Nonprofits›Inquiring Systems Inc
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Inquiring Systems Inc
SANTA ROSA, CA
Total revenue
$11.1M
Total expenses
$8.4M
Net assets
$11.4M
Grants received
$18.3M
283 grants
EIN
942524840
Tax year
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.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Contributions & grants$10.2M
Program service revenue$789K
Investment income$29K
Other revenue$62K
Total revenue$11.1M
Expenses
Grants paid$562K
Salaries & benefits$4.2M
Fundraising$9K
Other expenses$3.6M
Total expenses$8.4M
Total assets$12.1M
Net assets$11.4M
People
9 listed
NameRoleCompensation
PAMELA CAMPBELL
PRESIDENT & CEO
Board
$132K
40 hrs/wk
JAMIE BOLING
FINANCE DIRECTOR (START 8/2023)
Board
$35K
40 hrs/wk
GIL FRIEND
DIRECTOR
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
JUDY KIT
DIRECTOR
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
CONSTANCE GRAUDS
SECRETARY
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
KIRK MARCKWALD
TREASURER
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
SUPARNA KUDESIA
PROJECT DIRECTOR, COFED
Staff
$125K
40 hrs/wk
SUZANNE PIERRE
EXEC. DIRECTOR, CRITICAL ECOLOGY LAB
Staff
$115K
40 hrs/wk
ALEXANDRA ANDERSON
CO-EXEC. DIRECTOR, FEED BLACK FUTURES
Staff
$111K
40 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 200 of 283
FromAmountPurposeYear
$405K
WORKING TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM, ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
2024
$80K
General support of SAAFON (Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network)
2024
$26K
TO SUPPORT FAITH COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS WORK
2024
$22K
81701 CONTINUING SUPPORT TO ENHANCE USABILITY OF THE TILT TIME MACHINE APP TO IMPROVE WELLBEING AND ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY
2024
$10K
One Earth Sangha - website for Earth Awareness Community retreat program
2024
$3K
SUPPORT FOR FEED BLACK FUTURES TO SUPPORT A STRATEGIC CONVENING OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED BLACK WOMEN
2024
$396K
SUPPORT EXPANDING SENIOR HEAL INNOVATION FAITH COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR PSE CHANGE AND ESTABLISH CAREER PATHWAYS FOR MORE EWI TRAINEES IN MARIN
2023
$84K
FOR VILLAGE SONOMA VALLEY TO PROMOTE AND PRODUCE FOUR BILINGUAL SENIOR EDUCATIONAL FORUMS IN FALL 2023 FOCUSED ON MEDICARE CHANGES FOR 2024 AND RESPITE CARE, FOR CAREPARTNERS INITIATIVE
2023
$56K
A three-year RPP planning grant that will collaborate with BIPOC artists and arts organizations to develop shared research questions exploring the colonial, ecological, and extractive histories of this land.
2023
$33K
FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT, HASTEN REGENERATION FOR EARLY-STAGE RESEARCH ON SINKING BIOMASS, A PATHWAY BY WHICH CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL (CDR) COULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
2023
$250K
To support the Feed Black Futures project's, program of sourcing from regenerative Black and Brown led farms' produce and providing healthy food deliveries with a focus on Black families impacted by the carceral system.
2022
$154K
CULTURAL DIALOGUE, FIELD EDUCATION, AND ECOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING FOR SOCIAL LIBERATION
2022
$138K
FOR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE ECOLOGICAL WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
2022
$125K
assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities
2022
$50K
FOR PROJECT SUPPORT FOR THE INTEGRATIVE HEALERS ACTION NETWORK TO PROVIDE TRAUMA-INFORMED DISASTER RESPONSE CARE TO VULNERABLE RURAL & FARMWORKING COMMUNITIES, & FIRST RESPONDERS AFFECTED BY WILDFIRE DISASTERS IN SONOMA COUNTY & NEARBY REGIONS.
2022
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT, ADDRESS ECONOMIC/HEALTH INEQUITIES BY INCREASING BLACK FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND SUPPORT FOR BLACK MAMAS/CAREGIVERS IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, FBO: FEED BLACK FUTURES
2022
$11K
support for CarePartners Initiative, support for the National Food Museum
2022
$10K
TO PROVIDE FREE INTEGRATIVE HEALTH SERVICES TO LATINX COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING IN SONOMA COUNTY VINEYARDS, AS FISCAL SPONSOR TO INTEGRATIVE HEALERS ACTION
2022
$10K
TO SUPPORT A VOLUNTEER EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRE FUELS AND INVASIVE SPECIES REDUCTION THROUGH RESTORE THE SPRINGS
2022
$125K
assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities
2021
$100K
To support a comprehensive approach to addressing the MMIWG2 epidemic through Indigenous-led research, systems interventions and support services
2021
$80K
General Support for 501c3 activities for fiscally-sponsored project, SAAFON (Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network)
2021
$10K
ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF SOVEREIGN BODIES INSTITUTE.
2021
$5K
TO PROVIDE DIAMOND MTN MARK WEST NATURAL ENTERPRISE COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS/LANDOWNERS WITH SCIENTIFICALLY BASED FOREST/WORKING LANDS TREATMENT FOR WILDFIRE FUEL REDUCTION AND FOREST RESILIENCE, AS FISCAL SPONSOR TO TAKING ACTION FOR LIVING SYSTEMS
2021
$370K
WORKING TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM, COVID EMERGENCY AID
2020
Funded by
$18.3M from 139 funders · 283 grants · 2017–2024
National Philanthropic Trust
$1.6M · 5 grants · 2019–2023
Impactassetsinc
$1.5M · 11 grants · 2020–2024
The Schmidt Family Foundation
$1.4M · 5 grants · 2020–2024
Rsf Social Finance Inc
$1.2M · 5 grants · 2020–2024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
$834K · 4 grants · 2020–2023
Common Counsel Foundation
$558K · 8 grants · 2020–2023
The Mental Insight Foundation
$500K · 4 grants · 2020–2024
Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation
$475K · 2 grants · 2021–2023
Details
EIN942524840
NTEE codeS43Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1979-08
Formed1978
Employees112
Volunteers300