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Nonprofit · EIN 05-0397614

PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC

Tax-exempt · PAWTUCKET, RI 02860

Financials

$7.8M$6.7M2023$8.4M$7.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$8,365,042$7,937,630$427,412$19,586,900$5,037,207$14,549,693
December 31, 2023990$7,838,043$6,687,317$1,150,726$18,195,605$4,603,532$13,592,073
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$7,748,007
Investment income
$611,703
Net gain from sales of assets
$158,578
Other revenue
$5,332

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$827,111
Other salaries and wages
$4,077,820
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$5,595,989
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$4,095
Accounting fees
$47,972
Occupancy
$452,743
Travel
$617,872
Depreciation
$67,610
Program services (functional)
$6,631,439
Management and general (functional)
$1,306,191

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$18,195,605
Total assets, end of year
$19,586,900
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,037,207
Net assets, end of year
$14,549,693
Land, buildings and equipment
$543,249
Publicly traded securities
$4,984,779
Net assets without donor restrictions
$14,549,693
Gross receipts
$9,720,981
Employees
74
Volunteers
9
Year formed
1982
State of legal domicile
RI

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DEBORAH COXPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$221,704$67,230
STEVE OLAUSENEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer
40$171,401$24,540
WILLIAM BRETTCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Officer
40$172,500$6,000
JENNIFER COXCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$163,735$0
GREG DUBELLPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$152,759$9,888
SUZANNE CHERAUPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$139,772$1,125
VIRGINIA ADAMSPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$124,984$11,625
HOLLY HERBSTERPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$126,877$6,095
MAUREEN CAVANAUGHPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$129,134$0
ANTONIO PIRESCHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
RALPH MONTELLASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
JOSEPH KOLBTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
PETER ALLENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
WILDER ARBOLEDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
NICOLE CASTANETDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
3 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
MARTHA WERENFELSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
MARK VAN NOPPENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
PARKER VAN VALKENBURGHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
DEBORAH COXPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
40$199,992$16,000
STEVE OLAUSENEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Highest-paid employee
40$151,316$4,500
JENNIFER COXCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Officer
40$148,490$0
GREG DUBELLPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$136,762$10,290
SUZANNE CHERAUPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$131,931$1,560
MAUREEN CAVANAUGHPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$133,114$0
HOLLY HERBSTERPROJECT MANAGER
Highest-paid employee
40$120,732$9,510
ANTONIO PIRESCHAIRPERSON
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
RALPH MONTELLASECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
JOSEPH KOLBTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
0.5$0$0
PETER ALLENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
WILDER ARBOLEDADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
NICOLE CASTANETDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARTHA WERENFELSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
MARK VAN NOPPENDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0
PARKER VANVALKENBURGHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
0.5$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
26 MAIN ST, PAWTUCKET, RI 02860-4105
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
DEBORAH COX, 26 MAIN STREET, PAWTUCKET, RI 02860
Signed the 990
DEBORAH COX, PRESIDENT
Phone
(401) 728-8780
Return prepared by
KAHN LITWIN RENZA & CO LTD

Mission

PAL PERFORMS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF CULTURAL RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION, DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND AND THE MID-ATLANTIC. ITS CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES INCLUDE (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, TERRESTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, HISTORY, CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONSULTATION, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNING.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEYS ARE PERFORMED IN PROJECT AREAS THAT REQUIRE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL PERMITTING OR FUNDING IN ORDER TO ASSESS IF IMPACTS FROM THE PROJECT WILL AFFECT ANY HISTORIC BUILDINGS, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, HISTORIC LANDSCAPES, OR OBJECTS. SURVEYS ALSO ARE PERFORMED AT THE REQUEST OF MUNICIPALITIES AND PRIVATE PARTIES, SUCH AS LOCAL HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS AND SOCIETIES, TO INFORM THEM OF ANY HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THEIR CITIES AND TOWNS OR ON INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. TECHNICAL REPORTS DETAILING THE RESULTS OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEYS ARE PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES, HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS AND SOCIETIES, LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITIES, PROFESSIONAL COLLEAGUES AND OTHER COMPANIES SIMILAR TO PAL. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO THE PUBLIC AND GRADES K THROUGH 12 ARE OFTEN PREPARED ON THE TYPES OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS.
    Expenses $6,328,263 · revenue $7,748,007
  • IN THE COURSE OF PAL'S WORK, CULTURAL DATA AND ARTIFACTS ARE IDENTIFIED AND RECOVERED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF SUCH MATERIALS ARE MAINTAINED IN PAL'S LABORATORY, WHERE THEY ARE CATALOGUED AND CURATED, AND PRESERVED FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. PAL'S LABORATORY IS RUN BY PROFESSIONALLY-QUALIFIED STAFF WHO SPECIALIZE IN CULTURAL MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION ANALYSES AND CURATION. RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED IN A CUSTOM-BUILT, SEARCHABLE DATABASE AND ALL CULTURAL MATERIALS AND RECORDS ARE CURATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR'S STANDARDS (36 CFR 79) FOR CURATION OF FEDERALLY-OWNED AND ADMINISTERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. THE FULL COLLECTION ALSO INCLUDES EXTENSIVE LITHIC, POST-CONTACT CERAMIC, BOTTLE, FAUNAL AND FLORAL TYPE COLLECTIONS THAT AID IN CULTURAL (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ARE USED AS TEACHING COLLECTIONS FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. ALL DATA AND ARTIFACTS STORED AT PAL ARE AVAILABLE TO PROFESSIONAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS, STUDENTS AND OTHER QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN USING THE MATERIALS FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH.IN ADDITION, PAL ASSISTS SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO PROPERLY PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN MATERIALS BY CATALOGING AND CURATING THEIR ARTIFACTS.
    Expenses $215,390
  • PAL'S PRIMARY MISSION OF PERFORMING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT BENEFITS THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966, AS AMENDED, RESULTS IN THE IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORY AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS. THE PRODUCT OF THIS RESEARCH IS PROVIDED TO COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. PAL ALSO ENGAGES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ITSELF, CREATING PROGRAMS TAILORED TO AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, INCLUDING GRADE SCHOOLS, HIGH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES AND ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION VENUES. THIS MAY INCLUDE SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND FIELD ACTIVITIES THAT EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR NATIONS' HISTORY. PAL ALSO DISSEMINATES INFORMATION TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS ON A REGIONAL AND (SEE CONTINUATION ON SCHEDULE O)NATIONAL LEVEL THROUGH ITS PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS. PAL ALSO PROMOTES SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH SUPPORTING OUR STAFF IN THEIR ACADEMIC PURSUITS.
    Expenses $87,786

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
05-0397614
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1985
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$19,586,900
Income (IRS master file)
$9,720,981

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$8,365,042$7,937,630$19,586,900XML
990December 2023$7,838,043$6,687,317$18,195,605XML
990December 2022$5,708,480$6,010,789$13,550,975IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 05-0397614).

Questions about PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC

What is the EIN of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC is 05-0397614.
Is PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1985.
Are donations to PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DEBORAH COX.
Who are the officers and directors of PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 18 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $221,704 (DEBORAH COX, PRESIDENT).
How much revenue does PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $8,365,042, expenses of $7,937,630 and total assets of $19,586,900 at year end.

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