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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWEST.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,427,269
Total expenses
$2,941,776
Contributions and grants received
$3,040,918
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$181,131
Investment income
$292,156
Other revenue
-$86,936
Total assets, end of year
$12,413,134
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,110,829
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,302,305
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,499,856
Management and general expenses
$218,069
Fundraising expenses
$223,851
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,499,856

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,559,036

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,481,882

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Contract Revenue

    total $159,831 · related or exempt $159,831

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Program Service Fees

    total $15,293 · related or exempt $15,293

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Other Revenue

    total $6,007 · related or exempt $6,007

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $262,255 · excluded $262,255

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $73,190

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $171,627

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$98,437

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$98,437 · unrelated business -$98,437

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,675,896

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

    securities $1,645,995

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $29,901

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $29,901 · excluded $29,901

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,501

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $11,501 · related or exempt $11,501

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $246,595 · program services $199,485 · management and general $26,618 · fundraising $20,492

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,242,528 · program services $1,005,121 · management and general $134,141 · fundraising $103,266

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,210 · program services $13,922 · management and general $1,858 · fundraising $1,430

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,814 · program services $93,798 · management and general $12,439 · fundraising $9,577

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $111,158 · program services $89,920 · management and general $12,000 · fundraising $9,238

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,213 · program services $37,383 · management and general $4,989 · fundraising $3,841

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $44,383 · program services $35,903 · management and general $4,791 · fundraising $3,689

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $476,009 · program services $427,367 · management and general $8,766 · fundraising $39,876

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $179,765 · program services $166,590 · management and general $2,817 · fundraising $10,358

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,790 · program services $2,790

  • 17 · Travel

    total $122,114 · program services $118,059 · management and general $816 · fundraising $3,239

  • 20 · Interest

    total $28,722 · program services $23,234 · management and general $3,101 · fundraising $2,387

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $74,376 · program services $60,166 · management and general $8,029 · fundraising $6,181

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,315 · program services $15,759 · management and general $2,009 · fundraising $1,547

  • 24a · Other expenses: Stipends & Program Supp

    total $187,416 · program services $187,342 · management and general $42 · fundraising $32

  • 24b · Other expenses: Postage & Printing

    total $82,323 · program services $69,297 · management and general $943 · fundraising $12,083

  • 24c · Other expenses: Telephone & Utilities

    total $50,291 · program services $41,945 · management and general $4,716 · fundraising $3,630

  • 24d · Other expenses: Repairs & Maintenance

    total $42,522 · program services $34,488 · management and general $4,539 · fundraising $3,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$147,768 · program services -$122,713 · management and general -$14,545 · fundraising -$10,510

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $987,264 · end of year $310,922

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $506,515 · end of year $846,151

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $124,435 · end of year $158,768

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $23,873 · end of year $672

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,062 · end of year $16,034

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

    $2,704,784

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

    $473,145

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,267,153 · end of year $2,231,639

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,817,006 · end of year $8,534,069

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $236,995 · end of year $174,527

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $125,201 · end of year $140,352

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $110,802 · end of year $139,091

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,270 · end of year $18,080

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $967,394 · end of year $908,448

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $86,420 · end of year $45,210

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,997,880 · end of year $2,987,723

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,919,738 · end of year $8,314,582

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Archaeology Southwest's mission is to explore and protect heritage places while honoring their diverse values.

  • Landscape and Site ProtectionSave History: Our campaign to end archaeological resource crime on Tribal lands educates people through our website, social media, videos, comic book, advertising, and in-person outreach. Our most impactful project in 2023 was "Save Indigenous History: An Activity Book for Children", which features illustrations by 5 Indigenous artists. Archaeological Resource Crime Response & Prevention: In addition to undertaking fieldwork and hosting training sessions, we referred more than 20 possible violations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Cultural Resource Unit and Homeland Security. Through our online monitoring program, we identified more than 173 cultural item auction listings and shared those with BIA-CRU for review.Respect Great Bend: Archaeology Southwest is a founding member of the coalition seeking national monument designation for an enduring yet fragile southern Arizona cultural landscape known as the Great Bend of the Gila. Designation will provide better and more permanent protections, as well as the opportunity for the 13 Tribes whose stories these lands hold to be directly involved in the monument's management. Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape: A decade of hard work with Pueblo, Din, and conservation partners paid off in June 2023, when the US Department of the Interior approved a 20-year mineral withdrawal of federal lands and minerals within a 10-mile protection zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

