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Southwest Seminars

EIN 74-2848875 · Santa Fe, NM

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

EDUCATION

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 61% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

Reserves
20 of 35
Spendable reserves would cover 4.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20
It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15
Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15
Income fell 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15
71% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Weak: 35 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).

Independent board
5 of 25
0 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15
Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8
Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7
Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
0 of 5
Reports that it does not keep minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10
Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5
Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10
Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (2)

$108,603 spent. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED NUMEROUS TRAVELS WITH A SCHOLAR STUDY TOURS. PARTICIPANTS TRAVELED INTO GRANTS, CANYON DE CHELLY AND MONUMENT VALLEY TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE OF ANCIENT DINE PEOPLE. ALSO THE ART AND CULTURE OF SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO. ALSO THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE AT CHACO CANYON AND THE TWO OUTLIERS OF AZTEC AND SALMON RUINS. ALSO THE HISTORY OF PUEBLO CUISINE, NATIVE DIET AND FARMING SUSTAINABILITY AT OHKAY-OWINGEH PUEBLO. 10 EVENT DAYS WITH 292 PARTICIPANTS.
$35,657 spent. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED REGIONAL AND LOCAL SCHOLARS IN EDUCATIONAL EVENTS IN WEEKLY PUBLIC LECTURES DEVOTED TO ARCHAEOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, NATIVE AMERICAN & HISPANIC CULTURE AND ISSUES, NATURAL SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE WITH AN EDUCATIONAL FOCUS ON THE SOUTHWEST. 50 EVENTS WITH 3,275 ATTENDEES.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

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 October 1998.
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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