Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$3,022,889

Total expenses

$2,642,878

Contributions and grants received

$2,451,985

Grants paid

$47,185

Program service revenue

$308,422

Investment income

$297,016

Other revenue

-$34,534

Total assets, end of year

$11,102,504

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,184,886

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,917,618

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,205,431

Management and general expenses

$260,976

Fundraising expenses

$176,471

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,205,431

Program services were 83.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Landscape and Site ProtectionGreater Chaco Cultural Landscape: Archaeology Southwest is part of a broad coalition working to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape from threats from the oil & gas industry. A highlight of our efforts in 2022 was the creation of "Protecting Chaco's 10-Mile Zone," a short yet powerful documentary that provides a stunning audio and visual testament to the importance of the Greater Chaco Landscape.Respect Great Bend: Archaeology Southwest is working as part of a coalition to increase protection of public lands in the Gila Bend region of southwestern Arizona through the establishment of the "Great Bend of the Gila National Conservation Area." In February 2022, we launched the Respect Great Bend Story Map (story.respectgreatbend.org). This multimedia experience-developed in collaboration with The Wilderness Society and Conservation Lands Foundation-informs the public about why the region is so deserving of protection and introduces Arizonans from all walks of life who support its protection.Conservation Properties: As of 2022, 22 sensitive and significant heritage places are now protected through Archaeology Southwest's commitments and partnerships with landowners and continuing support from our staff members, our donors and volunteers, and the Arizona Site Stewards program administered by Arizona State Parks.Save History: Save History is an anti-looting movement created to inform the public on the consequences of archaeological resource crimes. SaveHistory.org centers Tribal perspectives on how to respectfully steward archaeological resources and instructs members of the public on how to identify and report looting and related crimes. Accomplishments in 2022 included the production of a Save History Digital Toolkit, educational content for social media, a two-page fact sheet, and branded stickers. We reached thousands of new allies through print advertisements in the Native American Art Magazine special issue for the 100th year anniversary of the Santa Fe Indian Market (20,000+ distribution) and the XPO-Press Tucson Gem Show EZ-Guide.Archaeological Resource Crime Response & Prevention: In 2022, Archaeology Southwest hosted an advanced Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) training and restoration project at the Romero Site in Catalina State Park with archaeologists from the US Forest Service and Gila River Indian Community Cultural Resources Management program. Over the course of three field sessions, the team documented, processed, and backfilled damaged areas surrounding an ancient ballcourt. Our experts incorporated training in forensic sedimentology, law-enforcement investigative techniques, and ARPA response methods into fieldwork and classroom sessions. We also provided several 40-hour ARPA trainings and archaeological site damage assessments at various locations throughout the West.

  Expenses $1,044,207 · Grants $47,185 · Revenue $247,861

• Research and cyberSWcyberSW: Throughout 2022, cyberSW continued to facilitate innovative research on topics such as social interaction networks through time, economic organization and land use in ancient communities, and regional population dynamics in the past. The database preserves legacy data from decades of archaeological work and keeps it alive, growing, and available for ongoing education and research. We are fortunate to be guided by a Tribal Working Group in all aspects of development, including user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design.Preservation Archaeology Field School: 2022 marked the final field season of the current format of the Preservation Archaeology Field School, a course offered by the University of Arizona and Archaeology Southwest. 70% of past field school students have continued in archaeology in professional positions with federal agencies, Cultural Resource Management companies, and academic departments, among other archaeological careers. Student and staff research resulted in many new insights about the Salado phenomenon in New Mexico in the 1300s, including how people from several different cultural backgrounds came together to form successful new communities.Lower Gila: The team completed its fieldwork and is currently wrapping up a report to share its findings with Tribal partners, the professional community, and the interested public. Team members also published two important reports. One charts the course of an Indigenous trail network that connects communities in the middle Gila River valley with companions along the lower Gila via an overland route across the Great Bend of the Gila. The other was prepared in support of the Nevada Avi Kwa Ame Coalition's efforts to preserve Avi Kwa Ame, a mountain on the edge of the Mohave Valley that is the spiritual birthplace for most Yuman tribes in Arizona and California. This study contributed to President Joseph R. Biden's subsequent establishment of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in 2023.

  Expenses $863,608 · Revenue $37,300

• Outreach and EducationArchaeology Cafe: In 2022, eight Zoom webinars spanned two Archaeology Cafe seasons: "Avian Archaeology and "Better for it: Research Conceived in Collaboration with Community." All Cafes were recorded, posted to Archaeology Southwest's YouTube channel, and shared on our social media.Hands-On Archaeology: The Hands-On Archaeology team made visits to events all around the Tucson area in 2022, including Mission Gardens, Town of Oro Valley Steam Pump Ranch, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Presidio San Agustin del Tucson Museum, and the Tucson Festival of Books. They held seven Hands-On classes in Tucson, teaching eager participants how to make stone tools, carve atlatls, haft stone knives, carve stone and shell jewelry, and etch marine shell.Archaeology Southwest Magazine: A long-awaited 64-page issue of Archaeology Southwest Magazine, "Revisiting Birds in the Southwest," was published in the summer of 2022 as a companion volume to the Archaeology Cafe season of the same name. The edition marked the publication's 35th volume year.Volunteer Programs: Archaeology Southwest volunteers annually contribute an average of 2,500 hours of specialized and skilled labor to our organization. They assist with site monitoring, protecting heritage places, and documenting legacy archaeological collections.

  Expenses $297,616 · Revenue $28,124

• Miscellaneous

  Revenue $12,560

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

Listed in Part VII

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.

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

23 October 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

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