Raised vegetable beds and benches in a community garden

Grant recipient EIN 94-2524840Community development

Who funds Inquiring Systems Inc?

81 private foundations gave Inquiring Systems Inc in Santa Rosa, CA $8.5 million across 151 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

151 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Aeonian TrustChicago, IL 2025

    General support

    $15,682
  2. Tony and Kyra Rogers FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    Wildtender fund

    $5,000
  3. Turner Foundation IncAtlanta, GA 2025

    Further organization's exempt purpose

    $5,000
  4. JRBF FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    Denizen fund

    $5,000
  5. Intrepid Philanthropy FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2025

    General operating support

    $4,000
  6. The Duffield Family Foundation DBA Maddie's FundPleasanton, CA 2024

    Maddie's university online course development - deep dive modules

    $625,000
  7. Waverley Street FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    Community access to nature

    $500,000
  8. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, advancing sustainable materials

    $404,500
  9. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2024

    Transform Food Systems

    $150,000
  10. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $100,000
  11. BESS Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    One Earth Sangha

    $100,000
  12. Gow Family FoundationBellevue, WA 2024

    General purposes

    $100,000
  13. The Mental Insight FoundationWalnut Creek, CA 2024

    Charitable

    $100,000
  14. Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    To support the Feed Black Futures project.

    $75,000
  15. The Austin & Gabriela Hearst FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General

    $65,217
  16. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2024

    General support

    $42,800
  17. BESS Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Mindful of Nature Fund

    $25,000
  18. BESS Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Work that Reconnects Network

    $25,000
  19. G Fredrick Charitable FoundationNovato, CA 2024

    Support of wildtender

    $25,000
  20. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    81701 continuing support to enhance usability of the tilt time machine app to improve wellbeing and achieve health equity

    $22,400
  21. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2024

    Regenerative economies organizing collaborative

    $20,000
  22. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2024

    General Operating Support

    $15,000
  23. Negley Flinn Charitable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  24. BESS Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    One Earth Sangha - website for Earth Awareness Community retreat program

    $10,000
  25. Leveler FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Wholly h20

    $8,000
  26. Obermayer Foundation IncDedham, MA 2024

    Community & charitable

    $5,000
  27. The Hohbach Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    Community support

    $5,000
  28. John J Moller Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Poco Farm FUND

    $4,500
  29. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2024

    Matching gifts for general operating support

    $3,750
  30. Lawson Valentine FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2024

    General purpose

    $2,500
  31. Rosenberg FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2024

    Support for feed black futures to support a strategic convening of formerly incarcerated black women

    $2,500
  32. JRBF FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Denizen fund

    $2,000
  33. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Volunteer program

    $190
  34. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system

    $300,000
  35. BESS Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $125,000
  36. Surdna Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General Support

    $100,000
  37. The Mental Insight FoundationWalnut Creek, CA 2023

    Charitable

    $100,000
  38. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    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.

    $56,270
  39. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2023

    Southeastern african american farmers organic network

    $42,800
  40. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2023

    Enhance Community Health

    $35,000
  41. CO2 FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    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.

    $32,830
  42. The Austin & Gabriela Hearst FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General

    $32,609
  43. Flock IncBoston, MA 2023

    Program/project support

    $32,500
  44. Arch Community FundWilmington, DE 2023

    Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED) Fund

    $25,000
  45. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2023

    Reo collaborative

    $20,000
  46. Obermayer Foundation IncDedham, MA 2023

    Community & charitable

    $15,000
  47. Wilburforce FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    Environmental - project support for critical ecology lab

    $15,000
  48. Negley Flinn Charitable FoundationPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General support

    $10,000
  49. Leveler FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $8,000
  50. The Vijay R Sanghvi Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  51. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2023

    General Operating Support

    $5,000
  52. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2023

    The Intergenerational Fund

    $5,000
  53. New Priorities FoundationBerkeley, CA 2023

    Soil Centric-General Support

    $5,000
  54. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2023

    Matching gifts for general operating support

    $3,750
  55. The Fineshriber Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    General donation - feed black futures

    $500
  56. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Matching gifts

    $200
  57. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $29
  58. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2022

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system

    $250,000
  59. Stupski FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    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.

