What Cascade Alliance does

Cascade Alliance is a U.S.-based non-profit membership network that helps other non-profit organizations build sustainable waste-based businesses. Launched in 2010 by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP Lane County), a 501(c)(3) founded in 1953 in Eugene, Oregon, the network serves mission-driven organizations seeking to reduce dependence on grants and donations through thrift retail, mattress recycling, furniture bank, and reuse operations. The network currently includes 14 member non-profits operating across the United States, with each member running a tailored mix of waste-diversion and workforce-development programs.

Cascade Alliance delivers its value through four interconnected member resources: a shared information library of business plans and best practices, deep operational expertise inherited from SVdP Lane County's two decades of running 14 thrift locations and 2 mattress recycling facilities, nationwide peer networking through virtual meetings and open troubleshooting sessions, and hands-on consulting with sample budgets and commodity market intelligence. Membership is free and prospective members complete a Google Forms readiness survey to evaluate fit, with no commitment required. The program is funded through SVdP Lane County's resources and foundation grants (notably the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at launch).

Cascade Alliance itself is a small program (approximately 8 employees per firmographic data) embedded within the much larger SVdP Lane County organization, which employs 600+ people and manages 14 retail thrift locations and 2 mattress recycling facilities. The network's reported social-environmental outcomes include 600+ jobs created across the member network, a +38% year-over-year waste diversion increase, and 75% cumulative waste diverted since 2010, all managed through SVdP Lane County operations. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed; the offering is structured as a curated knowledge-and-consulting network rather than a software product.

Name

Cascade Alliance

Legal name

Cascade Alliance

Website

https://cascadealliance.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cascade Alliance is a U.S. non-profit membership network, managed by SVdP Lane County, that helps other non-profits build sustainable waste-based businesses including thrift retail, mattress recycling, furniture banks, and reuse operations, serving 14 member organizations nationwide through shared expertise and consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit waste-based business network services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Donation, Resale & Textile Recycling Coordination (HSAFABAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Federated Giving Organizations (e.g., United Way-type) (BPAGAKAG)

Keywords

• Non-profit network
• Waste-based business consulting
• Reuse and recycling operations
• Non-profit capacity building
• Job training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Eugene, OR

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Network Membership Services: Cascade Alliance provides advisory, consulting, and networking services to member non-profits. The organization is managed by St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County as a program. Revenue for member organizations comes from waste-based business operations including thrift retail, mattress recycling, furniture banks, and reuse operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cascade Alliance is a national membership network of non-profit organizations that run waste-based businesses such as thrift retail, mattress recycling, furniture banks, and reuse operations. It provides qualifying non-profit members with shared business plans, best practices, deep operational expertise from parent SVdP Lane County, national peer networking, and hands-on consulting to help them generate sustainable revenue, create jobs, and divert waste from landfills.

Product overview

Cascade Alliance operates as a single unified network offering — a national consortium of non-profit organizations running waste-based businesses. The core offering is the network itself, supplemented by four interconnected member resources: a Shared Information Library (business plans, best practices, commodity connections), Deep Expertise (operational knowledge from parent organization SVdP Lane County), National Networking (peer collaboration and virtual meetings), and Hands-On Consulting (on-demand business planning and market intelligence). A complimentary Membership Readiness Survey helps prospective members assess fit. There are no separate product modules or tiers — all members access the same resource suite through the network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cascade Alliance Network Membership Free membership network for qualifying non-profit organizations running waste-based businesses. Members receive access to a shared information library, deep operational expertise from SVdP Lane County, nationwide peer networking, and hands-on consulting on business plans, budgets, commodities markets, and industry trends.
• Membership Readiness Survey A free online survey for prospective non-profit members to evaluate whether their organization is a good fit for Cascade Alliance membership, with no commitment required to participate.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600+ jobs created across the member network
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County (SVdP Lane County)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVdP Lane County is the parent organization that manages Cascade Alliance. Founded in 1953 as a 501(c)(3), SVdP Lane County operates 14 retail thrift locations, two mattress recycling facilities, and employs 600+ people. All resources shared with Cascade Alliance members have been proven in SVdP's field operations over two decades.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cradles to Crayons: Non-profit that collects donated goods and distributes them to children in need through partner agencies; uses a similar redistribution/network model aimed at reducing dependence on grants and donations and converting donated goods into mission impact.
• Good360: Federated non-profit that distributes donated goods to a member network of charities; structurally the closest analog to Cascade Alliance as a hub-and-spoke network enabling non-profit reuse/recycling enterprises.
• Mattress Recycling Council: Non-profit stewardship organization created by the mattress industry to run statewide mattress recycling programs; directly overlaps with Cascade Alliance's mattress-recycling member verticals and provides regulatory/operational infrastructure in the same space.
• National Furniture Bank Association: Membership network of regional furniture banks that redistribute donated furniture to families in need; directly comparable to several Cascade Alliance members (e.g., Houston Furniture Bank, Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta) and to the network's furniture-bank vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Goodwill Industries International: Largest U.S. thrift retail and second-chance employer non-profit; an incumbent operating the same thrift retail + workforce development model that Cascade Alliance members (e.g., UTEC, Klamath Works, Spring Back Colorado) compete against in local retail labor markets.
• Feeding America: Federated national network of regional food banks; not a reuse peer, but the archetype of a federated non-profit hub-and-spoke model and structurally analogous in how it shares resources, brand, and best practices with member organizations.
• Habitat for Humanity ReStores: Established reuse-retail chain operated by local Habitat affiliates nationwide; an entrenched incumbent in the donation/resale/reuse space that several Cascade Alliance members and SVdP Lane County compete with for donated goods and household furnishings.
• The Salvation Army (Adult Rehabilitation Centers and Thrift): Large national faith-based non-profit operating thrift retail and social-service programs that overlap directly with SVdP Lane County's and Cascade Alliance members' thrift + emergency shelter + furniture bank combinations.

Emerging players

• Scrap Exchange (mentioned member reference): Reuse/recycling non-profit referenced in Cascade Alliance testimonials; a smaller regional peer running second-hand retail and creative reuse programming comparable to SVdP Lane County's thrift footprint.

Regional players

• Reuse Minnesota: Regional affiliate network supporting reuse, repair, and resale non-profits in Minnesota; mirrors Cascade Alliance's model but is scoped to a single state, providing a regional parallel to the national network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cascadealliance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Cascade Alliance