Cannon Beach Conference Center 
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Summary
Since 1945, Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center has been a place of spiritual refreshment and renewal for those seeking to re-connect with what is truly important in life.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Cannon Beach Conference Center
PO Box 398
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
Website: cbcc.net
Phone: (503) 436-1501
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 936002704
CEO/President: Marc Hagman
Chairman: Steve Roberts
Board size: 8
Founder:
Ruling year: 1946
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: Yes
Member of ECFA since: 1987
Purpose
Bible instruction at conferences and retreats
Mission statement
The mission of the Cannon Beach Conference Center is to provide and support Christ-centered Biblical instruction, which promotes spiritual growth in individuals and families. This is primarily carried out in a beach resort setting where quality programs, attractive facilities, and a well-trained staff provide an atmosphere for Christian fellowship, renewal and relaxation.
Statement of faith
Article I - The Scriptures: We believe in the supernatural and plenary, verbal inspiration of the entire Scriptures in their original writings, that they are inerrant and infallible and that their teachings and authority are absolute, supreme, and final (1 Cor. 2:13, 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21)
Article II - The Godhead: We believe in the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all eternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory, and having precisely the same attributes and perfections. We believe God is self-sufficient and is the cause of all things. He relies upon nothing outside Himself to accomplish His will. (Deut. 6:4; 2 Cor. 13:14; Col. 1:16-17; Rom. 11:36)
Article III - Man's Creation and Fall: We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but through Adam's sin became alienated from God, acquired a sin nature, and came under the judicial sentence of death (Gen. 1:25-27; Rom 3:22-23; 5:12-21; Eph. 2:1-3, 12)
Article IV - The Person and Work of Jesus Christ: We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a propitiatory and substitutionary sacrifice, and that our redemption is made sure to us by His resurrection from the dead in the identical, though glorified, body in which He was crucified. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in Heaven exalted at the right hand of God where, as High Priest for his people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and Advocate (John 1:1-2; Luke 1:35; Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Heb. 9:24; 7:25; Rom. 8:34; 1 John1:1-2).
Article V - The Holy Spirit: We believe in the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead, in the present age indwells all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, baptizes them into the Body of Christ and seals them unto the day of redemption, and we believe that every believer is commanded of God to be filled with the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Eph. 1:13-14, 5:18-20).
Article VI - Salvation: We believe that salvation is the gift of God offered to man by grace and received solely by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that this faith will manifest itself in works pleasing to God (Eph. 2:8-10; Tit. 2:11-14).
Article VII - The Church: We believe that the Church is the spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons in this age (Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27; 1 Cor. 12-12-14).
Article VIII - The Final State: We believe that the condition and retribution of the lost and the salvation and blessedness of the saved are conscious and everlasting (Mark 9:43-48; Rev. 20:15, 22:3-5,11).
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Transparency grade
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Camps/Conference Centers
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 241 of 1107 | 13 of 36 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 384 of 1108 | 14 of 37 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 115 of 1108 | 7 of 37 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 636 of 1107 | 25 of 36 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 7% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 34% | 20% | 29% | 45% | 47% | 29% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 66% | 80% | 71% | 55% | 53% | 71% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 90% | 86% | 88% | 89% | 87% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 93% | 90% | 80% | 66% | 85% | 76% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 75% | 80% | 68% | 59% | 76% | 66% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 7% | 10% | 20% | 34% | 15% | 24% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 4% | 3% | 7% | 14% | 6% | 13% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 14% | 9% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 12% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.44 