Cascade Medical Team
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL CARE TO THE MAYAN PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLAND OF GUATEMALA.
- Income
- $352,173
- Spending
- $189,311
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 48.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 56%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 105
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 84% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 48.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 46% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 14% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1592% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Weak: 22 out of 100. Higher than 2% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
5 of 250 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $174,261 spent. MARCH 2025 LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:GENERAL SURGERIES35 HERNIAS10 LIPOMA/CYSTS3 BREST MASS15 CHOLECYSTECTOMIESOB/GYN SURGERIES11 TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY/BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY (BSO). SEVERAL OF WHICH INVOLVED REMOVAL OF HUGE MASSES FOR WOMEN WHO WERE DECLINED CARE ELSEWHERE.2 BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION1 CYSTOCELE/ANTERIOR REPAIR/BLADDER PROLAPSE6 VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY/BSO/ANTERIOR REPAIRPLASTIC AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERIES6 EAR/CHEEK MASS/LEGIONRS1 NASO MALFORMATION8 CLEFT PALATE5 CLEFT LIP1 ORAL NASAL FISTULA CLOSURE4 OF THE PATIENTS WERE PREVIOUSLY OPERATED ON BY OUR SURGEONS AND THEY RETURNED FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR TREATMENT.WE PERFORMED LIFE CHANGING SURGERIES ON 19 CHILDREN FROM AGE 1 TO 17, AND 79 ADULTS FROM AGE 18 TO 80.OUR INCREDIBLE CULINARY TEAM COOKED AND SERVED 2,250 MEALS! THEY KEPT US WELL FED AND NOURISHED WITH DELICIOIUS FOOD, IN ORDER TO DO THE WORK WE CAME TO DO.OUR COMADRONA PROJECT, THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND THAT GIVES IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT TO EACH COMADRONA FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE TRAINING, TRAINED 18 GUATEMALAN MIDWIVES THIS YEAR. TWO OF THEM HAD BEEN TRAINED BEFORE BY OUR PROGRAM, AND THEY GAVE TESTIMONY THAT IT HELPED THEM DIAGNOSE TWO VERY HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES.OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM (AKA STOVE TEAM) FACILITAED LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:150 HOMES WITH NEW STOVES AND WATER FILTERS1 INSTITUTIONAL STOVE AND 8 WATER FILTERS IN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL, 2 WATER FILTERS IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY SCHOOL.1,300 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN HEALTHIER HOMES.1,800 TREES SAVED EACH YEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THE STOVE.23,400 HOURS SAVED EACH YEAR FOR THE WOMEN OF THE HOMES DUE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE STOVES.NOVEMBER 2024 STOVE TRIP:WE INSTALLED 138 ONIL STOVE AND WATER FILTERS FOR 1,104 WOMEN, MEN AND CHILDREN.IMPACT:SAVED 7,176 TREES EACH YEAR FOR THE LIFE OF THE STOVE.SAVED 21,527 HOURS OF WOMEN'S LABOR EACH YEAR DUE TO THE STOVE EFFICIENCY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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