    $250,000
  60. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Cultural dialogue, field education, and ecological understanding for social liberation

    $154,161
  61. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2022

    Project support: sovereign bodies institute

    $150,000
  62. The Mental Insight FoundationWalnut Creek, CA 2022

    Charitable

    $150,000
  63. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2022

    assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities

    $125,000
  64. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2022

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system

    $100,000
  65. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 2022

    General support

    $100,000
  66. Denise and Michael Kellen Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General fund

    $100,000
  67. Emerald Gate Charitable TrustJackson, WY 2022

    Support to public charity

    $61,919
  68. The Rob Walton FoundationBentonviille, AR 2022

    To support Imaging the Biofield - Phase 3

    $50,000
  69. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    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.

    $50,000
  70. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2022

    General support

    $42,800
  71. Arch Community FundWilmington, DE 2022

    Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive

    $25,000
  72. Samueli FoundationCorona Del Mar, CA 2022

    Health

    $21,506
  73. Everett and Alice Hess Family FundSan Diego, CA 2022

    National food museum

    $20,000
  74. Seeding the Future FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    funds to BUILD THE NATIONAL FOOD MUSEUM

    $15,000
  75. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2022

    Soil Centric Project

    $10,000
  76. Dharma Education FoundationSolon, OH 2022

    Fund counselors for america program

    $10,000
  77. JEC FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    General Fund

    $10,000
  78. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2022

    General operating support

    $5,000
  79. The Aileen Getty FoundationReno, NV 2022

    General

    $5,000
  80. New Priorities FoundationBerkeley, CA 2022

    Soil Centric-General Support

    $5,000
  81. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2022

    Matching gifts for general operating support

    $3,500
  82. The Quinn FoundationLeawood, KS 2022

    General operating support

    $2,500
  83. Schnitzer-Novack FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    To support environmental studies

    $1,000
  84. Entelco FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $400
  85. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $44
  86. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2021

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system

    $300,000
  87. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2021

    Project support: sovereign bodies institute

    $150,000
  88. The Mental Insight FoundationWalnut Creek, CA 2021

    Charitable

    $150,000
  89. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2021

    assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities

    $125,000
  90. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2021

    To support a comprehensive approach to addressing the MMIWG2 epidemic through Indigenous-led research, systems interventions and support services

    $100,000
  91. Panta Rhea FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2021

    Lhuth - 11/01/22 08:23am worksheet private foundation

    $75,000
  92. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 2021

    General Support

    $64,516
  93. Samueli FoundationCorona Del Mar, CA 2021

    General support

    $64,200
  94. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    The biofield collective for the research fellowship program and mapping project

    $50,000
  95. Warsh-Mott LegacyPetaluma, CA 2021

    Saffon - growing the afroecology initiative

    $42,800
  96. Arch Community FundWilmington, DE 2021

    Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFED) Sup

    $25,000
  97. JEC FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    General Fund

    $15,000
  98. Better Place FoundationBirmingham, AL 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  99. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2021

    Soil Centric Project

    $10,000
  100. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2021

    Reducing Waste and Advancing Renewable Energy

    $6,500
  101. Sonoma County Vintners FoundationSanta Rosa, CA 2021

    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

    $5,000
  102. New Priorities FoundationBerkeley, CA 2021

    Soil Centric-General Support

    $5,000
  103. Food and Nutrition Resources FoundaBoca Raton, FL 2021

    Health & educational support

    $3,500
  104. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $2,500
  105. Entelco FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $2,500
  106. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2021

    Soil Centric Project

    $1,000
  107. McNabb FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    Care Partners Initiative

    $1,000
  108. BCCAT Family Foundation IncReeds Spring, MO 2021

    Regenerative and sustainability fiscal sponsor

    $500
  109. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $48
  110. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    Working towards a resilient and equitable food system, covid emergency aid

    $370,000
  111. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2020

    assess, build, and strengthen educational programming based in sustainable agriculture and Black agrarian values across the Southeast to benefit children, families and communities

    $125,000
  112. Wend II IncBentonville, AR 2020

    Special Projects COVID-19 Relief Efforts

    $125,000
  113. Panta Rhea FoundationLa Jolla, CA 2020

    General support

    $75,000
  114. The Garfield FoundationMarion, MA 2020

    Exempt purposes

    $60,000
  115. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 2020

    Reissue CK 1784 - Biofield Collective general support

    $53,916
  116. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 2020

    The Biofield Collective - general support

    $50,000
  117. Riff FoundationBoston, MA 2020

    General support

    $50,000
  118. Warsh-Mott LegacyPetaluma, CA 2020

    Saffon - growing the afroecology initiative

    $42,800
  119. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 2020

    Project Support: Funds towards research in subtle energy healinmg

    $20,000
  120. Arch Community FundWilmington, DE 2020

    Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive

    $20,000
  121. PatagoniaorgVentura, CA 2020

    To support environmental projects.

