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Filing year 2023

INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC

Santa Rosa, California·EIN 94-2524840·NTEE S43Z · Community Improvement & Capacity Building·3
Total revenue
$11.1M
Total assets
$12.1M
Total expenses
$8.4M
Reported officers
9
Mission

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

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$136k
$149k
Project Director, Cofed
highest compensated employee
$125k
$136k
Exec. Director, Critical Ecology Lab
highest compensated employee
$122k
$133k
Co-exec. Director, Feed Black Futures
highest compensated employee
$122k
$133k
Finance Director (start 8/2023)
$38k
$42k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 4 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Up 19%
from 2022

From $114k in 2022 to $136k in 2023.

$114k
2022
$136k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 14% in real terms$130k to $149k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

INQUIRING SYSTEMS INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.3M
$7M
2022
$11.1M
$8.4M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Community Improvement & Capacity Building executives earn in California

Comparable community improvement & capacity building organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $95,054.

25th percentile
$42k
Median
$95,054
75th percentile
$159k
90th percentile
$256k

These are community improvement & capacity building sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 255 organizations across 255 filings (2021 – 2023).

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