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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 25 February 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,115,177
Total expenses
$8,389,605
Contributions and grants received
$10,234,967
Grants paid
$561,738
Program service revenue
$789,003
Investment income
$29,027
Other revenue
$62,180
Total assets, end of year
$12,080,231
Total liabilities, end of year
$668,414
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,411,817
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,484,298
Management and general expenses
$895,901
Fundraising expenses
$9,406
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,484,298

Program services were 89.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $664,121

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,570,846

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $111,188

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEE INCOME

    total $449,102 · related or exempt $449,102

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $339,901 · related or exempt $339,901

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29,970 · excluded $29,970

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $115,954

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $116,897

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$943

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$943 · excluded -$943

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $58,315

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $58,315 · related or exempt $58,315

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $3,865 · unrelated business $3,865

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,865

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $479,638 · program services $479,638

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $31,000 · program services $31,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $51,100 · program services $51,100

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $250,085 · management and general $250,085

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,436,163 · program services $3,079,114 · management and general $357,049

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $240,143 · program services $219,400 · management and general $20,743

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $303,093 · program services $258,926 · management and general $44,167

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,665 · management and general $3,665

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,858 · management and general $51,858

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,859 · management and general $4,859

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $885,010 · program services $880,671 · management and general $4,339

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,715 · management and general $3,715

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,346 · management and general $9,346

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $41,804 · management and general $41,804

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $128,928 · program services $127,298 · management and general $1,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,641 · management and general $4,641

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,584 · management and general $3,584

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,557 · management and general $20,557

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,557 · management and general $22,557

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSOR PROJ EXP

    total $2,317,787 · program services $2,308,381 · fundraising $9,406

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIRECT INT PROJ EXP

    total $48,770 · program services $48,770

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $43,580 · management and general $43,580

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES, TAX & PERMITS

    total $4,629 · management and general $4,629

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,093 · management and general $3,093

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,204,245 · end of year $5,683,320

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $212,959 · end of year $2,077,368

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,386,036 · end of year $2,708,057

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $60,646 · end of year $267,296

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $36,487 · end of year $29,799

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,075,845 · end of year $1,066,807

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $23,590 · end of year $140,535

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $35,312 · end of year $26,504

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $80,545

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $418,464 · end of year $567,869

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $100,545

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,061,519 · end of year $1,930,042

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,515,137 · end of year $9,481,775

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

IMPLEMENTING ETHICAL SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SERVICES TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES.

  • INQUIRING SYSTEMS, INC. ("ISI") IMPROVES THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH IMPLEMENTING ETHICAL SOCIAL CHANGE. WE USE AN INQUIRING SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING AND THE USE OF COMPREHENSIVE, SYSTEMIC TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS TO ASSIST PROJECTS IN ACHIEVING THEIR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO BECOME ECONOMICALLY VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES WE PROVIDE.

    Expenses $7,484,298 · Grants $561,738 · Revenue $847,318

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Campbell

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $135,907
    From this org
    $131,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,932
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kirk Marckwald

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Constance Grauds

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gil Friend

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Kit

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jamie Boling

    FINANCE DIRECTOR (START 8/2023)

    Total calculated
    $38,059
    From this org
    $34,615
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,444
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alexandra Anderson

    CO-EXEC. DIRECTOR, FEED BLACK FUTURES

    Total calculated
    $121,658
    From this org
    $110,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,158
    Hours/week
    40
  • Suparna Kudesia

    PROJECT DIRECTOR, COFED

    Total calculated
    $124,503
    From this org
    $124,503
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Suzanne Pierre

    EXEC. DIRECTOR, CRITICAL ECOLOGY LAB

    Total calculated
    $121,780
    From this org
    $114,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,120
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • SUBTLE ENERGY GROUP LLC

    $68,000

    TO SUPPORT SCIENTIFIC VALIDATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUBTLE ENERGY AND BIOFIELD HEALING, AND ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED BIOFIELD HEALING.

  • TO COVER AND SUPPORT FARMERS EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE.

  • VCA ANIMAL CARE CENTER OF SONOMA COUNTY

    $27,608

    TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • SAN FRANCISCO ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER

    $17,247

    TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • ISLAND FOOD SECURITY INC

    $15,000

    TO COVER AND SUPPORT FARMERS EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE.

  • TO SUPPORT BREN SCHOOL FIELD-BASED RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF LIVESTOCK AND NATIVE HERBIVORE GRAZING ON POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE.

  • PENINSULA AVENUE VETERINARY CLINIC

    $11,080

    TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • MISSION PET HOSPITAL

    $8,937

    TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

  • VCA BAY AREA VETERINARY SPECIALISTS & EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

    $8,864

    TO COVER VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500579349301840

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