ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (EIN 91-1265806)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-11-10
IRS object ID: 202233149349304513
Schema version: 2021v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-11-10T12:49:45-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	911194016	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Clark Nuber PS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10900 NE 4th Street Suite 1400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Bellevue	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98004	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	911265806	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Astrophysical Research Consortium	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	ASTR	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2066160035	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	co Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981951580	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Ronald S Irving	PersonNm
Person Title	Secretary and Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2066160035	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-11-08	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Ronald	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Irving	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Karen L Dunn	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00192887	PTIN
Phone	4254544919	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-11-08	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Ronald S Irving	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981951580	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$12,826,042	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTP://ARC.APO.NMSU.EDU	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1984	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	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.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	60	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	18	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$933,492	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$5,631,981	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$4,094,029	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$4,738,937	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$455,469	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$321,745	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$12,402	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$7,621	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$5,495,392	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$10,056,794	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,698,654	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$3,859,889	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$4,791,586	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,764,904	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$9,490,240	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,624,793	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,994,848	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,432,001	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$32,699,757	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$37,277,720	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,727,884	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,787,915	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$29,971,873	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$34,489,805	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	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.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$5,274,812	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$4,746,436	RevenueAmt
Desc	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.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$5,274,812	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	21	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	60	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ALIM PATTEN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2066160035	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	c/o Astronomy Dept Box 351580 UW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Seattle	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981951202	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (23 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Michael Crenshaw
Board Chair	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$12,500	$0	$0
Suzanne Hawley
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Pollack
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James Murphy
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jon Holtzman
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Victor M Bright
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeremy Darling
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bertrand Garcia-Moreno
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rosemary F G Wyse
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Hawley
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Majewski
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sara Rosen
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy Denning
Trustee	0.90	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Georgia Kosmopoulou
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Wisniewski
Trustee	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edmund Synakowski
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Diana G Hulme
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Henry Chip Kobulnicky
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Grant Jensen
Trustee	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Denise Stephens
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John Toscano
Trustee	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Alim Patten
Business Manager	50.00		Yes (X)	$84,106	$0	$0
Ronald S Irving
Secretary and Treasurer	5.00		Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$96,606	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	Yes (1)	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
New Mexico State University
Astronomy Dept 30001 Dept 4500	Las Cruces	NM	88003	Observatory Operations Support	$3,392,945
The Observatories - Carnegie Institution
813 Santa Barbara Street	Pasadena	CA	91101	Observatory Operations Support	$1,425,103
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne
				Observatory Operations Support	$1,310,851	Btiment CE 3316 Station 1 1015	Lausanne	SZ	1015
Johns Hopkins University
Dept of Physics Astronomy Room	Baltimore	MD	21218	Observatory Operations Support	$1,304,926
University of Washington
Box 351580 Astronomy Dept	Seattle	WA	98195	Observatory Operations Support	$1,164,999

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	14	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$2,792,225	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$2,839,756	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$7,756	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$5,631,981	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Participation fees	541700	$2,580,589	$2,580,589
Member assessments	541700	$1,942,808	$1,942,808
Other Telescope Fees	541900	$215,540	$215,540

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$4,738,937	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$18,177	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$18,177	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,427,526	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,800	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$2,769,248	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$341,722	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$1,800	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$339,922	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$339,922	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Telescope	900099	$7,499	$7,499
Cafepress	900099	$122		$122

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$7,621	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,056,794	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$4,746,436	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	-$321,623	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$96,606	TotalAmt
Management And General	$96,606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,730,970	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,609,177	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$121,793	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,032,313	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,032,313	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,282	TotalAmt
Management And General	$28,282	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,673	TotalAmt
Program Services	$123,215	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$32,458	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$787,517	TotalAmt
Program Services	$787,517	ProgramServicesAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,016	TotalAmt
Program Services	$46,016	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$676,574	TotalAmt
Program Services	$676,574	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$70,842	TotalAmt
Management And General	$70,842	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,624,793	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,274,812	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$349,981	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,586,137	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,388,142	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,946,608	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,094,831	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$99,627,690	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$77,998,538	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,001,417	BOYAmt
EOY	$21,629,152	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,165,595	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,165,595	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,699,757	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,277,720	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,727,884	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,787,915	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,727,884	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,787,915	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,495,269	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,126,609	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,476,604	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,363,196	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,971,873	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,489,805	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,699,757	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,277,720	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$4,432,001	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$85,931	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Other	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingOtherInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,425,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,306,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$4,799,451	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$933,492	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$5,631,981	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$20,095,924	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$453,485	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$414,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$345,358	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$138,416	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$584,866	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,936,583	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$5,878,485	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,720,458	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$5,144,809	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,071,908	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,216,847	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$22,032,507	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$14,467,821	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$7,564,686	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$82,160	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$75,349	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$174,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$89,060	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$18,177	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$439,039	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,018	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,639	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$12,402	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$122	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$19,181	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$22,490,727	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$31,254,150	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.33630	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.26920	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$99,527,690	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$77,898,538	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$21,629,152	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$100,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$100,000	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$21,629,152	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$12,838,197	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$85,931	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$2,695,472	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$2,781,403	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$10,056,794	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$10,056,794	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$8,320,263	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$2,695,470	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$2,695,470	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$5,624,793	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$5,624,793	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (30 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
South America	1	Program services	Supporting Andres' S4 work in Chile	$860
South America	1	Program services	S4 LCO telescope osberver operations expenses & S5 Equipment instalation activities	$812,409
South America	1	Program services	APOGEE instrument insurance at LCO	$54,720
South America	1	Program services	S5 LVM Telescope Bldg Project	$7,946
South America	1	Program services	S5 LVM Enclosure construction at LCO	$471
South America	1	Program services	Supporting LCO telescope observer relocation due to Covid-19	$775
South America	1	Program services	S5 Software Postdoc	$21,765
South America	1	Program services	Support agreement for S4 Lead Observer at LCO	$8,090
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program services	3.5m ARCTIC H-alpha and OIII filters	$16,030
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program services	LVMi Software	$71,560
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program services	Support agreement for LVM fiber system	$557,842
East Asia and the Pacific	1	Program services	S5 BOSS Supplies	$471
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Supporting Andres	$42
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	S5 Slit prototypes	$18,344
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Support agreement for production of robot positioners for telescope plates	$1,310,851
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Support for SDSS-V project scientist work	$31,785
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	S5 Technical Paper	$5,420
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Travel for SSP458	$3,118
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	VPH Gratings and LVM shipping fees from US (Kaiser and OSU) to France (Winlight)	$1,455
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Support agreement for Software infrastructure of the Black Hole Mapper (BHM)	$97,048
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Development of the Telescopes for LVMi	$110,755
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	BOSS slitheads	$71,879
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	S5 Transfer fees	$29,451
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	S4 Data Release Coordinator	$34,825
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Support agreement for Hardware and software development for the Local Volume Mapper (LVM)	$26,499
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	S4 EPO Plate Distribution	$4,000
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	1	Program services	Production of Optical spectrograph for telescopes	$911,207
North America	1	Program services	APO worker monitoring system	$1,757
North America	1	Program services	Production of FPS Optial Fiber/connectors and assemblies for telescopes	$506,206
North America	1	Program services	BOSS Test Stand for SSP525	$11,025

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	8	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	22	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	30	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$907,036	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$3,821,570	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$4,728,606	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, line 3:	THE MODIFIED CASH METHOD WAS USED IN ACCOUNTING FOR EXPENDITURES IN PART I.
Part III Accounting Method:

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Alim Patten	PersonNm
Title	Business Manager	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$84,106	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$0	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$84,106	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE J, PART I, #3 AND PART II:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	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.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.