2016-05-12T09:15:15-07:00 2015-06-30 990 2014-07-01 530196523 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON CARN 2023876400 1530 P St NW Washington DC 200051910 Timothy Doyle Chief Operating Officer 2023876400 2016-04-30 2014 2016-08-17 19:52:53Z MATTHEW SCOTT 1530 P STREET NW WASHINGTON DC 20005 520521513 0 X WWW.CARNEGIESCIENCE.EDU X 1904 DC The conduct of scientific discovery, research and education in the fields of plant biology, developmental biology, earth and planetary sciences, astronomy, and global ecology 23 23 561 0 329399 -125601 40889619 42588136 5885358 6691464 73898743 125647237 6020801 12112793 126694521 187039630 5167594 5580627 0 0 49760937 48012347 0 0 2008905 42731056 48143406 97659587 101736380 29034934 85303250 1216450412 1225278694 178440442 178558460 1038009970 1046720234 X The mission of the Carnegie Insitution of Washington, as set forth in its articles of incorporation under an Act of Congress in 1904, is "to encourage, in the broadest and most liberal manner, investigation, research, and discovery, and the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind." 0 0 71583668 0 0 Carnegie investigators are leaders in the fields of plant biology, developmental biology, earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and global ecology. Using molecular genetics and related methods, Carnegie biologists study the genes responsible for plant responses to light and the genetic controls over vaious growth and developmental processes including those that enable plants to survive disease and environmental stress. In addition, the department is a world leader in bioinformatics. It developed and now manages an online-integrated database, one of the most widely used biological databases in the world, that supplies all aspects of biological information on the most widely used modal plant, Arabidopsis. Researchers in developmental biology address fundamental questions in animal development and genetics at the cellular and molecular levels. Some researchers investigate the genetic programming behind cellular processes as cells develop, while others explore the genes that control growth and obesity, stimulate stem cells to become specialized body parts, and perform many other functions. Other researchers examine the physics and chemistry of Earth's deep interior and (Continued on Schedule O, Statement 1) 12473882 5580628 0 Education. Carnegie, a non-degree granting entity, is an advanced study organization at which highly qualified graduate scientists are offered postgraduate and post doctoral training for careers in education and research. Carnegie's postdoctoral scientific education is mostly conducted in the laboratory or in the field. The postdoctoral curriculum is heavily weighted toward training candidates to be capable researchers and teachers of research. The faculty consists of the professional staff of Carnegie, all of whom pursue their own research. Carnegie also offers certain training opportunities for predoctoral students who may pursue formal degrees at degree-granting institututions. Carnegie programs also train public elementary school teachers how to incorporate interactive science instruction into all aspects of the curriculum; helps improve the instruction of mathematics education of public school children by training individuals with mathematics or related degrees to become classroom instructors; introduces and trains high school students to career education pathways in the field of biotechnology; and makes information available concerning Carnegie's scientific research findings to students and the general public. 0 0 0 none 0 0 0 84057550 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 283 0 1 561 1 1 1 1 CI 0 0 0 0 X 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA DC MD X Timothy Doyle 2023876400 1530 P St NW Washington DC 200051910 Craig R Barrett Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 John C Botts Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 John F Crawford Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michael A Duffy Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 W Gary Ernst Trustee 1 0 X 0 0 0 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B Field Department Director 50 0 X 257082 0 63482 Wolf Frommer Department Director 50 0 X 257082 0 56171 Allan C Spradling Department Director 50 0 X 0 0 0 George Cody Department Director 50 0 X 189298 0 47492 Richard W Carlson Department Director 50 0 X 210416 0 45618 Wendy L Freedman Department Director 50 0 X X 189177 0 33712 Russell Hemley Department Director 50 0 X X 266635 0 62182 John S Mulchaey Department Director 50 0 X 150259 0 29039 Marjorie Burger Acting Director of Administration/Finance 50 0 X 121122 0 35130 Linda T Elkins Tanton Department Director 50 0 X X 124212 0 22935 Kenneth G Caldeira Staff 50 0 X 248389 0 52929 Ho K Mao Staff 50 0 X 245440 0 55244 Rebecca A Bernstein Staff 50 0 X 245000 0 52708 Carl R Sherman Staff 50 0 X 215405 0 53620 Anna M Michalak Staff 50 0 X 211316 0 25608 Erik H Hauri Staff 50 0 X X 210170 0 48096 Patrick J McCarthy Staff 50 0 X X 206616 0 46786 Joseph G Gall Staff 50 0 X X 203000 0 46756 Matthew Johns Staff 50 0 X X 201085 0 51967 Gregory 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resources 138139549 F Alternative Investments 310924629 F 450181245 0 Accrued postretirement benefit cost 25923865 Taxable bond payable 50000000 75923865 X 113045659 -74276458 4764 0 176616 -74095078 187140737 1222538 -1323645 -101107 187039630 103060025 0 0 0 1323645 1323645 101736380 0 0 0 101736380 Schedule D, Part V, Line 4 The organization's endowment funds are intended to support its overall mission of supporting scientific discovery "in the broades and most liberal manner". Schedule D, Part VI, Line 1e Art - $76,099: Construction in Progress - $2,593,248. Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740-10, Income Taxes, requires that management evaluate tax positions taken by Carnegie and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if Carnegie has taken an uncertain tax position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Carnegie has analyzed the tax positions taken and has concluded that as of June 30, 2015, there are no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. Schedule D, Part XI, Line 2d Prior year adjustments Schedule D, Part XI, Line 4b Rental expenses Schedule D, Part XII, Line 2d Rental expenses 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Schedule E, Part I, Line 3 Our non-discrimination policy is available on our website, www.carnegiescience.edu, under Policies and Procedures. Schedule E, Part I, Line 6 We receive grants and pass throughs from several Federal agencies including NSF, DOE, DHS, NASA, USDA, ONR, NIST, and others. These monies support our scientific research and education. 1 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services OTI EXPEDITION 79111 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services CAO HEART OF BORNEO CONFERENCE 19338 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services IPCC MEETINGS 11031 East Asia and the Pacific 0 2 Program Services Anglo-Australia Obs Run, Deccan Fldwk 27667 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Collaboration & Conferences 22084 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services IPCC CAMPAIGN 37945 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services EGU CONFERENCE 14392 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services CAO ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/CHAMBASA MTG 10353 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Fundraising CAO FUNDRAISING 13295 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 29 Program Services Diamond School, EGU, NanoSims, DCO 54743 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 10 Program Services BENTO Box Fldwk, Strainmeter Installation, 67666 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services DCO International Science Conference 271228 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Collaboration & Conferences 64513 Middle East and North Africa 0 0 Program Services DCO Executive Committee Meeting 56413 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 0 5 Program Services GIS, GSA and Spirit of Lyot Conferences 10241 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 0 2 Program Services Saglek-Hebron Fieldwork, BENTO 13646 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 0 0 Program Services GSA 2014 Meeting 10258 South America 0 0 Program Services CAO CLASLITE WORKSHOP 11776 South America 0 0 Program Services CAO CICRA FIELD RESEARCH 10008 South America 0 0 Program Services AMAZONIAN CLIMATE FIELD WORK 14181 South America 0 2 Program Services LCO, BENTO and Colombia fieldwork 53388 South America 0 0 Program Services Scientific observation runs 201114 South America 0 0 Program Services Telescope engineering & maintenance 24533 South America 2 65 Program Services Telescope operations for research 6325288 South America 0 0 Program Services Observatory research 158586 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Program Services CAO LIDAR DATA COLLECTION FIELD WORK 41369 2 115 7624167 1 0 0 1 1 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 As a research institution, Carnegie provides fellows with the opportunity to pursue independent research and the training to acquire the additional skills and expertise needed to become a successful scientist. Carnegie monitors the fellowship experience to achieve both objectives. Fellows pursue their research program relatively independently but have full access to Carnegie facilities and staff members and typically perform their experiments and scientific work on-site and in collaboration with other Carnegie facilities and staff members and typically perform their experiments and scientific work on-site and in collaboration with other Carnegie vehicle for monitoring and supporting the work of the fellow. Carnegie's various administrative and research policies apply to fellows. In Carnegie's structure, department directors are responsible for assuring that fellows follow these procedures and carry out the research supported through externally or internally-funded fellowships. The fellows listed below are stationed at the Carnegie facility in Las Campanas, Chile. 1 STANFORD UNIVERSITY PO BOX 873503 SAN FRANCISCO CA 941444253 941156365 501(c)3 322610 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 10920 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 107 LOS ANGELES CA 900246503 956006143 501(c)3 178895 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1200 E CALIFORNIA BLVD PASADENA CA 91125 951643307 501(c)3 141203 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists NORTWESTERN UNIVERSITY 633 CLARK ST RM G547 EVANSTON IL 602081112 362167817 501(c)3 71640 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1901 SOUTH FIRST ST A CHAMPAIGN IL 618207406 376000511 501(c)3 188229 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists YALE UNIVERSITY PO BOX 208239 NEW HAVEN CT 065208239 060646973 501(c)3 84740 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY STATION BIRMINGHAM AL 35294 636005396 501(c)3 131294 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists SUNY AT BUFFALO PO BOX 9 ALBANY NY 122010009 141368361 501(c)3 52303 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS 700 ROSEDALE AVE ST LOUIS MO 631121408 430653611 501(c)3 50507 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 2440 CAMPUS RD HONOLULU HI 96822 996000354 501(c)3 73468 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 201 S PRESIDENTS CIR NO 406 SALT LAKE CITY UT 841129020 876000525 501(c)3 107647 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PO BOX 641025 PULLMAN WA 991641025 916001108 501(c)3 50168 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists 12 0 Fellowship 54 3736338 0 Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 As a research institution, Carnegie provides fellows with the opportunity to pursue independent research and the training to acquire the additional skills and expertise needed to become a successful scientist. Carnegie monitors the fellowship experience to achieve both objectives. Fellows pursue their research program relatively independently but have full access to Carnegie facilities and staff members and typically perform their experiments and scientific work on-site and in collaboration with other Carnegie scientists. Fellows in the biological sciences apply to Carnegie mainly to learn the research techniques and research areas of a particular Carnegie staff scientist, that is, to work in that principal investigator's (PI) lab. Labs routinely engage a number of different people, including a PI, technicians, postdoctoral scientists, and researchers. The PI monitors the work of the fellow on an ongoing basis, critiques the fellows' research, makes suggestions for avenues to explore, and provides ongoing mentoring. Fellows in the physical sciences typically collaborate with a senior staff member on research projects. This provides an ongoing vehicle for monitoring and supporting the work of the fellow. Fellows are asked to present and defend their research to other scientists both at Carnegie and at other institutions. This process helps to monitor a fellows' scientific progress and permits adjustments as necessary. Carnegie's various administrative and research policies apply to fellows. In Carnegie's structure, department directors are responsible for assuring that fellows follow these procedures and carry out the research supported through externally or internally-funded fellowships. X X 1 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew P Scott President 181250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16605 0 197855 0 0 0 Richard A Meserve President 330623 0 0 0 606430 0 0 0 46833 0 983886 0 0 0 Timothy P Doyle Chief Operating Officer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cynthia Allen Senior Director of Administration & Corporate Secretary 195286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42249 0 237535 0 0 0 Christina F Naguiat Assistant Secretary to the Board 67184 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14230 0 81414 0 0 0 Linda T Elkins Tanton Department Director 124212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22935 0 147147 0 0 0 Russell Hemley Department Director 266635 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62182 0 328817 0 0 0 Wendy L Freedman Department Director 189177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33712 0 222889 0 0 0 Marjorie Burger Acting Director of Administration/Finance 121122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35130 0 156252 0 0 0 Richard W Carlson Department Director 210416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45618 0 256034 0 0 0 John S Mulchaey Department Director 150259 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29039 0 179298 0 0 0 Christopher B Field Department Director 257082 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63482 0 320564 0 0 0 Wolf Frommer Department Director 257082 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56171 0 313253 0 0 0 Allan C Spradling Department Director 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Cody Department Director 189298 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47492 0 236790 0 0 0 Kenneth G Caldeira Staff 211538 0 0 0 36851 0 0 0 52929 0 301318 0 0 0 Ho K Mao Staff 245440 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55244 0 300684 0 0 0 Rebecca A Bernstein Staff 245000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52708 0 297708 0 0 0 Carl R Sherman Staff 215405 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53620 0 269025 0 0 0 Anna M Michalak Staff 183549 0 0 0 27767 0 0 0 25608 0 236924 0 0 0 Erik H Hauri Staff 210170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48096 0 258266 0 0 0 Patrick J McCarthy Staff 206616 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46786 0 253402 0 0 0 Joseph G Gall Staff 203000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46756 0 249756 0 0 0 Matthew Johns Staff 201085 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51967 0 253052 0 0 0 Gregory P Asner Staff 200955 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42563 0 243518 0 0 0 Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Social club - Carnegie provides its President a membership to a social club used for business related purposes. Housing allowance - Carnegie's policies include a provision for housing subsidies in high-cost areas for qualifying staff members. A Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority (MHHEFA) on behalf of Carnegie 520936091 574217JB2 2010-02-04 30580000 Refund prior MHHEFA bonds issued to construct & equip new facility. 0 0 0 B California Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA) on behalf of Carnegie Institution of Washington 521705592 130178VS2 2010-03-24 34525000 Refund prior CEFA bonds issued to finance telescope proj and renovate facilities. 0 0 0 A 0 0 30505440 0 0 0 553594 0 0 30000000 0 0 2005 1 0 1 1 B 0 0 36365183 0 0 0 565183 0 0 35800 0 0 2003 1 0 1 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 B 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 1 B 1 Schedule K, Part II, Line 7-02/04/2010 30,580,000 Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities This issue was used to refund prior MHHEFA bonds of $30 million issued in October, 2002, the proceeds of which were used to construct and equip a new facility for Carnegie's Department of Embryology on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus in Baltimore, Maryland. Construction began in April 2003 and the facility was occupied in September 2005. The 2010 series was issued at a discount of $74,561 and amounts borrowed in excess of $30 million were used to cover issuance costs. Schedule K, Part II, Line 7-03/24/2010 34,525,000 California Educational Facilities Authority (CEFA) This issue was used to refund $17.5 million of 1993 Series B California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue tax exempt bonds and $18.3 million of 2006 Series A CEFA Refunding Revenue tax-exempt bonds which refunded all outstanding 1993 Series A California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue tax exempt bonds. 