    $15,000
  122. Sarlo Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    Botanical Dimensions

    $15,000
  123. Riverstyx FoundationSanta Rosa, CA 2020

    Donation

    $15,000
  124. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2020

    to support Native Renewables, a project of the Grantee working to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation

    $10,000
  125. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2020

    Soil Centric Project

    $10,000
  126. The Auen FoundationPalm Desert, CA 2020

    Outreach to low income Seniors

    $10,000
  127. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    The biofield collective (imaging the biofield phase 1 & 2)

    $9,716
  128. The Rob Walton FoundationBentonviille, AR 2020

    Imaging the Biofield - Initial Phases 1 and 2

    $9,716
  129. Emerald Gate Charitable TrustJackson, WY 2020

    Support to public charity

    $9,716
  130. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2020

    Soil Centric Project

    $5,000
  131. The Commonwealth FundNew York, NY 2020

    Matching gift - for general operating purposes

    $3,750
  132. Food and Nutrition Resources FoundaBoca Raton, FL 2020

    Health & educational support

    $3,400
  133. The Springcreek FoundationBerkeley, CA 2020

    Soil Centric Project

    $2,000
  134. John T Gorman FoundationPortland, ME 2020

    To support Robin DiAngelo's keynote presentation on racial equity at USM

    $1,000
  135. Maine Health Access Foundation IncAugusta, ME 2020

    Sponsorship for Robin DiAngelo's presentation in USM's conference, "Seeing the Racial Waters."

    $1,000
  136. Sam L Cohen FoundationPortland, ME 2020

    Public lecture

    $1,000
  137. Onion FoundationAuburn, ME 2020

    General Purpose

    $1,000
  138. McNabb FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $1,000
  139. Obermayer Foundation IncDedham, MA 2020

    Community & charitable

    $250
  140. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $95
  141. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    Saafon strategic implementation 2019, southeast african american farmers organic network project, supporting cofed, organizational renewal: practicing resilience

    $625,000
  142. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2019

    Saafon, afroecology training school

    $35,000
  143. T Gary and Kathleen Rogers Private Family FoundationLafayette, CA 2019

    General support

    $25,000
  144. Geofamily FoundationFlagstaff, AZ 2019

    Women bridging worlds

    $12,000
  145. Lifestyle Homes FoundationReno, NV 2019

    Medical research

    $10,000
  146. Clif Family FoundationSaint Helena, CA 2019

    Creating a robust & healthy food system

    $6,500
  147. Novo FoundationHurley, NY 2019

    Project Support: The Teaching Well

    $5,000
  148. The Hudson FoundationPortland, ME 2019

    To provide funding for a "seeing racial water" lecture by robin diangelo on 4/2/20

    $1,000
  149. Koshland FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2018

    Current support for the teaching well for grant expansion surrounding oakland schools

    $197,000
  150. CS FundPetaluma, CA 2018

    Southeastern african american farmers organic network (saafon), afroecology training school

    $35,000
  151. T Gary and Kathleen Rogers Private Family FoundationLafayette, CA 2018

    General support

    $50

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other community development organizations in Santa Rosa, CA and are not among Inquiring Systems Inc’s funders above.

  1. Saba Foundation IncSan Rafael, CA 3 grants Preselected only $115,885 to similar organizations
  2. Bothin FoundationSan Francisco, CA 5 grants Accepts applications $95,000 to similar organizations
  3. Foundation for Global Sports DevelopmentSan Francisco, CA 3 grants Accepts applications $80,000 to similar organizations
  4. John and Jennifer Webley FoundationSanta Rosa, CA 2 grants Preselected only $15,000 to similar organizations
  5. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 3 grants Accepts applications $12,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Foley Family Charitable FoundationWhitefish, MT 5 grants Preselected only $625,961 to similar organizations
  7. Hamel Family Foundation IncNaples, FL 4 grants Preselected only $450,000 to similar organizations
  8. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 2 grants Accepts applications $250,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 94-2524840 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.