SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC

Financials

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, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

6220 MOJAVE ST NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87120-4821

In care of

% PAULA LOENDORF

Mailing address (990-N for 2020)

6220 MOJAVE ST NW, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87120

Principal officer (990-N for 2020)

PAULA LOENDORF, 6220 MOJAVE ST NW, ALBUQUERQUE NM 871204821

Signed the 990

PAULA LOENDORF, Treasurer

Phone

(505) 697-0913

Website

SACREDSITESRESEARCH.ORG

Return prepared by

KP Accounting

Mission

Protect North American Indian sacred sites.

Program accomplishments

• Identify, protect, and preserve North American Indian sacred sites. Despite experiencing a considerable delay due to the US Government shutdown, Sacred Sites Research, Inc. (SSR) had a successful year. Below is a summary of our key accomplishments. An important change in SSR board membership is that Julie Francis and Mary Hopkins agreed to serve on the board. They replace Carolyn McClellan and Bonita Newman. We thank Carolyn and Bonita for their service and welcome Julie and Mary. A key task was undertaken on the Carlsbad project, now in its third year with SSR and Versar, Inc. The task was to revisit a half-dozen sites in Lincoln National Forest to collect information that was missing from the initial recording in 2024. Although we then planned to start recording major sites in Carlsbad National Park, we are unable to access the park in the government shutdown. Fortunately, however, Guadalupe National Park was partially open, and we were able to reach and record eight sites in that park. So, while we planned but failed to get to 10 to 12 sites in Carlsbad National Park, we did get to 8 sites in Guadalupe National Park. Most of the year was spent finalizing panel drawings and writing the reports for the sites where fieldwork is already completed. Some of these are from large sites like Last Chance Canyon with 38 panels while others are small with a single panel like White Oaks Spring. Once panel drawings are complete the descriptions are finished and draft copies of the site write-ups are sent in for editorial review and preparation for publication. SSR taught a workshop for the American Rock Art Research Association in Visalia, California. Laurie White, Karen Steelman and Lawrence Loendorf were the instructors for the workshop, which was well attended with 25 participants. Carl Davis and Sara Scott were recipients of a SSR award to record an important rock art site south of Dillon, Montana. Mark Willis was a major participant in that project where the final panel drawings were completed by Daivd Kaiser. Davis and Scott are in the process of completing the site description and preparing the final report. A notable accomplishment was the publication of a book titled Ten Steps for Recording Pictograph and Petroglyph Sites: Methods and Technologies. Written by Nancy Stone and Lawrence Loendorf, the book was published by University of Utah Press. In another effort, Lawrence Loendorf and Marvin Rowe travelled from New Mexico to Pueblo, Colorado to collect a sample of the paint on a pictograph that is part of a display in the Pueblo Museum. We then transferred the sample to Karen Steelman who processed it for a plasma oxidation date. A list of published works and presentations by board members is below: (Listed by lead authors) Publications Board members highlighted Loendorf, Lawrence, Karen Steelman and Carolynne Merrell 2025 New Radiocarbon Ages for the Painted Coulee and Spring Gulch Pictograph Sites. Archaeology in Montana 36(1):35-49. Loendorf, Lawrence, Julie E. Francis, William Eckerle, Spencer Pelton and Mark Willis 2024 The Wold Rock Art District, Wyoming(48JO4513): Geoarchaeology, changing landscapes and estimating ages of rock art. Plains Anthropologist 69(270):102-127. Neely, James, Blas Castellon-Huerta, Samuel Wilson, Mark Willis and Chester Walker The Scorpion Mound Complex: An Effigy Mound Site with Possible Functional/Ceremonial Significance in the Tehuacn Valley of Puebla, Mxico. August 2025. Ancient Mesoamerica. DOI: 10.1017/S0956536125000070. Mark D. Willis and Satoru Murata LiDAR Mapping of Areas in the Vicinity of Biscayne and Rock Stone Pond. Investigations of the Belize River East Archaeology Project: A Report of the 2024 Field Season. Marieka Brouwer Burg and Eleanor Harrison-Buck, Editors. Occasional Paper, No. 13. Department of Anthropology University of New Hampshire Report submitted to the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History, Belmopan, Belize 2025 Koenig, Charles W., Amanda M. Castaeda, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller Rock Imagery Survey of North Mountain at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site, El Paso County, Texas. Versar Cultural Resources Report No. 942.1EP. Texas Antiquities Permit 31975. Presentations and other SSR related endeavors Lawrence Loendorf 2025 Pictograph Scenes that Compare to Tabira Black and White Pottery. Paper delivered at the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, CO. 2025 Pictographs, Petroglyphs, Pots and Shield-bearing Warriors. PowerPoint presentation for the Albuquerque Archaeological Society, Albuquerque, NM. 2025 Shields and Shield-bearing Warrior Motif Pictographs and Petroglyphs. PowerPoint presentation, Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, CO. Laurie White 2025 Recording Petroglyphs and Pictographs. Northern Colorado Archeological Society, 2025 Recording Petroglyphs and Pictographs. Professional Artists Group Presentation, via Zoom Laurie White and Lawrence Loendorf 2025 Guadalupe Pictographs: Descriptions and Possible Uses by Ancient Hunters. American Rock Art Research Association. Annual Meeting, Visalia, CA. Julie Francis 2025 Led tours of the Legend Rock State Petroglyph site for the Meeteetse Museum. 2025 Guided Ann Stephens to a successful defense of her thesis which was based on a spatial analysis of the rock art in the Bighorn Basin and her MA degree at the University of Wyoming.
  Expenses $85,003
• Mark Willis 2025 Digital Approaches to Rock Art Research: Innovations and Applications (World Archaeology Conference, Darwin, Australia) Mark helped organize and presented a paper at this conference. Amanda Castaneda, Charles W. Koenig, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller 2025 Summary of Phase 1 Rock Imagery Survey at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Texas Archeological Society Meeting, McAllen, Texas. Amanda Castaneda, Charles W. Koenig, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller Summary of Phase 1 Rock Imagery Survey at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Jornada Conference, El Paso, Texas Workshops Amanda Castaneda was one of the instructors for the Ethnobotany Academy hosted by the Texas Archeological Society in April 2025. Taught cordage making using native plants.

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.

IRS record

EIN

27-3432429

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2011

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Arts, culture and humanities (A23)

Assets (IRS master file)

$424,411

Income (IRS master file)

$245,692

Filing history

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 27-3432429).

Questions about SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC

What is the EIN of SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC is 27-3432429.

Is SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.

Are donations to SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does SACRED SITES RESEARCH 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 SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC?

The 990-N for 2020 names PAULA LOENDORF.

Who are the officers and directors of SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does SACRED SITES RESEARCH INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $245,692, expenses of $85,346 and total assets of $424,411 at year end.

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