Archaeological Institute of America
The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) promotes archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past to foster an appreciation of the diverse cultures and our shared humanity. The AIA supports archaeologists, their research and its dissemination, and the ethical practice of archaeology. The AIA educates people of all ages about the significance or archaeological discovery and advocates for the preservation of the world's archaeological heritage.
Archaeological Institute of America at a glance
In short: Archaeological Institute of America gave $48K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), top state New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $48,125
- +466.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- +300.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $12,031
- +41.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $11,250
- Total assets
- $19,442,540
- +4.5% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (41% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Archaeological Institute of America
Open Grants
28 open opportunities from Archaeological Institute of America
AIA Fellowship for Study in the U.S. Grant
Archaeological Institute of America
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
AIA Site Preservation Grant
Archaeological Institute of America
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
AIA Society Outreach Grant Program
Archaeological Institute of America
Amount
Up to US $500
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Archaeological Institute of America funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Cambridge University Press ($20K). Together the top 4 received $48K.
Grant Size Distribution
27 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 27 grants of 27 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Archaeological Institute of America gives
- Giving fell 31% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $9K (2024) to $220K (2021). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $48K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge University Press New York, NY | Subvention Grant | $19,625 |
| Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC | Site Preservation | $15,000 |
| Texas A&M University Press College Station, TX | Subvention Grant | $7,500 |
| Penn Museum Philadelphia, PA | Subvention Grant | $6,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $19,442,540 | $6,118,521 | $6,089,641 | $48,125 | 4 | $761,183 |
| 2024 | $18,603,495 | $6,452,285 | $6,230,625 | $8,500 | 1 | $527,327 |
| 2023 | $17,465,331 | $7,203,465 | $6,615,523 | $72,194 | 7 | $1,275,513 |
| 2022 | $17,425,047 | $8,122,022 | $6,732,143 | $70,221 | 6 | $1,399,044 |
| 2021 | $19,860,848 | $7,445,852 | $6,620,448 | $220,087 | 9 | $295,203 |
| 2020 | $15,760,718 | $9,516,750 | $6,399,482 | $169,941 | 9 | $2,995,324 |
| 2019 | $14,253,868 | $6,200,946 | $6,108,661 | $30,250 | 3 | $272,087 |
About Archaeological Institute of America
Based on IRS filings
Archaeological Institute of America is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Auburndale, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $19.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $48K. Net investment income was $761K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Archaeological Institute of America is led by Kevin Quinlan, Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 5 of 42 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kevin Quinlan
Executive Director
Chief Operating Officer → Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$167K (2019) → $190K (2025)
Elizabeth S. Greene
President
Vice President for Cultural Heritage & Academic Trustee → First Vice President & Academic Trustee, 2020
First Vice President & Academic Trustee → President, 2023
On filings since 2019
15 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Baily
Director of Development
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$105K (2022) → $110K (2025)
Kevin Mullen
Director of Marketing & Prof. Services
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$104K (2022) → $114K (2025)
Michelle Pelletier
Director of Finance
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$86K (2024) → $137K (2025)
David Ackert
General Trustee
Treasurer → General Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Arnold
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elie Abemayor
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Herzig Desnick
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Maria Vecchiotti
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Wiseman
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Monica L. Smith
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Thomas H. Carpenter
General Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Betsey Robinson
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Papadopoulos
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Suehnholz
General Trustee
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jane Botsford Johnson
General Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jay Conger
General Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joost Blom
Society Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Seungjung Kim
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Laird
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Kmetz-Sheehy
General Trustee
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Pavelko
General Trustee
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alex W. Barker
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew L. Goldman
Society Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Schowalter
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jo Anne Van Tilburg
General Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joanne Murphy
Academic Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michele Kidwell Gilbert
General Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dawn Cox
Society Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heidi James Fisher
Society Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Barnouw
General Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Gates-Foster
Academic Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sandra L. Flow
General Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jarrett A. Lobell
Editor in Chief & Archaeology
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$112K (2020) → $122K (2025)
James Jansson
Treasurer
Society Trustee → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kim Shelton
Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs
