Cascade Medical Team

What Cascade Medical Team does

Cascade Medical Team (CMT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, that delivers free healthcare and community development services to indigenous Mayan populations in the Guatemalan Highlands. Founded in 2001-2002, CMT has dispatched volunteer-led medical missions annually since 2002, with cumulative patient reach of 22,700+ Guatemalans treated across locations including Playa Grande, Barrillas, Sololá, San Miguel Ixtahuacán, and its current primary site, Santa Cruz del Quiché. The organization operates three interconnected programs: Medical Missions delivering general, OB/GYN, plastic/maxillofacial, and dental surgeries alongside clinic services; the Community Development Team ("Stove Team") that installs ONIL wood-burning stoves and water filters in indigenous dwellings, reducing deforestation and household respiratory exposure; and the Comadrona (midwife) Training Program that equips local midwives with dopplers, scales, education, and ONIL water filters for maternal health. Medical mission teams typically comprise 80-123 volunteers, while stove/development teams field 12-18; the majority of volunteers originate from the Pacific Northwest with approximately 30% drawn from across the United States and occasionally Europe.

CMT is operationally dependent on HELPS International, founded in 1984, which dispatches all teams to Guatemala and provides in-country logistics, military escorts, translators (including 3-way translations for Mayan dialects), and local infrastructure. This affiliate relationship, in place since 2002, is the backbone of CMT's service delivery and removes the need for independent in-country capacity. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors (2025-26: President Jane Kammerzelt, Vice President Judie Tarlow, Secretary Allison Walker, Treasurer Tanja Baker, plus members including Cristin Babcock MD, Audrey Garrett MD, Diane Nelson RN/ARNP, Phil Groshong, Tom Jacobs, Mike McCann, Jeff Faust) and led operationally by three co-team leaders: Robert Orlando, Tamra Orlando, and Sarah Jane Peterson (LCSW at Cascade Health). Corporate sponsors include Abbott Point, Ethicon, MAP International, PeaceHealth, Enova Illumination, and Day Surgery at Riverbend, among others.

CMT's revenue model is donation-driven. Volunteers self-fund their participation, covering airfare, travel insurance, lodging, meals, ground transportation, and 3 days of R&R in Antigua. Tax-deductible donations from individuals, businesses, and charitable foundations fund medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, equipment, ONIL stoves, water filters, and a volunteer scholarship fund; donations are processed via Stripe. Go-to-market is event-driven: volunteer recruitment runs through the website application process, word-of-mouth referrals from past volunteers, the annual Docs and Ducks fundraiser, direct mail/ fundraising letters, and the Oregon BottleDrop bag program. Distribution occurs exclusively through HELPS-coordinated direct mission trips, with no digital or remote service channel.

Name

Cascade Medical Team

Legal name

Cascade Medical Team

Website

https://cascademedicalteam.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cascade Medical Team is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers free medical, surgical, and community development services — including ONIL stove and water-filter installations and midwife training — to indigenous Mayan communities in the Guatemalan Highlands through volunteer-led missions coordinated with HELPS International since 2002.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Healthcare Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) Organizations (HLAJAKAI), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Medical mission services
• Humanitarian healthcare programs
• Community development projects
• Volunteer medical services
• Nonprofit health initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, businesses, and charitable foundations to support purchase of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, equipment, ONIL stoves, water filters, and scholarship fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cascade Medical Team delivers free medical missions (general, OB/GYN, plastic/maxillofacial, and dental surgeries plus clinic services) and community development programs (ONIL stove and water filter installations, Comadrona midwife training) to impoverished indigenous Mayan populations in the Guatemalan Highlands. All services are delivered by all-volunteer teams of 80-123 medical volunteers and 12-18 community development volunteers, dispatched annually through its partnership with HELPS International.

Product overview

Cascade Medical Team is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing free healthcare and health education in the Guatemalan Highlands through three interconnected service programs. The core offerings include Medical Missions delivering surgical and clinical services, the Community Development Team (Stove Team) installing ONIL wood-burning stoves and water filters, and the Comadrona Project training local midwives. Supporting services include donation processing via Stripe and volunteer coordination. These programs operate in partnership with HELPS International to serve indigenous Mayan populations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Missions
• Community Development Team (Stove Team)
• Comadrona (Midwife) Training Program
• Donation Processing (Stripe-powered)
• Volunteer Coordination
• BottleDrop Fundraiser Program

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HELPS InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2002Primary affiliate organization that dispatches all teams to Guatemala. Founded in 1984 by Steve Miller and Paul Townsend during civil war in Guatemala. Coordinates activities, provides safety protocols, military escorts, local infrastructure, translators, and logistical support. CMT is one of several medical teams dispatched annually through HELPS International.
• Abbott PointminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• All-MedminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• EthiconminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor (medical devices company) supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• MAP InternationalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• PeaceHealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare system sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• Enova IlluminationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• Golden LotusminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• McKenzie WilliamsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• Master Machine, Inc.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• Quease EaseminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• Bees BagsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.
• IntervidaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization at various mission sites in Guatemala (2012-2015 era) for community development projects.
• Day Surgery at RiverbendminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare facility sponsor supporting Cascade Medical Team missions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HELPS International: Founding affiliate of Cascade Medical Team; coordinates and dispatches all volunteer medical and community-development teams to Guatemala and provides security, translators, and logistics for missions.
• Medical Teams International: Larger U.S.-headquartered nonprofit deploying volunteer medical and dental teams domestically and abroad; similar donations-funded, volunteer-driven mission model.
• Refuge International: Volunteer medical mission organization that operates surgical- and clinic-based trips in Guatemala, directly comparable in target region, service mix, and volunteer mobilization.
• One World Surgery: Nonprofit operating volunteer surgical missions and a year-round surgical center in Honduras; closely comparable model (free surgery in Central America, volunteer medical teams, donations-funded).
• Solidarity Bridge: U.S. nonprofit funding surgical mission trips to Bolivia and Paraguay, sharing the small-medical-mission nonprofit profile and volunteer fundraising model.
• Faith in Practice: U.S.-based nonprofit that runs surgical and medical mission teams to Guatemala, very similar volunteer-driven, donations-funded model and patient population to Cascade Medical Team.

Broad incumbents

• Partners In Health: Large, well-established global health nonprofit operating in many countries; broader and more institutionalized than CMT but directly comparable in mission (free healthcare for the poor) and donor base.
• Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières: Global medical humanitarian organization deploying volunteer clinicians to underserved regions; compares to CMT on volunteer-driven healthcare delivery but operates at vastly larger scale and breadth.
• International Medical Corps: Global humanitarian health nonprofit delivering medical care in conflict and disaster settings; overlaps with CMT's volunteer-medical-mission delivery model at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Global Health Corps: Nonprofit placing early-career professionals in global health organizations; adjacent talent/operations model to volunteer pipeline programs like CMT's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cascademedicalteam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cascade-medical-team-foundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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