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ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY

EIN 95-3403273 ALBUQUERQUE, NM

Largest nonprofits in New Mexico

Revenue 2024
$15,487,164
Expenses 2024
$4,219,760

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1717 GIRARD BLVD NE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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 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

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark P Michel

    PRES/CEO--FO

    Total calculated
    $181,889
    From this org
    $164,653
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,236
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,653
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,686
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,550
    Filer's total
    $181,889
  • Tione Joseph

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $132,344
    From this org
    $116,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,732
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anne Lowe

    PRES/CEO--FO

    Total calculated
    $127,846
    From this org
    $120,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,579
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jessica Crawford

    REGIONAL DIR

    Total calculated
    $119,610
    From this org
    $105,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,510
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cory D Wilkins

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $111,955
    From this org
    $101,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,005
    Hours/week
    40
  • Betsy Alexander

    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
  • Leslie Masson

    DIRECTOR

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

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vin Steponaitis

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,487,164
    Expenses
    $4,219,760
    Contributions
    $14,020,983
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,657,078
    Expenses
    $3,935,646
    Contributions
    $3,591,964
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,614,180
    Expenses
    $3,436,109
    Contributions
    $5,757,833
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,561,379
    Expenses
    $3,132,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,717,200
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,711,785
    Expenses
    $2,564,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,290,399
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,065,698
    Expenses
    $2,842,858
    Assets (EOY)
    $47,530,778
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,363,977
    Expenses
    $3,172,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,123,361
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,347,487
    Expenses
    $3,693,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $43,089,780
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,559,745
    Expenses
    $3,109,534
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,764,401
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,928,092
    Expenses
    $3,449,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,788,283
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,256,662
    Expenses
    $3,194,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,434,125
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,920,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,185,408
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,895,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,170,159

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.