Arizona · Nonprofit
VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER
VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,520,779 to it, the largest being PAUL DYCK FOUNDATION RESEARCH INST OF AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE ($839,140). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $373k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Verde Valley Archaeology Center does
Mission
To preserve archaeological sites and collections; to curate collections locally and make them available for research; to develop partnerships with Native American and other cultural groups; to educate the public on the cultural heritage of the area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Verde Valley Archaeology Center owns and operates a 10,800 sq. ft. museum facility including offices, analysis laboratory and artifact repository with a museum store and library where the Center maintains a variety of museum exhibits of archaeological artifacts. The Center also owns and operates a 6 acre Heritage Park and garden including a nature pathway with appropriate signage and rest areas.
$172,760 spent$11,314 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe Center provided Public Education Experiences during the year, including 7 lectures, 4 workshops, 3 guided hikes and 5 special events and participated in 2 research projects and produced 1 virtual educational presentation. Additional educational opportunities are provided in the museum store and the archaeological focused library, a participant in the Yavapai County library system.
$52,728 spent$12,075 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe Center provides archaeological services to state and governmental agencies and hosts Native Americans for the purpose of demonstrations and provides guided excursions to archaeological sites and active indigenous communities.
$89,082 spent$32,380 earned by the program28% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,570.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.6M to $2.7M (+61%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 1% · 2022 6% · 2023 9% · 2024 3% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Monica Buckle
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $26k → $161k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER’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
VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 79% · 2021 78% · 2022 50% · 2023 51% — 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
58% of VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER's grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $306k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$246k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$60k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER
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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER?
- VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,520,779 to it, the largest being PAUL DYCK FOUNDATION RESEARCH INST OF AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE ($839,140). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,520,779 in grants to VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER?
- PAUL DYCK FOUNDATION RESEARCH INST OF AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE is the largest funder on record, with $839,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERDE VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGY CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 2017–2025), 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