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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,614,180
Total expenses
$3,436,109
Contributions and grants received
$5,757,833
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$404,327
Investment income
$338,217
Other revenue
$113,803
Total assets, end of year
$59,982,548
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,008,488
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$58,974,060
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,678,821
Management and general expenses
$314,731
Fundraising expenses
$442,557
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,678,821

Program services were 78.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $814,726

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $289,478

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,653,629

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,455,573

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL TOURS & SEMINARS

    total $391,756 · related or exempt $391,756

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE

    total $12,571 · related or exempt $12,571

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $329,586 · excluded $329,586

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $27,192 · excluded $27,192

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $34,037

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $34,037

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $34,037 · excluded $34,037

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $253,823 · other assets $52,382

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $271,735 · other assets $25,839

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$17,912 · other assets $26,543

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,631 · excluded $8,631

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $52,574 · related or exempt $52,574

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $52,574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $536,038 · program services $285,961 · management and general $176,583 · fundraising $73,494

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $962,258 · program services $810,331 · management and general $35,637 · fundraising $116,290

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $42,611 · program services $37,114 · management and general $686 · fundraising $4,811

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,744 · program services $44,137 · management and general $3,276 · fundraising $6,331

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $102,953 · program services $78,684 · management and general $11,296 · fundraising $12,973

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,206 · management and general $3,206

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,699 · management and general $33,699

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,049 · management and general $7,049

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,221 · management and general $8,221

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $769,819 · program services $583,220 · management and general $3,262 · fundraising $183,337

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,654 · program services $5,427 · management and general $170 · fundraising $57

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,987 · program services $31,150 · management and general $4,919 · fundraising $4,918

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $14,744 · management and general $14,744

  • 20 · Interest

    total $15,045 · program services $15,045

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,017 · program services $6,093 · management and general $962 · fundraising $962

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,555 · program services $15,156 · management and general $11,021 · fundraising $1,378

  • 24a · Other expenses: SEMINARS

    total $344,998 · program services $344,998

  • 24b · Other expenses: MAGAZINE PUBLISHING

    total $245,676 · program services $221,108 · fundraising $24,568

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE - SITES

    total $118,231 · program services $118,231

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROPERTY TAXES - SITES

    total $82,166 · program services $82,166

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,438 · fundraising $13,438

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $661,063 · program services $478,814 · fundraising $182,249

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $494,118 · end of year $588,739

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,493,779 · end of year $4,180,872

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,023,000 · end of year $264,336

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $289,478

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $15,478 · end of year $16,423

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $398,136

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $102,291

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $303,862 · end of year $295,845

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,611,201 · end of year $6,539,155

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $45,775,762 · end of year $47,807,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,637 · end of year $285

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $71,813 · end of year $124,511

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $383,873 · end of year $341,956

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $551,184 · end of year $541,736

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $49,553,397 · end of year $56,182,764

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,147,296 · end of year $2,791,296

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE AMERICA'S MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.

  • ACQUISITION, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT: DURING THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2023, THE CONSERVANCY COMPLETED THE ACQUISITION OF 17 ENDANGERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WHICH ARE NOW MANAGED AS ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVES. EIGHTEEN MORE SITES AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF ACQUISITION. IN ALL, THE CONSERVANCY HAS PRESERVED OVER 567 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MAINTAINING SECURITY AND PROVIDING STABILIZATION AND OTHER MAINTENANCE SERVICES ON THE PRESERVES.

    Expenses $1,445,043

  • EDUCATION: DURING THE YEAR ENDED JULY 31, 2023, THE CONSERVANCY PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES OF "AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY" MAGAZINE, WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WITH A TOTAL DISTRIBUTION OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 COPIES PER ISSUE. IN ADDITION, SIX ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRAVEL SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.

    Expenses $1,233,778 · Revenue $404,327

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Betsy Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet M Creighton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shane Doyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Galloway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Gelb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Golden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Lipe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leslie Masson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey M Mitchem

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dorinda Oliver

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vin Steponaitis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Wilson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark P Michel

    PRESIDENT, C

    Total calculated
    $213,324
    From this org
    $186,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,749
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,575
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,846
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,903
    Filer's total
    $213,324
  • James B Walker

    SR VP

    Total calculated
    $166,268
    From this org
    $144,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,686
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,494
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,088
    Filer's total
    $166,268
  • Tione Joseph

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $125,288
    From this org
    $106,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,025
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lorna Wolf

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $81,654
    From this org
    $69,103
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,551
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
8 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313459349301056

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