TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY LLC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization: TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY LLC (EIN 30-0833462)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-11
IRS object ID: 202133159349308493
Schema version: 2020v4.1
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 I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-11T18:13:43-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 SEAPORT BLVD SUITE 500	AddressLine1Txt
City	BOSTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02210	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	300833462	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TMT International Observatory LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% FRANK MUNOZ	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	TMTI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6263951608	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W WALNUT STREET SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Pasadena	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91124	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EDWARD STONE	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6263951608	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-11-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	EDWARD	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	STONE	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	PAUL TANIS	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01441612	PTIN
Phone	6175305000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2021-11-08	PreparationDt

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	EDWARD STONE	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W WALNUT STREET STE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Pasadena	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91124	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$35,210,500	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.TMT.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2014	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	6	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	6	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	52	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	22	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$21,022,580	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$34,844,902	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$882,717	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$322,680	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$104	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$42,918	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$21,905,401	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$35,210,500	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$216,941	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$456,592	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,592,090	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$4,908,452	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$24,676,251	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$11,577,002	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$29,485,282	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$16,942,046	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$7,579,881	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$18,268,454	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$141,427,228	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$158,324,359	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$21,881,925	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$20,510,602	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$119,545,303	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$137,813,757	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$12,335,829	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$456,592	GrantAmt
Desc	SEE SCHEDULE O	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$12,335,829	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	28	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	52	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	6	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	6	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	FRANK MUNOZ	PersonNm
Phone	6263951608	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	100 W WALNUT STREET 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	Pasadena	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	91124	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (28 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
Gary Sanders
Project Manager	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$332,759	$0	$43,987
Fengchuan Liu
Deputy Project Manager	40.0	0.0		$265,401	$0	$72,955	Yes (X)
Christophe Dumas
OBSERVATORY SCIENTIST	40.0	0.0		$273,745	$0	$50,892		Yes (X)
Ravinder Bhatia
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER	40.0	0.0		$256,026	$0	$67,218		Yes (X)
Mark Sirota
TELESCOPE CTRLS GROUP LEADER	40.0	0.0		$246,724	$0	$67,098		Yes (X)
Eric Hansen
OPTO MECHANICAL ENGINEER	40.0	0.0		$237,020	$0	$74,705		Yes (X)
Benjamin Gallagher
M1 Segment Lead Engineer	40.0	0.0		$233,339	$0	$55,817		Yes (X)
Edward Stone
Executive Director	20.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$244,346	$0	$32,362
Diana Jergovic
Secretary/Governor	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Praveer Asthana
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Michael Bolte
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Donald Brooks
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Feng Yuan
GOVERNOR -Start Date 8/31/2020	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Satori Iguchi
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Shude Mao
GOVERNOR - End date 8/31/2020	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
AN Ramaprakash
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Eswar Reddy
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
B Thomas Soifer
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Saku Tsuneta
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Tomonori Usuda
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Kim Venn
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Suijian Xue
GOVERNOR	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Henry Yang
GOVERNOR	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Gang Zhao
Governor- End date 08/31/2020	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Jonas Zmuidzinas
Governor	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Xuefeng Wu
GOVERNOR -Start Date 8/31/2020	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Paul Jenny
GOV/ACTING TREASURER	4.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)
Luc Simard
GOVERNOR	4.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0			Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$2,089,360	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$465,034	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	42	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	Yes (true)	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	Province Or StateContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
1200 E CALIFORNIA BLVD	PASADENA	CA	91125	SCIENTIFIC SERVICES	$4,856,369
Coherent Inc
5100 Patrick Henry Drive	SANTA CLARA	CA	95054	Engineering Services	$3,810,637
BCF Solutions Inc
14325 Willard Rd Suite 107	CHANTILLY	VA	20151	Professional Service	$2,583,445
M3 Engineering and Technology
2051 W Sunset Road 101	TUCSON	AZ	85704	Engineering Services	$1,933,164
Cilas
				Engineering Services	$1,040,842	8 AVENUE BUFFON CS 16319	ORLEANS	0	FR	45063 CEDEX 2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	30	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$34,844,902	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$34,844,902	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$322,680	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$322,680	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$42,918	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$42,918	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$42,918	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$35,210,500	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$365,598	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$406,592	TotalAmt
