New Mexico · Nonprofit
Sacred Sites Research Inc
Sacred Sites Research Inc (New Mexico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being ILA B DOUSMAN FUND INC ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $260k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $264k
What Sacred Sites Research Inc does
Mission
Protect North American Indian sacred sites.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Identify, protect, and preserve North American Indian sacred sites. Despite experiencing a considerable delay due to the US Government shutdown, Sacred Sites Research, Inc. (SSR) had a successful year. Below is a summary of our key accomplishments. An important change in SSR board membership is that Julie Francis and Mary Hopkins agreed to serve on the board. They replace Carolyn McClellan and Bonita Newman. We thank Carolyn and Bonita for their service and welcome Julie and Mary. A key task was undertaken on the Carlsbad project, now in its third year with SSR and Versar, Inc. The task was to revisit a half-dozen sites in Lincoln National Forest to collect information that was missing from the initial recording in 2024. Although we then planned to start recording major sites in Carlsbad National Park, we are unable to access the park in the government shutdown. Fortunately, however, Guadalupe National Park was partially open, and we were able to reach and record eight sites in that park. So, while we planned but failed to get to 10 to 12 sites in Carlsbad National Park, we did get to 8 sites in Guadalupe National Park. Most of the year was spent finalizing panel drawings and…
$85,003 spent100% of program spendingMark Willis 2025 Digital Approaches to Rock Art Research: Innovations and Applications (World Archaeology Conference, Darwin, Australia) Mark helped organize and presented a paper at this conference. Amanda Castaneda, Charles W. Koenig, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller 2025 Summary of Phase 1 Rock Imagery Survey at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Texas Archeological Society Meeting, McAllen, Texas. Amanda Castaneda, Charles W. Koenig, Mark D. Willis, and Myles R. Miller Summary of Phase 1 Rock Imagery Survey at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Paper presented at the 24th Biennial Jornada Conference, El Paso, Texas Workshops Amanda Castaneda was one of the instructors for the Ethnobotany Academy hosted by the Texas Archeological Society in April 2025. Taught cordage making using native plants.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $85,003.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $119k to $264k (+122%).
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.
2% of Sacred Sites Research Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $2k.
From the IRS filings of Sacred Sites Research Inc’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
Sacred Sites Research Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Sacred Sites Research Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Mexico, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Sacred Sites Research Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Sacred Sites Research Inc
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 New Mexico
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Sacred Sites Research Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Sacred Sites Research Inc?
- Sacred Sites Research Inc (New Mexico) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being ILA B DOUSMAN FUND INC ($4,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sacred Sites Research Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,000 in grants to Sacred Sites Research Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sacred Sites Research Inc?
- ILA B DOUSMAN FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sacred Sites Research Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Mexico. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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