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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,077,779
Total expenses
$11,083,302
Contributions and grants received
$11,173,935
Grants paid
$696,970
Program service revenue
$1,641,219
Investment income
$164,285
Other revenue
$98,340
Total assets, end of year
$14,463,814
Total liabilities, end of year
$983,044
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,480,770
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,961,084
Management and general expenses
$1,081,378
Fundraising expenses
$40,840
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,961,084

Program services were 89.9% 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)

    $1,405,343

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,768,592

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $46,747

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $858,502 · related or exempt $858,502

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEE INCOME

    total $782,717 · related or exempt $782,717

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $164,929 · excluded $164,929

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $176,404

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

    securities $177,048

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$644

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$644 · excluded -$644

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $40,660

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $40,660 · related or exempt $40,660

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADVERTISING REVENUE

    total $57,521 · unrelated business $57,521

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $159 · excluded $159

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $57,680

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $563,784 · program services $563,784

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $63,900 · program services $63,900

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $69,286 · program services $69,286

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $268,293 · management and general $268,293

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,837,727 · program services $5,303,297 · management and general $534,430

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $332,876 · program services $296,570 · management and general $36,306

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $519,063 · program services $457,696 · management and general $61,367

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $475 · management and general $475

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $61,382 · management and general $61,382

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,748 · management and general $6,748

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,551,443 · program services $1,539,229 · management and general $12,214

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,485 · management and general $6,485

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,212 · management and general $2,212

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $176,350 · program services $175,150 · management and general $1,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total -$3,363 · management and general -$3,363

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,052 · management and general $11,052

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,735 · management and general $24,735

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,116 · management and general $26,116

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSOR PROJ EXP

    total $1,511,503 · program services $1,470,663 · fundraising $40,840

  • 24b · Other expenses: DIRECT INT PROJ EXP

    total $21,509 · program services $21,509

  • 24c · Other expenses: RECRUITMENT

    total $17,959 · management and general $17,959

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

    total $3,712 · management and general $3,712

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,055 · management and general $10,055

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,683,320 · end of year $6,615,264

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,077,368 · end of year $4,467,089

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,708,057 · end of year $1,998,129

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $267,296 · end of year $47,252

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,799 · end of year $41,598

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,066,807 · end of year $1,055,918

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $140,535 · end of year $156,544

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $26,504 · end of year $26,835

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $80,545 · end of year $55,185

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $567,869 · end of year $717,782

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $190,077

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $100,545 · end of year $75,185

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,930,042 · end of year $3,718,531

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,481,775 · end of year $9,762,239

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $9,961,084 · Grants $696,970 · Revenue $1,681,879

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Campbell

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $154,380
    From this org
    $151,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,371
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,009
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,371
    Filer's total
    $154,380
  • Teia Evans

    CO-PROJECT DIRECTOR, COFED

    Total calculated
    $142,676
    From this org
    $132,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,753
    Hours/week
    40
  • Suparna Kudesia

    CO-PROJECT DIRECTOR, COFED

    Total calculated
    $133,034
    From this org
    $133,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Steven David Schwartz

    PROJECT DIRECTOR, ISFC

    Total calculated
    $130,558
    From this org
    $109,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,295
    Hours/week
    40
  • Whitney C Johnson

    CO-PROJECT DIRECTOR, SAAFON

    Total calculated
    $124,088
    From this org
    $110,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,598
    Hours/week
    40
  • Alsie D Parks

    CO-PROJECT DIRECTOR, SAAFON

    Total calculated
    $119,861
    From this org
    $111,190
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,671
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jamie Boling

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,913
    From this org
    $103,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,299
    Hours/week
    40
  • Constance Grauds

    BOARD SECRETARY (THRU 12/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Kitt

    BOARD MEMBER / SECR. (AS OF 1/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kirk Marckwald

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gil Friend

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Answered yes

  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED BONUSES TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS REPORTED ON FORM 990, PART VII AND/OR SCHEDULE J, PART II WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED "NON-FIXED PAYMENTS" IN THAT DISCRETION (IN PART) WAS UTILIZED TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF BONUS PAYMENT AND/OR WHETHER TO MAKE A BONUS PAYMENT.

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

  • PACIFIC INTEGRAL LLC

    $150,000

    RESEARCH TO IMPACT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, LEADERSHIP, SYSTEM CHANGE

  • RAINWALK REWILD

    $50,000

    IMMERSIVE LAND-BASED, NATURALIST EDUCATION FOR YOUTH

  • SAN FRANCISCO ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER

    $27,589

    VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS

  • SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS

  • TRUCULTURE LLC

    $13,000

    SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS

  • TIERRA NEGRA FARMS

    $12,800

    SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS

  • ANIMAL WELL-BEING, HEALING, REHABILITATION, ADOPTION

  • HIGH HOG FARM

    $10,500

    SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS

  • VETERINARY SERVICES FOR UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY MEMBERS

  • MYSTIC PINE FARM

    $8,400

    SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
26 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630269349301593

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