2023-10-30T13:27:31-05:00 2022-12-31 911194016 Clark Nuber PS 10900 NE 4th Street Suite 1400 Bellevue WA 98004 990 2022-01-01 911265806 Astrophysical Research Consortium ASTR 2066160035 co Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 Henry Chip Kobulnicky Secretary and Treasurer 2066160035 2023-10-25 1 Henry Chip Kobulnicky 999009999 0 Karen L Dunn P00192887 4254544919 2023-10-25 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Henry Chip Kobulnicky c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 15658962 0 X HTTP://ARC.APO.NMSU.EDU X 1984 WA Astrophysical Research Consortium was established to design, build and operate a variety of sizes and shapes of telescopes at its Apache Point site at Sunspot, New Mexico. 18 17 60 22 0 0 5631981 9588120 4738937 4203385 -321745 -44646 7621 7445 10056794 13754304 0 0 0 0 3859889 3199538 0 0 0 1764904 5308741 5624793 8508279 4432001 5246025 37277720 42550918 2787915 2967819 34489805 39583099 X Astrophysical Research Consortium operates two telescopes at the Apache Point Observatory. There is a 3.5-meter general purpose telescope and a survey specialized 2.5-meter Sloan Foundation telescope. The telescopes have distinct purposes in the service of their constituencies. 0 0 8141671 4208605 The 3.5-meter telescope benefits the research faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and public outreach programs of each member institution. Using innovative remote software, astronomers can operate and collect data from anywhere in the world. The telescope has a suite of cameras and spectrographs that serve a wide variety of scientific endeavors, resulting in more than 50 refereed science results being published each year. There is an active outreach program at the observatory and at member institutions. The 2.5-meter telescope, which operates the SDSS-IV and SDSS-V survey projects, had a productive year. The SDSS-IV project was completed in December 2021. The project is still funding travel for scientific conferences in 2023. The SDSS-V survey began in October 2020 (slightly delayed due to COVID19). ARC is working to enroll new member institutions and participants continuously. A new corrector lens was built for the Sloan telescope. A new robotic fiber positioning system ("The FPS") was installed and commissioned at APO in November and December of 2021 and a second FPS was installed and commissioned at LCO in August and September of 2022. Operations are ongoing at APO and at LCO. The Local Volume Mapper Instrument (LVMi) has been installed at LCO starting February of 2023. 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Part III Accounting Method: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alim Patten Business Manager 84367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84367 0 0 0 SCHEDULE J, PART I, #3 AND PART II: Alim Patten receives compensation for her work with Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) from the University of Washington (UW), an unrelated exempt organization. ARC reimburses UW for her compensation. X Equipment 1 64651 FMV 0 0 0 0 Part I, Column (b): The number in column B is based on the number of contributions received. Form 990, Part I, Line 6, Volunteers: The volunteers are board members and the Secretary/Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 ARC is a consortium consisting of nine member universities in 2022. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Each member of ARC has two representatives on the Board of Governors, who are appointed by the member institution's academic administration. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b Members have approval rights in accordance with the WA Nonprofit Corporation Act, Chapter 24.03A RCW. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Each member of the Board of Governors is given a copy of the Form 990 prior to its submission. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All Board members and officers of ARC are covered by a Conflict of Interest Policy. There are bi-annual reviews of the individual Conflict of Interest statements by the governance committee, which determines whether a conflict exists. All statements are kept on file. Board members are expected to disclose conflicts as they may arise on the honor system, with the oversight of the governance committee. If a conflict exists or arises during the course of the business, the governance committee investigates and determines any action to take in accordance with the policy. This may include a member being prohibited from participating in the deliberations and decisions with respect to the transaction. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 ARC makes governing documents available to the public upon request.