(c)(3) infrastructure for hundreds of projects - directly comparable to CascadiaNow!'s core fiscal sponsorship model. Both serve as administrative umbrellas enabling grassroots initiatives to operate under shared nonprofit status.
• The Pollination Project: The Pollination Project provides small seed grants and support to grassroots changemakers - similar to CascadiaNow!'s role as an enabling layer for community-led projects, though Pollination focuses on individual grants rather than ongoing fiscal sponsorship.
• Planet Drum Foundation: Planet Drum is a bioregionalism pioneer explicitly cited by CascadiaNow! as the source of its bioregional framework. Both organizations are dedicated to advancing bioregional awareness, sustainability, and place-based community action.
• Foundation for Intentional Community: Foundation for Intentional Community supports and networks intentional communities and grassroots place-based projects, closely paralleling CascadiaNow!'s role as an umbrella organization fostering local community projects across a defined geography.
• New Venture Fund: New Venture Fund is a major fiscal sponsor that hosts a portfolio of aligned projects under shared 501(c)(3) status. Its project-aggregation and shared-back-office approach mirrors CascadiaNow!'s value proposition to grassroots sub-projects.
• Proteus Fund: Proteus Fund is a fiscal sponsor supporting advocacy and movement-building projects, very similar to CascadiaNow!'s model of sponsoring community-driven initiatives across diverse issue areas under one nonprofit umbrella.
• NEO Philanthropy: NEO Philanthropy is a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor hosting multiple social justice and advocacy campaigns under its umbrella, providing the same shared-nonprofit-infrastructure service that CascadiaNow! provides to its dozens of grassroots projects.
• FJC (formerly Foundation for Jewish Culture): FJC operates as a fiscal sponsor for a wide range of donor-advised and community projects, structurally parallel to CascadiaNow!'s model of aggregating diverse sub-projects under one administrative nonprofit.

Regional players

• Sustainable Connections: Sustainable Connections is a Pacific Northwest-based nonprofit building sustainable local economies and community resilience. It shares CascadiaNow!'s geographic focus and sustainability mission but with a more commercially-oriented (local food/business) orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cascadianow
• Facebookfacebook.com/CascadiaNow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cascadianow

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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