Nonprofit · EIN 95-3403273
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY
Tax-exempt · ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | 990 | $15,487,164 | $4,219,760 | $11,267,404 | $73,310,965 | $519,080 | $72,791,885 |
| July 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,657,078 | $3,935,646 | $721,432 | $61,760,153 | $927,969 | $60,832,184 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $14,020,983
- Membership dues
- $967,358
- Program service revenue
- $645,518
- Investment income
- $707,305
- Royalties
- $10,557
- Net rental income
- $40,068
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $404,748
- Other revenue
- $113,358
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $479,248
- Other salaries and wages
- $921,353
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,672,396
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $64,071
- Accounting fees
- $83,106
- Occupancy
- $46,738
- Travel
- $126,239
- Depreciation
- $12,988
- Program services (functional)
- $3,207,995
- Management and general (functional)
- $581,526
- Fundraising (functional)
- $430,239
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $61,760,153
- Total assets, end of year
- $73,310,965
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $519,080
- Net assets, end of year
- $72,791,885
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $300,614
- Publicly traded securities
- $10,837,301
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $69,366,979
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,424,906
- Gross receipts
- $16,637,889
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 360
- Year formed
- 1979
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK P MICHEL | PRES/CEO--FO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $164,653 | $17,236 |
| TIONE JOSEPH | CFO Officer | 40 | $116,612 | $15,732 |
| ANNE LOWE | PRES/CEO--FO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $120,267 | $7,579 |
| JESSICA CRAWFORD | REGIONAL DIR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,100 | $14,510 |
| CORY D WILKINS | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $101,950 | $10,005 |
| BETSY ALEXANDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANE DOYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM GALLOWAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT GELB | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY GOLDEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LESLIE MASSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY M MITCHEM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL THOMPSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VIN STEPONAITIS | CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended July 31, 2024: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARK P MICHEL | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $198,410 | $23,770 |
| TIONE JOSEPH | CFO Officer | 40 | $112,133 | $13,584 |
| JESSICA CRAWFORD | REGIONAL DIR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,266 | $14,348 |
| LORNA WOLF | SECRETARY Officer | 40 | $88,874 | $13,254 |
| BETSY ALEXANDER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANE DOYLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM GALLOWAY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT GELB | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JERRY GOLDEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL LIPE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LESLIE MASSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY M MITCHEM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| VIN STEPONAITIS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BILL THOMPSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES WALKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GORDON WILSON | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNE K LOWE | PRESIDENT/CE Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1717 GIRARD BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106-1718
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CORY D WILKINS, 1717 GIRARD BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106
- Signed the 990
- CORY D WILKINS, PRESIDENT/CEO
- Phone
- (505) 266-1540
- Website
- WWW.THEARCHCONS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- TAYLOR ROTH AND COMPANY
Mission
TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. THE CONSERVANCY IDENTIFIES IMPORTANT ENDANGERED SITES, ACQUIRES THE PROPERTY BY PURCHASE, GIFT, OR BARGAIN SALE FROM DONORS, SECURES THE PROPERTY, STABILIZES THE CULTURAL RESOURCES AT THE SITE, MANAGES THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVE AS PART OF A LONG-TERM PLAN, AND EDUCATES THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND HOW TO PRESERVE WHAT REMAINS.
Program accomplishments
- ACQUISITION, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT: DURING THE YEAR ENDING JULY 31, 2025, THE CONSERVANCY COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION AND PROTECTION OF 11 ENDANGERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, WHICH ARE NOW MANAGED AS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVES. OVER 25 MORE SITES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF ACQUISITION. IN TOTAL, THE CONSERVANCY HAS PROTECTED OVER 590 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CONSERVANCY REGULARLY CONDUCTS STEWARDSHIP AND MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF EACH SITE.Expenses $1,823,492
- EDUCATION: DURING THE YEAR ENDING JULY 31, 2025, THE CONSERVANCY PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF "AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY" MAGAZINE, WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH A TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF 20,600 COPIES PER ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONSERVANCY CONDUCTED 9 ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRAVEL SEMINARS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR WITH OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS.Expenses $1,384,503 · revenue $645,518
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 July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | July 31, 2026 | December 15, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | July 31, 2025 | December 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | July 31, 2024 | December 16, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 95-3403273
- 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
- 1979
- Accounting year ends
- July
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $73,310,965
- Income (IRS master file)
- $16,637,889
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | July 2025 | $15,487,164 | $4,219,760 | $73,310,965 | XML |
| 990 | July 2024 | $4,657,078 | $3,935,646 | $61,760,153 | XML |
| 990 | July 2023 | $6,614,180 | $3,436,109 | $59,982,548 | IRS |
| 990 | July 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | July 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 95-3403273).
Questions about ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY
- What is the EIN of ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY is 95-3403273.
- Is ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1979.
- Are donations to ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY 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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names CORY D WILKINS.
- Who are the officers and directors of ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY?
- The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $164,653 (MARK P MICHEL, PRES/CEO--FO).
- How much revenue does ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $15,487,164, expenses of $4,219,760 and total assets of $73,310,965 at year end.
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