Texas · Nonprofit
Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society
Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,377 to it, the largest being Houston Arts Alliance ($21,877). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $84k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society does
Mission
Provide educational programs for adults and youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We presented 11 events to 2,500 adults.
$60,896 spent76% of program spendingWe presented 5 Ancient Encounters to 3000 children & theirfamilies and 10 college & high school workshops for 550students.
$17,567 spent22% of program spending3 presentations to 67,000 viewers on our YouTube channel.
$1,200 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $59k to $26k (−55%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
82% of Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Becky Lao
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $14k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
50% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 54% · 2022 59% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
80% of Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society?
- Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,377 to it, the largest being Houston Arts Alliance ($21,877). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $84,377 in grants to Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society?
- Houston Arts Alliance is the largest funder on record, with $21,877 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Archaeological Institute of America-Houston Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing