What We Do

CASH (Creating Assets, Savings and
Hope) Oregon is an organization committed to improving the financial health of low income working families and individuals.

CASH Oregon seeks to help low income families and individuals from every community and background in Oregon. Through our partnerships with AARP Tax-Aide and VITA, CASH Oregon's aggressive Earned Income Tax Credit outreach and free tax preparation programs - coupled with our financial programs in partnership with Innovative Change$ - provide families and individuals with the tools and resources to begin building solid financial futures. 95% of our clients are living on poverty's edge.

Where We Serve

CASH Oregon, through our partnership with AARP Tax-Aide, provides free tax preparation and tax credit outreach statewide at 145 tax sites.

Who We Serve

Many of the clients we serve live on poverty’s edge.  In 2011, of the 17,592 clients we served in the tri-counties, according to our Lloyd Center Super Site Survey, which can be extrapolated tri-county wide:

95% would be considered low income earners.
33% had a child or children at home.
11% had a disabled person in their homes or were disabled themselves.
62% rented; 2% did not have a home.
13% did not complete high school; 28% only completed high school or earned a GED.

Where We Began

CASH Oregon was born out of a desire to better focus the outreach and education efforts of the Oregon Tax Credit Coalition. In 2005, Social Venture Partners Portland, a local nonprofit organization, joined with the Oregon Tax Credit Coalition to form CASH Oregon.

CASH Oregon was granted 501(c)3 status by the IRS in December 2007.