2024-10-24T12:27:28-05:00 2023-12-31 911194016 Clark Nuber PS 10900 NE 4th Street Suite 1400 Bellevue WA 98004 990 2023-01-01 911265806 Astrophysical Research Consortium ASTR 2066160035 co Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 Henry Chip Kobulnicky Secretary and Treasurer 2066160035 2024-10-23 1 0 Karen L Dunn P00192887 4254544919 2024-10-23 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Henry Chip Kobulnicky c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW Seattle WA 981951580 9780562 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 20 0 0 9588120 3323812 4203385 4681191 -44646 249569 7445 9841 13754304 8264413 0 0 0 0 3199538 2657153 0 0 0 5308741 7716164 8508279 10373317 5246025 -2108904 42550918 40684195 2967819 3106723 39583099 37577472 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 10000552 4688507 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) and is still fund-raising (trying to have more member institutions joined). 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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ARC reimburses UW for her compensation and benefits. Alim Patten also participates in the University of Washington's defined-benefit pension plan. The organization has made reasonable efforts to obtain the annual value of this pension plan, but the value is not available. Form 990, Part I, Line 6, Volunteers: The volunteers are the board members. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 ARC is a consortium consisting of nine member universities in 2023. 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.