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.34 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 4.36 | 3.59 | 3.72 | 4.49 | 5.32 | 5.51 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.65 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 1.10 | 1.47 | 1.85 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 5.57 | 6.12 | 6.99 | 5.79 | 4.16 | 2.67 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.37 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 5.46 | 10.41 | 11.14 | 9.05 | 6.20 | 4.06 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 14% | 17% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 10% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 196% | 338% | 365% | 365% | 313% | 247% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Cash | $328,329 | $489,635 | $2,036,274 | $1,166,541 | $977,073 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $211,424 | $171,421 | $209,869 | $284,086 | $399,238 |
| Short-term investments | $3,937,577 | $3,523,361 | $1,031,901 | $1,004,490 | $937,872 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $4,477,330 | $4,184,417 | $3,278,044 | $2,455,117 | $2,314,183 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $11,580,059 | $11,396,048 | $10,985,736 | $10,601,190 | $10,444,585 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $458,555 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $11,580,059 | $11,396,048 | $11,444,291 | $10,601,190 | $10,444,585 |
| Total assets | $16,057,389 | $15,580,465 | $14,722,335 | $13,056,307 | $12,758,768 |
| Liabilities | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $365,806 | $212,134 | $160,698 | $175,110 | $460,464 |
| Other current liabilities | $365,796 | $386,790 | $405,882 | $415,229 | $404,753 |
| Total current liabilities | $731,602 | $598,924 | $566,580 | $590,339 | $865,217 |
| Debt | $726,180 | $887,770 | $1,043,523 | $1,193,591 | $1,313,916 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $726,180 | $887,770 | $1,043,523 | $1,193,591 | $1,313,916 |
| Total liabilities | $1,457,782 | $1,486,694 | $1,610,103 | $1,783,930 | $2,179,133 |
| Net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Without donor restrictions | $14,422,849 | $13,853,818 | $12,929,615 | $11,086,199 | $10,147,635 |
| With donor restrictions | $176,758 | $239,953 | $182,617 | $186,178 | $432,000 |
| Net assets | $14,599,607 | $14,093,771 | $13,112,232 | $11,272,377 | $10,579,635 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Total contributions | $959,981 | $1,382,958 | $2,425,225 | $2,019,614 | $1,615,667 |
| Program service revenue | $3,243,554 | $2,965,167 | $2,523,949 | $1,881,483 | $3,473,978 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $94,649 | $46,803 | $3,114 | $14,790 | $26,168 |
| Other revenue | $524,975 | $448,626 | $459,854 | $346,018 | $498,089 |
| Total other revenue | $3,863,178 | $3,460,596 | $2,986,917 | $2,242,291 | $3,998,235 |
| Total revenue | $4,823,159 | $4,843,554 | $5,412,142 | $4,261,905 | $5,613,902 |
| Expenses | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Program services | $3,866,675 | $3,315,466 | $3,181,864 | $3,219,885 | $3,713,946 |
| Management and general | $401,696 | $516,309 | $377,228 | $316,199 | $497,731 |
| Fundraising | $48,952 | $30,240 | $36,435 | $70,872 | $67,571 |
| Total expenses | $4,317,323 | $3,862,015 | $3,595,527 | $3,606,956 | $4,279,248 |
| Change in net assets | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $505,836 | $981,539 | $1,816,615 | $654,949 | $1,334,654 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $505,836 | $981,539 | $1,816,615 | $654,949 | $1,334,654 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Marc Hagman | Executive Director | $138,690 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2023
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History
Founded in 1945, Cannon Beach Conference Center has grown from humble beginnings to its place as one of the premier Christian retreat and conference centers on the West Coast. With a full-time staff of more than sixty, CBCC is committed to providing a friendly, comfortable atmosphere where God's people can find refreshment and renewal.
We are located on the spectacular north Oregon coast, 75 miles northwest of Portland in the beautiful resort town of Cannon Beach, consistently named one of the top ten beaches in the nation.
We are also the location of Ecola Bible College and the Christian Culinary Academy. In recent years, CBCC acquired the Ecola Creek Lodge motel which is open to the public for short term vacation stays.
Program accomplishments
We offer an exciting year-round program of Christ-centered family and adult conferences and programs for all ages! Our summer family conferences have been a popular vacation destination for decades!
In addition to our conferences, we host over 130 Christian retreat groups each year including numerous churches and parachurch organizations.
Needs
Your donations make more ministry possible here on the coast. Through your giving you are a vital part of the work the Lord has called us to-strengthening Christians and reaching more with the gospel.