Program Services	$406,592	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$50,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,496,536	TotalAmt
Program Services	$747,443	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,749,093	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$364,300	TotalAmt
Program Services	$116,781	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$247,519	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,866,367	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,399,945	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$466,422	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$181,249	TotalAmt
Program Services	$52,743	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$128,506	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,691,578	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,691,578	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$214,295	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$214,295	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,039	TotalAmt
Program Services	$174,583	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$42,456	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,864	TotalAmt
Program Services	$51,392	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,472	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$262,956	TotalAmt
Program Services	$226,093	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,863	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,618,958	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,445,992	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$172,966	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,333	TotalAmt
Program Services	$76,113	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,220	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$34,042	TotalAmt
Program Services	$26,406	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$7,636	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,258,211	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,258,211	ProgramServicesAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$898,175	TotalAmt
Program Services	$791,598	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$106,577	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$288,273	TotalAmt
Program Services	$231,854	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$56,419	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
SUBCONTRACTS	$4,554,124	$3,299,531	$1,254,593
PROPERTY TAX	$17,236	$13,863	$3,373
SUPPLIES	$163,601	$131,582	$32,019
COMMUNICATION EXPENSE	$83,963	$67,530	$16,433

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$99,354	TotalAmt
Program Services	$75,999	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,355	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,942,046	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,335,829	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,606,217	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,126,145	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,032,492	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,079,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,401,765	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,142	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,843	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$578,259	BOYAmt
EOY	$683,578	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$5,605,566	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$4,275,985	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,898,772	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,329,581	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,738,804	BOYAmt
EOY	$125,875,100	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$141,427,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$158,324,359	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,008,459	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,784,933	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,873,466	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,725,669	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,881,925	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,510,602	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind

Cap Stk Tr Prin Current Funds CapStkTrPrinCurrentFundsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pd In Cap Srpls Land Bldg Eqp Fund PdInCapSrplsLandBldgEqpFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rtn Earn Endowment Incm Oth Fnds RtnEarnEndowmentIncmOthFndsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$119,545,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$137,813,757	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$119,545,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$137,813,757	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$141,427,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$158,324,359	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$18,268,454	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	$57,593,392	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$27,110,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$58,713,935	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$21,022,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$34,844,902	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$199,285,660	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$57,593,392	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$27,110,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$58,713,935	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$21,022,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$34,844,902	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$199,285,660	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$199,285,660	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$26,971	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$509,229	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$665,103	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$882,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$322,680	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,406,700	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$11,044	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$10,354	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$104	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$42,918	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$64,420	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$201,756,780	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98775	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99057	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,912,292	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$2,810,053	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$102,239	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$2,026,286	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,102,149	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$924,137	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$666,988	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$363,783	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$303,205	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,329,581	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS	Desc
Book Value	$125,875,100	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$125,875,100	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (6 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
CHARITY PAYABLE (LONG TERM)	$5,803,759
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION	$6,326,599
DEFERRED LEASE PAYABLE	$2,536,486
PAYROLL LIABILITIES	$1,333,013
CHARITY PAYABLE (CURRENT)	$1,719,478
LEASE INCENTIVE OBLIGATIONS	$6,334

