Alliance for Heritage Conservation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Supports progressive collaborations and grassroot efforts to protect sites of cultural heritage and to educate the public about the value of cultural and archaeological heritage conservation.
- Income
- $1,200
- Spending
- $8,630
- Reserves
- 66.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- PACOY stands for: The Proyecto Arqueolgico Colaborativo del Oriente de Yucatn (PACOY), or the Eastern Yucatan Collaborative Archaeological Project. This project has been funded by private donors and institutions, including the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), the National Geographic Society, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. In 2023 and previous years, this project carried out archaeological research with the participation and collaboration of the local Maya community of Tahcabo in Yucatan, Mexico. As part of this project, InHerit designed educational workshops and a community museum in Mexico. Since 2021, US partners have visited Tahcabo to continue to update the community museum, conduct oral histories and interviews with Tahcabo residents, and provide presentations about archaeological and ethnographic research results. We also continue to host anniversary celebrations for the museum each August 23, including in August of 2025. Research durin
- Amplifying Native Voices in North Carolina History is an InHerit project funded by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and the North Carolina Humanities Council. The project began in 2020 and focuses on developing educational resources and workshops for 6-12th-grade teachers with the Museum of the Southeast American Indian in Pembroke, NC at UNC-Pembroke. Through this project, we are creating and donating free curriculum resources for middle schools and high schools about the history of Indigenous cultures in the state, the Lumbee tribe, and the science of archaeology. 2025 activities included applying for funding, coordinating & recruiting previous project participants for an evaluation of the project, to take place in January 2026, and begin planning for a fourth Teacher Institute, which was delayed following a lack of funding for the year. This project is currently being transitioned over to our partners at The Museum of the Southeast American Indian, so preparations and training took
- The Deep History of Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Practices at Tahcabo, Yucatn is an InHerit and PACOY project funded by the National Geographic Society, which began in 2022. The research identifies past and present cultivation practices that optimize resilience and productivity amid climate, demographic, and political change. Project methods included interviews with current farmers, plant surveys, airborne laser imagery for the study of canopy height and archaeological features, ground-based settlement survey, and the study of paleoenvironmental data from sinkholes (rejolladas and a cenote), which have served as important agricultural features. In 2022, this project kicked off with a summer-long field season including archaeological excavation and interviews of Tahcabo residents. Project activities including archaeological survey continued in 2023. These activities included working with students from the Universidad de Oriente de Yucatan for ground survey to verify LIDAR
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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