Academic Trustee → Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs, 2023
On filings since 2019
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Laetitia La Follette
Past President
First Vice President → President, 2020
President → Past President, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian I. Daniels
First Vice President
Vice President for Cultural Heritage → First Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2020
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Omur Harmansah
Vice President for Cultural Heritage
Academic Trustee → Vice President for Cultural Heritage, 2023
On filings since 2021
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Thum
Vice President for Outreach & Education
On filings since 2024
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katie Petrole
Vice President for Societies
New on the 2025 filing
7 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (57)
- Former: Jeanne Bailey (2019–2024) — General Trustee · Filing note: As of jan 2019
- Former: John Yarmick (2019–2024) — General Trustee
- Former: Lawrence Cripe (2019–2024) — General Trustee · Filing note: As of jan 2019
- Former: Thomas Sienkewicz (2019–2024) — Society Trustee
- Former: Mark Hurst (2020–2024) — General Trustee
- Former: Rebecca W. King (2020–2024) — Executive Director · Filing note: As of mar 2020
- Former: Sabrina Higgins (2021–2024) — Vice President for Societies
- Former: Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow (2022–2024) — Society Trustee
- Former: Barbara Sweet (2022–2024) — General Trustee
- Former: Ian Jude Chio (2022–2024) — Director of Finance · Filing note: As of apr 2022
- Former: Andrea De Giorgi (2023–2024) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Arthur Cassanos (2019–2023) — Society Trustee
- Former: Barbara Meyer (2019–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: David Adam (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: David R. Boochever (2019–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: Gary Linn (2019–2023) — Society Trustee · Filing note: As of jan 2019
- Former: Jodi Magness (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Joshua Gates (2019–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: Laura Rich (2019–2023) — Vice President for Outreach & Education · Filing note: As of jan 2020
- Former: Anthony Tuck (2020–2023) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Alexandra Jones (2021–2023) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth Macaulay (2021–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: Mathea Falco (2021–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: Paula Paster Michtom (2021–2023) — General Trustee
- Former: Elizabeth M. Green (2023) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Laetitia Lafollette (2023) — Past President
- Former: Tom Tartarn To (2023) — Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs
- Former: Thomas Tartaron (2020–2022) — Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs
- Former: Lorrelle Hrul To Nov (2022) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Connie Rodriguez (2019–2021) — Vice President for Societies
- Former: David Seigle (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: H. Bruce McEver (2019–2021) — General Trustee
- Former: Kathleen Lynch (2019–2021) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Mark Lawall (2019–2021) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Morag Kersel (2019–2021) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Richard Macdonald (2019–2021) — General Trustee
- Former: Sarah Parcak (2019–2021) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Tina Mayland (2019–2021) — General Trustee
- Former: Jane Carter (2020–2021) — Editor in Chief & Aja
- Former: Lorrelle Hrul (2021) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Andrew Moore (2019–2020) — General Trustee
- Former: Bruce Keeler (2019–2020) — Director of Development
- Former: Lisa Kealhofer (2019–2020) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Thomas Levy (2019–2020) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Ethel Scully To Jan (2020) — Vice President for Outreach & Education
- Former: A. Phokion Potamianos (2019) — General Trustee
- Former: Ann Benbow Ph Dto Feb (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Ann Santen (2019) — Vice President for Societies
- Former: Bonna Wescoat To Jan (2019) — Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs
- Former: Bruce Campbell To Jan (2019) — General Trustee
- Former: Deborah Lehr To Jan (2019) — General Trustee
- Former: Derek Counts (2019) — Academic Trustee
- Former: Ethel Scully (2019) — Vice President for Outreach & Education
- Former: Jennie Leghart (2019) — Director of Finance
- Former: Margaret Morden To Jan (2019) — Society Trustee
- Former: Robert Rothberg To Jan (2019) — General Trustee
- Former: Thomas Tartaronas Of Jan (2019) — Vice President for Research & Academic Affairs
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $190K, to Kevin Quinlan (Executive Director). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Archaeological Institute of America
How much does Archaeological Institute of America give each year?
Archaeological Institute of America gave $48K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $9K across 1 grant.
What is Archaeological Institute of America's typical grant size?
Archaeological Institute of America's median grant in 2025 was $11,250, and its average grant was $12,031, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Archaeological Institute of America give grants?
Archaeological Institute of America's top state is New York, with 41% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were South Carolina (31%) and Texas (16%).
Does Archaeological Institute of America give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Archaeological Institute of America's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Subvention Grant" (3 grants).
How large is Archaeological Institute of America?
Archaeological Institute of America reported $19.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $6.1M.
What is Archaeological Institute of America?
Archaeological Institute of America is a public charity focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Auburndale, MA. It holds $19.4M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Archaeological Institute of America's EIN?
Archaeological Institute of America's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-5669180. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 26, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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