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$17,725,669	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$365,598	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$365,598	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	$34,844,902	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$34,844,902	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$35,210,500	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$16,942,046	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$16,942,046	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$16,942,046	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2	TIO has no reporting requirements for uncertain tax provisions for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements.
SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 4B	MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS: $ 34,844,902.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
North America	4	Program Services	PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT	$695,372
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	3	Program Services	PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT	$1,272,360
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	0	Grantmaking	GRANTMAKING	$50,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	7	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$2,017,732	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$2,017,732	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	RegionTxt
Purpose Of Grant	COMMUNITY SUPPORT	PurposeOfGrantTxt
Cash Grant	$50,000	CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash Disbursement	WIRE PAYMENT	MannerOfCashDisbursementTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	TIO ENTERS INTO AGREEMENTS WITH GRANTEES REQUIRING THAT GRANTED FUNDS BE SPENT ONLY IN FURTHERANCE OF TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (3 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
HAWAII SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
PO BOX 7195	HILO	HI	96720	810769543	501(C)(3)	$75,000	FMV	COMMUNITY SUPPORT
WAIAKEA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
155 WKAWILI STREET	HILO	HI	96720	201282904	501(C)(3)	$23,990	FMV	COMMUNITY SUPPORT
HAWAI'I ISLAND FOOD BANK
40 HOLOMUA STREET	HILO	HI	96720	260349475	501(C)(3)	$100,000	FMV	COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	3	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	TIO ENTERS INTO AGREEMENTS WITH GRANTEES REQUIRING THAT GRANTED FUNDS BE SPENT ONLY IN FURTHERANCE OF TAX EXEMPT PURPOSES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	false	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Benjamin Gallagher
M1 Segment Lead Engineer	$229,439	$0	$0	$0	$3,900	$0	$29,146	$0	$26,671	$0	$289,156	$0	$0	$0
Edward Stone
Executive Director	$180,710	$0	$0	$0	$63,636	$0	$21,726	$0	$10,636	$0	$276,708	$0	$0	$0
Gary Sanders
Project Manager	$312,637	$0	$0	$0	$20,122	$0	$43,451	$0	$536	$0	$376,746	$0	$0	$0
Fengchuan Liu
Deputy Project Manager	$262,801	$0	$0	$0	$2,600	$0	$36,396	$0	$36,559	$0	$338,356	$0	$0	$0
Christophe Dumas
OBSERVATORY SCIENTIST	$260,745	$0	$0	$0	$13,000	$0	$32,999	$0	$17,893	$0	$324,637	$0	$0	$0
Ravinder Bhatia
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER	$230,026	$0	$0	$0	$26,000	$0	$32,751	$0	$34,467	$0	$323,244	$0	$0	$0
Mark Sirota
TELESCOPE CTRLS GROUP LEADER	$221,406	$0	$0	$0	$25,318	$0	$38,182	$0	$28,916	$0	$313,822	$0	$0	$0
Eric Hansen
OPTO MECHANICAL ENGINEER	$211,020	$0	$0	$0	$26,000	$0	$37,462	$0	$37,243	$0	$311,725	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A	ONE KEY EMPLOYEE RECEIVED FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL IN 2020. THIS WAS A BUSINESS EXPENSE AND WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION. ONE OFFICER RECEIVED A TAX GROSS UP AND A HOUSING ALLOWANCE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III). FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1B TAX INDEMNIFICATION AND GROSS-UP PAYMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT APPROVAL.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II	EDWARD STONE, GARY SANDERS AND FENGCHUAN LIU ARE COMPENSATED BY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. TIO REIMBURSES THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COSTS OF THOSE EMPLOYEES RELATED TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO TIO. THE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN PART VII AND SCHEDULE J, PART II REPRESENT THEIR COMPENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SERVICES TO TIO.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART I, LINE 1 AND PART III, LINES 1 AND 4A	TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY (TIO) WAS FOUNDED BY THE MEMBERS LISTED BELOW EXCLUSIVELY TO FURTHER CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES AND, WITHIN SUCH LIMITS, TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION THROUGH THE STUDY, OBSERVATION, AND COLLECTION OF IMAGES AND INFORMATION FROM DEEP SPACE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FURTHERING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OF ASTRONOMY AND THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE: 1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ("UC") 2. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ("CALTECH") 3. THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES ("NINS") 4. THE NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ("NAOC") 5. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA ("NRC") 6. THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ("DST") TIO IS PURSUING ITS PURPOSE BY DESIGNING, DEVELOPING, CONSTRUCTING, AND OPERATING A "STATE-OF-THE-ART" THIRTY-METER, WORLD CLASS TELESCOPE AND ASSOCIATED OBSERVATORY ON MAUNA KEA IN HAWAI'I (THE "TMT PROJECT") AND, IN RELATION THERETO, FOSTERING ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC INTERACTION AMONG EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ON A GLOBAL BASIS.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1	THE GOVERNING BODY OF TIO IS ITS BOARD. THE BOARD IS COMPRISED OF 3 GOVERNORS APPOINTED BY EACH OF THE 6 MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. EACH MEMBER MUST DESIGNATE ONE OF ITS GOVERNORS AS A VOTING REPRESENTATIVE. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020, THE BOARD HAD A TOTAL OF 18 GOVERNORS, OF WHICH 6 GOVERNORS ARE VOTING REPRESENTATIVES.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 2	THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP AS A RESULT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TMT PROJECT: UC: HENRY YANG, MICHAEL BOLTE, PAUL JENNY CALTECH: ED STONE, DIANA JERGOVIC, TOM SOIFER, JONAS ZMUIDZINAS, GARY SANDERS, FENGCHUAN LIU NRC: KIM VENN, DON BROOKS, LUC SIMARD NINS: SATORI IGUCHI, SAKU TSUNETA, TOMONORI USUDA NAOC: SUIJIAN XUE, SHUDE MAO, GANG ZHAO, FUNG YUAN, XUEFENG WU DST: ESWAR REDDY, PRAVEER ASTHANA, A.N. RAMAPRAKASH
FORM 990, PART VI, LINES 6 AND 7	AS OF 12/31/2020 THE MEMBERS OF TIO WERE: 1. UC 2. CALTECH 3. NINS 4. NAOC 5. NRC 6. DST GOVERNANCE DECISIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF GOVERNORS, ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS AND THE TERMS OF SUCH ADMISSION ARE RESERVED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11B	WORKING WITH PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP ("PWC"), THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED. THE FORM 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT, THE LEGAL COUNSEL AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS THE FINAL FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE FULL BOARD. PWC SIGNS THE RETURN AS PAID PREPARER AND ELECTRONICALLY FILES THE RETURN WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 12C	ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TIO DISTRIBUTES CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRES TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO COMPLETE AND RETURN. MANAGEMENT OF TIO REVIEWS THE RETURNED FORMS FOR COMPLIANCE. IF A CONFLICT IS DISCOVERED IT IS ESCALATED TO THE APPROPRIATE PARTY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. ALL CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTE'S WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICIES.
FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND POLICIES, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION.