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Since 1941, NORC has applied scientific integrity, innovative and cost-effective methods and technologies, and the highest standards of quality to conduct and advance research on critical issues facing our world. Today, NORC expands on this tradition by partnering with government, commercial, and nonprofit clients to create deep insight across a broad range of topics and to disseminate useful knowledge throughout society. Some representative clients include the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Energy Information Administration, the Federal Reserve Board, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the CMS Innovation Center, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the United States Agency for International Development, and TRICARE Management Activity. NORC also conducts research on behalf of numerous foundations such as the Joyce Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Scan Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, the Henry J. Kaiser T. Foundation, and others. Ground breaking work includes the National Surveys of Youth, one of the most successful large-data resources in the social sciences; the National Immunization Survey, one of the largest telephone surveys in the U.S.; Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctoral Recipients; the Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides detailed information on the finances of U.S. families; new price at the pump surveys for the Department of Energy; large data collection on the National Survey of Early Care and Education; new work with Medicare and Medicaid Services on the implementation and analysis of the Affordable Care Act; the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project that provides critical information on the correlation between social factors and older people's health; and the General Social Survey, the most frequently analyzed source of Social Science data outside of the U.S. Census, which NORC has conducted since 1972. NORC's Data Enclave provides secure environment and remote access to all kinds of data, including big data. 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The purpose of these meetings was to familiarize members of Congress with NORC management members and to educate them about important scientific or policy matters that were important to NORC and the social science community. NORC participated in meetings to support funding for federal statistics programs. NORC also conducted a number of lobbying activities in support of a federal statistics program including, but not limited to, holding an educational briefing for congressional staff, asking members to send letters to the applicable agency, and sharing publications and other materials. 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Thompson receives an expense reimbursement for University Club social dues. Such payments are generally provided based on the provisions of a services agreement. The payments for such items are nontaxable to the individual. A Illinois Finance Authority 861091967 2010-04-29 3883662 Capital Expenditures false false false A 0 0 3883662 0 0 0 77673 0 0 3805989 0 0 2010 false false true true A false false false false 0 false false false true A false false false false false false 0 false false false 0 false false A false Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a Members or Stockholders Who May Elect The University of Chicago is a related organization of National Opinion Research Center ("NORC"). As such, they have the right to appoint greater than 50% of NORC's Board of Trustees. Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b Decisions Subject to Approval The University of Chicago has the right to approve the Board of Trustee's appointment of members of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990 Review Process NORCs process for reviewing and approving the Form 990 is as follows: Upon completion of the return, several layers of review were conducted. The initial review of the completed return was completed by the respective staff within the Finance Department. Following the initial review, the President and Treasurer were provided a copy of the return for comment. Comments were forwarded to Grant Thornton for incorporation into the return. Following the Senior Management review, the Audit/Finance Committee members were provided a copy of the return for comment. Comments were forwarded to Grant Thornton for incorporation into the return. Finally, the return is presented to the full Board of Trustees for review prior to filing. Comments from these reviews were evaluated and provided to Grant Thornton, who updated the return, if applicable. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c Conflict of Interest Policy Monitoring & Enforcement NORC has a written conflict of interest policy addressing instances where a third-party relationship of an NORC employee or a paid consultant could in some way potentially present or appear to present a compromise related to actions and decisions made on behalf of NORC. The policy allows for the President and Treasurer to review and evaluate the extent of the conflict of interest for any employee with a potential or real conflict of interest. Management will then develop a mitigation plan to address the specific disclosed conflict of interest. The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and approved on a periodic basis by the NORC Board of Trustees. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15 Process for Determining Compensation The Compensation Committee of the NORC Board of Trustees establishes and determines certain senior management employees anually (generally, but not exclusively, the President and his or her direct reports) compensation and bonuses. Recommendations for proposed salary adjustments and bonuses for this group, along with relevant compensation information, are provided to the Compensation Committee for review using comparable data. All such information is contemporaneously documented. The Chair of the Compensation Committee signs off on any Compensation Committee approved bonuses and salary changes for highly compensated employees. The compensation of other officers or key employees of NORC is reviewed annually by the Salary Review Committee ("SRC"), which is appointed annually by the President. SRC reviews similar positions within and across departments, starting rates, salary range maximums, and discusses market considerations. The SRC may approve, disapprove, modify or defer increases of compensation. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 How Documents are Made Available to the Public The organization makes its Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Conflict of Interest Policy, Form 990 and audited financial statements available to the public upon request at the headquarters. Form 990, Part VII, Section B Independent Contractors NORC received federal government grants to conduct social science research that required NORC to use subcontractors to complete a significant portion of such research. For purposes of reporting the "five highest compensated independent contractors", NORC has not considered these subcontractors. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other (A) (B) (C) Total expenses Program service Management and expenses general expenses Subcontracts 35,236,736. 33,756,913. 1,479,823. 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