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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$43,850,633
Total expenses
$46,759,654
Contributions and grants received
$5,099,872
Grants paid
$1,387,101
Program service revenue
$37,517,335
Investment income
$784,768
Other revenue
$448,658
Total assets, end of year
$49,897,998
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,393,115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$29,504,883
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$26,963,294
Management and general expenses
$19,126,127
Fundraising expenses
$670,233
Program service expenses (Part III)
$26,963,294

Program services were 57.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,099,872

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $36,202,859 · related or exempt $36,202,859

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES AND SERVICE

    total $1,058,316 · related or exempt $1,058,316

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $256,160 · related or exempt $256,160

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $912,640 · excluded $912,640

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $640,511

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $166,546

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $473,965

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $473,965 · excluded $473,965

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,308,878

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

    securities $2,436,750

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$127,872

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$127,872 · excluded -$127,872

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $26,027

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $51,334

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$25,307 · excluded -$25,307

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,387,101 · program services $1,387,101

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,513,551 · management and general $1,338,153 · fundraising $175,398

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,938,382 · program services $16,982,456 · management and general $5,675,465 · fundraising $280,461

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $367,510 · program services $250,846 · management and general $108,739 · fundraising $7,925

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,492,829 · program services $1,723,736 · management and general $1,714,498 · fundraising $54,595

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,865,326 · program services $1,219,794 · management and general $611,030 · fundraising $34,502

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $114,103 · management and general $114,103

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $600,994 · management and general $600,590 · fundraising $404

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $262,881 · management and general $262,881

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $12,500 · management and general $12,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $4,999 · fundraising $4,999

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,234,107 · program services $2,472,445 · management and general $1,732,296 · fundraising $29,366

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,155 · program services $18,727 · management and general $67,428

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $361,842 · program services $124,802 · management and general $235,632 · fundraising $1,408

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,494,306 · program services $222,714 · management and general $2,237,152 · fundraising $34,440

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,039,181 · program services $283,055 · management and general $756,126

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254,233 · program services $184,394 · management and general $56,363 · fundraising $13,476

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,583,720 · program services $1,085,197 · management and general $483,994 · fundraising $14,529

  • 20 · Interest

    total $418,130 · management and general $418,130

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,036,141 · program services $11,252 · management and general $1,024,889

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $527,707 · program services $207 · management and general $527,500

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $489,401 · program services $74,632 · management and general $412,018 · fundraising $2,751

  • 24b · Other expenses: OPERATIONS AND FACILITI

    total $370,312 · program services $230,909 · management and general $139,403

  • 24c · Other expenses: EMPLOYMENT EXPENSES

    total $348,819 · program services $57,449 · management and general $291,370

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCIPTION

    total $209,243 · program services $63,340 · management and general $131,473 · fundraising $14,430

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $746,181 · program services $570,238 · management and general $174,394 · fundraising $1,549

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,127,255 · end of year $4,857,344

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,093,351 · end of year $7,922,895

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,294,176 · end of year $1,045,067

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $45,385 · end of year $11,798

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $575,872 · end of year $730,496

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $28,396,423

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $8,667,292

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,014,099 · end of year $19,729,131

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,946,062 · end of year $14,101,318

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,203,174 · end of year $1,499,949

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,473,200 · end of year $2,173,396

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $5,140,827 · end of year $3,702,143

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $13,619,931 · end of year $13,145,665

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,056,360 · end of year $1,371,911

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,046,193 · end of year $23,899,479

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,962,863 · end of year $5,605,404

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CIIS IS AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT ENCOURAGES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LEARNING. OVER 1,700 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN MASTERS, DOCTORAL, BACHELOR OF ARTS COMPLETION PROGRAMS, AND CERTIFICATIONS. OURS IS A MOSAIC OF FACES AND PHILOSOPHIES, BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS. LIKE OUR FACULTY AND STAFF, STUDENTS ARE INTELLECTUALLY ENGAGED AND SOCIALLY ACTIVE. EACH DAY BRINGS NEW EXPERIENCES THAT BROADEN HORIZONS AND HONE CRITICAL THINKING. PROGRAMS, BOTH INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, INSPIRE CREATIVITY, NURTURE COMMUNITY, CULTIVATE CURIOSITY, AND FOSTER SOCIAL GOOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES (CIIS) IS AN ACCREDITED UNIVERSITY THAT STRIVES TO EMBODY SPIRIT, INTELLECT, AND WISDOM IN SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE EARTH. CIIS EXPANDS THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS WITH TRANSDISCIPLINARY, CROSS-CULTURAL, AND APPLIED STUDIES UTILIZING FACE-TO-FACE, HYBRID, AND ONLINE PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES. OFFERING A PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY, CIIS PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT MULTIFACETED EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING THEMSELVES, OTHERS, AND THE WORLD.

  • CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES IS AN ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT STRIVES TO EMBODY SPIRIT, INTELLECT AND THE WISDOM IN SERVICE TO INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE EARTH. SERVICES FOR STUDENTS INCLUDE AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY. OVER 1700 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN MASTER, DOCTORAL, AND BACHELOR OF ARTS COMPLETION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS OTHER PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.

    Expenses $24,387,752 · Grants $1,387,101 · Revenue $35,881,132

  • PUBLIC PROGRAMS OFFER ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION WITH INNOVATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MOVE BEYOND THE CONSTRAINTS OF DEGREE CENTERED EDUCATION. OVER 75 PROGRAMS ANNUALLY SERVE MORE THAN 10,000 PARTICIPANTS WITH SUBJECTS FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $1,052,640 · Revenue $599,297

  • THE SIX COUNSELING CENTERS OF CIIS OFFER MIND-BODY-SPIRIT PSYCHOTHERAPY TO INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES AND FAMILIES IN THE BAY AREA COMMUNITY, PROVIDING A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SETTING. CIIS STUDENTS AND POST-GRADUATE INTERNS ARE TRAINED AT THE CENTERS, SERVING MORE THAN 2000 CLIENTS ANNUALLY IN EXPLORING A WIDE RANGE OF LIFE'S ISSUES WITH AFFORDABLE, SLIDING-SCALE FEES.

    Expenses $1,522,902 · Revenue $1,036,906

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen Brock Blomberg

    PRESIDENT & TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $492,476
    From this org
    $457,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,444
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $449,219
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $7,813
    Deferred
    $34,356
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,088
    Filer's total
    $492,476
  • Gerald Richard Buggs

    CORPORATE SECRETARY & VP O

    Total calculated
    $196,448
    From this org
    $164,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,725
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,410
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $29,779
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,946
    Filer's total
    $196,448
  • Michele Demarco

    VP OF INTERNAL RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $156,954
    From this org
    $141,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,829
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nichol Bradford

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Vaishali Chadha

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Tim Chang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Diane Cirincione

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Daphne Crocker-White

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Betsy Gordon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mike Hebel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Susan E Laurenson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Bill Mosca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ricki Pollycove

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Brenda M Sanders

    TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Meihong Xu

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Loretta Lynch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Gary Moon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Kimberly Davis

    STUDENT TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Meg Jordan

    FACULTY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michele Demarco

    STAFF TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lilly Falconer

    STAFF TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Angel Gambino

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Courtney Johnson-Benson

    STUDENT TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Aj Phipps

    FACULTY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Michael Pinto

    CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Kathy Littles

    PROVOST & VP OF ACADEMIC A

    Total calculated
    $293,055
    From this org
    $243,747
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,308
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,747
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,358
    Filer's total
    $293,055
  • Shana Alexander

    CFO & VP OF FINANCE & ADMI

    Total calculated
    $275,319
    From this org
    $232,411
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,908
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $180
    Deferred
    $29,018
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,890
    Filer's total
    $275,319
  • Rachel Bryant

    VP OF DEI

    Total calculated
    $165,038
    From this org
    $147,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,576
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $3,098
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,051
    Filer's total
    $165,038
  • Michelle Eng

    VICE PROVOST OF ACADEMIC A

    Total calculated
    $188,286
    From this org
    $158,802
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,484
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,489
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $28,622
    Nontaxable benefits
    $862
    Filer's total
    $188,286
  • Janis Phelps

    FACULTY, PROGRAM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $187,790
    From this org
    $172,915
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $3,485
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,390
    Filer's total
    $187,790
  • Debashish Banerji

    FACULTY, DEPARTMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $151,018
    From this org
    $146,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,529
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $413
    Deferred
    $2,934
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,142
    Filer's total
    $151,018
  • Cynthia Shearer

    FACULTY, PROGRAM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $179,636
    From this org
    $145,387
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,249
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,074
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $33,083
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,166
    Filer's total
    $179,636
  • Kristine Brandenburger

    EXECUTIVE DEAN OF IR & ACC

    Total calculated
    $161,245
    From this org
    $157,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,475
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,457
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $3,158
    Nontaxable benefits
    $317
    Filer's total
    $161,245
  • Nicholas Literski

    SENIOR MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $163,583
    From this org
    $144,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,931
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,652
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,289
    Filer's total
    $163,583

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

  • Michele Demarco

    VP OF INTERNAL RELATIONS

    Schedule J breakdown

    Base
    $140,812
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $313
    Deferred
    $2,886
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,943
    Filer's total
    $156,954

Answered yes

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521359349313542

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