Inquiring Systems, Inc.
Inquiring Systems, Inc.
887 Sonoma Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
(707) 939-3900
Website: inquiringsystems.org
Contact:
Pam Campbell, MPA
Executive Director
pam@inquiringsystems.org
Year organization became a 501(c)(3): 1978
Year of first fiscal sponsorship: 1980
Number of sponsored projects: 70
Fiscal sponsorship fee:
7% first $100,000, 6% after that. Negotiated indirect rate on federal grant income, approximately 14%.
Eligibility criteria:
- Aligned mission/values: Environment/sustainability, regenerative system change, social justice, animal welfare
Types of projects or services we sponsor:
- Other: Our fiscally sponsored nonprofit projects all have progressive system change at their heart in the arenas of environment, agriculture, social constructs including economics, end-of life-issues, animal welfare and social justice.
Services we offer projects:
- Organizational development support
- Payroll
- Receiving stock donations
- Tax reporting/all governmental reporting
- Bill paying services available
- Bookkeeping/accounting available
- Other: Autonomy and supported structural support, human resource management, including employee benefits, insurance
Based on Fiscal Sponsorship: 6 Ways to Do It Right: Our model(s) of fiscal sponsorship are:
- Model A, Direct Project
- Model C – Preapproved Grant Relationships
Organization description:
Inquiring Systems, with 40-plus years of experience in the nonprofit realm, supports projects working in the fields of environmental regeneration, social justice, animal welfare and social/economic re-envisioning. Inquiring Systems actively supports the creation of a new paradigm — where human civilization embraces multiracial democracy and social justice as a lived experience, and where humanity is once again aligned with the ways of nature.