2022-11-10T12:49:45-06:00 2021-12-31 911194016 Clark Nuber PS 10900 NE 4th Street Suite 1400 Bellevue WA 98004 990 2021-01-01 911265806 Astrophysical Research Consortium ASTR 2066160035 co Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 Ronald S Irving Secretary and Treasurer 2066160035 2022-11-08 1 Ronald Irving 999009999 Karen L Dunn P00192887 4254544919 2022-11-08 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Ronald S Irving c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 12826042 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 18 0 0 933492 5631981 4094029 4738937 455469 -321745 12402 7621 5495392 10056794 0 0 0 0 4698654 3859889 0 0 0 4791586 1764904 9490240 5624793 -3994848 4432001 32699757 37277720 2727884 2787915 29971873 34489805 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 5274812 4746436 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 2022. The SDSS-V survey began in October 2020 (slightly delayed due to COVID19) and is still fund-raising (trying to have more member institutions joined). Equipment/parts/spectrographs are being built. A new corrector lens was built for the telescope. A new robotic fiber positioning system ("The FPS") was installed and commissioned at APO in November and December of 2021. Operations are ongoing at APO and will begin at LCO in 2022. 5274812 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 17 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 WA X ALIM PATTEN 2066160035 c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951202 Michael Crenshaw Board Chair 4.00 X X 12500 0 0 Suzanne Hawley Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Daniel Pollack Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 James Murphy Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jon Holtzman Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 Victor M Bright Trustee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Jeremy Darling Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Bertrand Garcia-Moreno Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rosemary F G Wyse Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 John Hawley Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 Steve Majewski Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sara Rosen Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 Timothy Denning Trustee 0.90 X 0 0 0 Georgia Kosmopoulou Trustee 0.10 X 0 0 0 John Wisniewski Trustee 0.30 X 0 0 0 Edmund Synakowski Trustee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Diana G Hulme Trustee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Henry Chip Kobulnicky Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Grant Jensen Trustee 0.10 X 0 0 0 Denise Stephens Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Toscano Trustee 1.00 X 0 0 0 Alim Patten Business Manager 50.00 X 84106 0 0 Ronald S Irving Secretary and Treasurer 5.00 X 0 0 0 96606 0 0 0 0 0 1 New Mexico State University Astronomy Dept 30001 Dept 4500 Las Cruces NM 88003 Observatory Operations Support 3392945 The Observatories - 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Part III Accounting Method: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alim Patten Business Manager 84106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84106 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. 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 2021. 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 Title 24 of the Washington non-profit corporation act. 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.