1993 Series A & B bonds were used to finance the Magellan telescope project and the renovation of the facilities of the Observatories at Pasadena. The telescope project was completed in 2003. The 2010 Series was issued at a premium of $1,840,183 and amounts in excess of $35.8 million were used to cover issuance costs. Merit Energy Company Trustee, William Gayden 483144 Contribution to Merit Investments 0 X 9 331052 FMV X IN KIND DONATION 1 4764 FMV 0 1 1 Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b The organization uses its custodial bank, State Street, to process and sell stock contributions received from donors. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a planets. Carnegie is a world-renowned center for petrology - study of rocks. It is also a world leader in high-pressure and high-temperature physics making significant contributions to both Earth and material sciences. Carnegie scientists are part of an interdisciplinary effort to investigate how life evolved on this planet and determine its potential for existing elsewhere. With various partners, Carnegie has launched a new multi-disciplinary, international initiative dedicated to achieving a transformational understanding of Earth's deep carbon cycle, including its poorly constrained reservoirs and fluxes, unknown role of deep biology, and unexplored influences of the deep carbon cycle on critical societal concerns related to energy, environment, and climate. Carnegie astronomers, unlike most in their filed, design and build their own instruments to capture the secrets of space. They are tracing the evolution of the universe from the spark of the Big Bang through star and galaxy formation, exploring the structure of the universe, and probing the mysteries of dark matter, dark energy, and the ever-accelerating rate at which the universe is expanding. Carnegie operated telescopes in Las Campanas Chile, at which a large part of the research is conducted, and is part of a consortium that has undertaken to design, construct and operate a telescope known as the Giant Magellan Telescope that, when complete, will be among the world's largest groundbased optical/infrared facilities. Carnegie research also includes interdisciplinary teams of astronomers and astrophysicists, geophysicists and geochemists, cosmochemists and planetary scientists. These teams are discovering planets outside our solar system, determining the age and structure of the universe, and studying the causes of earthquakes and volcanoes. Using innovative approaches to research on global ecology, Carnegie scientists are picking apart the complicated interactions of Earth's land, atmosphere, and oceans to understand how global systems operate. With a wide range of powerful tools-from satellites to the instruments of molecular biology-these scientists explore issues such as the global carbon cycle, the role of land and oceanic ecosystems, and much more. These ecologists also play an active role in the public arena, from serving on international panels investigating climate change to promoting satellite imagery for the discovery of environmental hot spots. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The entire Board received a copy of the proposed filing by electronic means before it was submitted to the IRS. Any individual Board member who wished to make a comment concerning the filing provided comments to the Chair of the Audit Committee and the President prior to the filing. The Audit Committee reviewed the proposed filing in two steps. First, prior to the filing, the Committee received the form for detailed review and discussed the submission at a meeting of the Audit Committee. The Committee was asked, in particular, to review key governance and policy responses to assure the information accurately describes the Board's governance and fiduciary responsibilities. Any comments from the Committee were provided to the President so that any necessary revisions could be made. Second, within six months after the filing, the Audit Committee will provide the full board with any recommendations for future changes to the Form 990 submission and/or the Institution's policies or procedures. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Each year the Board of Trustees and key officers receive a conflict of interest package to complete that includes the Institution's policy, an updated list of organizations through which the Institution invests, and other information. Individuals receiving the package are required to respond by completing a signed, dated form. All conflicts of interest forms are collected by the Assistant Secretary to the Board and provided to Director, Administration and Finance. The Director, Administration and Finance, consults with the Institution's outside counsel concerning any issues and required follow-up resulting from the review. Required actions are fact specific. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Employee Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees annually conducts a review of the compensation of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Director of Administration. The review includes comparability data prepared by Associate Director of Human Resources. The results of the review are documented in the minutes of the meeting of the Committee. Both were reviewed in 2015. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees conducts a review of the compensation of the President and an independent compensation review was conducted by an third party consultant. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The governing documents, audited financial statements, and employee conflict of interest policy are available on our website www.carnegiescience.edu. The trustee conflict of interest policy is available upon written request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 $1,275,370 pension related charges other than net periodic post retirement benefit cost of $1,257,370 unrecognized net actuarial loss and $18,000 unrecognized prior service cost for the year ending June 30, 2015.