    Expenses $1,222,737 · Revenue $165,911

  • Research and cyberSWcyberSW: We were pleased to add members to the Tribal Working Group that guides development of the cyberSW platform to include data of interest to Indigenous communities. Our new Native American Fellow is developing a digital field guide for bird species important to O'odham peoples using the database. We also began adding information about archaeological plant & animal remains, stone & bone tools, and items of personal adornment to the database.Cultural Uses of Plants and Animals in the Southern Southwest: In September 2023 we received a National Science Foundation grant to study how people used animals and plants during a period of dramatic social change in the past. The project uses existing collections and data from 3 different areas from the periods before, during, and after migrants from what is now northeastern Arizona moved south to join existing communities in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Documenting Indigenous and Historical Trails: A 2023 grant from the Bureau of Land Management put us on the ground documenting trails in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. The objective is to evaluate the relationship, if any, between the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail and existing Indigenous trails traversing the Great Bend of the Gila, such as the Komadk Trail.

    Expenses $917,327 · Revenue $8,713

  • Outreach and EducationPreservation Archaeology Position Papers: We kicked off our new position papers series in 2023 with two outstanding, far-reaching, and plain-speaking contributions by our Tribal Collaboration directors: "A Model for Tribal Collaboration at Archaeology Southwest and "Our Living Land Acknowledgment." Archaeology Cafe: The 2022-2023 season, "Better for It: Research Conceived in Collaboration with Community", attracted well over 600 viewers nationwide via Zoom. The 2023-2024 season, "Nourishing Body, Soul, & Earth: Traditional Foods & Foodways", was a mix of online and in person, and equally well attended.Archaeology Southwest Magazine: Our magazine is committed to featuring the perspectives of descendant communities and collaborating with them to develop themes and topics. "Better for It: Archaeology Conceived in Collaboration with Community" was preceded by a very special edition by retiring President & CEO Bill Doelle: "Love of the Gila: Reflections on Millennia of Life in the Southern Southwest".Hands-On Archaeology: Staff took the show on the road for 30 community events reaching 100s of people at various locations, including Mission Gardens, Town of Oro Valley Steam Pump Ranch, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Presidio San Agustn del Tucson Museum, and the Tucson Festival of Books. Eight ancient technologies workshops were held at our headquarters, as well as four community classes at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community's Huhugam Ki Museum.Volunteers: One of our longest-running volunteer endeavors, the Robinson Project, logged more than 2,100 hours in 2023. The team is analyzing and preparing a legacy archaeological collection for curation at the Arizona State Museum. A similar project, Roadrunner Vista, destined for curation at the Amerind Foundation, made substantial progress over the course of the year. In the fall, a dedicated group of 30 volunteers walked long transects and camped under stars for the Desert Trails Survey.

    Expenses $359,792 · Revenue $18,008

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • William H Doelle

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $155,279
    From this org
    $148,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,416
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,863
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,290
    Nontaxable benefits
    $126
    Filer's total
    $155,279
  • Dan Kimball

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Vanderveen

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Kay Gilliland

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kornberg

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chip Colwell

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Curtis Quam

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Kennedy Sudduth

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Davina Two Bears

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruth Van Dyke

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Pierce

    Deputy Director (CFO)

    Total calculated
    $91,316
    From this org
    $81,126
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,190
    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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Prudent Preservation Partners LLC

    Own and manage historic property · AZ · income $211,927 · assets $1,733,197

    Directly controlled by Archaeology Southwest

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202402209349300120

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