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ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: Form 990, tax year 2013

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Organization
ASTROPHYSICAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (EIN 91-1265806)
Tax period
2013-01-01 to 2013-12-31
Filed
2014-11-14
IRS object ID
201403189349307415
Schema version
2013v3.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionAstrophysical 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
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Johns Hopkins University
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University of Virginia
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University of Utah
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

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Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
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Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Buildings BuildingsGrp

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Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

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Any Non Fixed Payments0AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
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Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

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Bruce Gillespie
SDSS3 Program Manager$144,727$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$50,673$0$195,400$0$0$0
Michael Evans
Business Manager$129,985$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$42,098$0$172,083$0$0$0

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ExplanationThe officers, numbers 13, 18 & 19, of the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) receive compensation for their work with ARC from the respective universities, NMSU, JHU and U-Washington, unrelated exempt organizations.ExplanationTxt

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Form 990, Part I, Line 6, Volunteers:The volunteers are the independent board members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6ARC is a consortium consisting of eight members: seven universities and an academic research institution.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7aEach member of ARC has two representatives on the Board of Governors, who are appointed by the member institutions' academic administrations.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7bMembers have approval rights in accordance with Title 24 of the Washington non-profit corporation act.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11Each 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 12cAll 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 19ARC makes governing documents available to the public upon request.