2012-05-14T16:14:24-07:00 2011-06-30 990 2010-07-01 530196523 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON CARN 2023876400 1530 P St NW Washington DC 200051910 Cynthia Allen 2023876400 2012-05-14 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Cynthia Allen 1530 P Street NW Washington DC 20005 398813989 0 X WWW.CIW.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 21 21 548 0 601555 116483 46571176 49611581 12086437 5043400 35162861 56229571 -1476369 -1682322 92344105 109202230 4944047 5181873 0 0 42007750 44756098 0 0 849230 44177056 41428014 91128853 91365985 1215252 17836245 904176713 976554195 166728974 125161111 737447739 851393084 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 71357580 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) 8752293 5181873 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 insstitututions. 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 educaion 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 80109873 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 187 0 1 548 1 1 1 1 CI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA DC MD X X Cynthia Allen 2023876400 1530 P St NW Washington DC 200051910 Remi Barbier 1 X 0 0 0 Samuel W Bodman 1 X 0 0 0 John C Botts 1 X 0 0 0 John F Crawford 1 X 0 0 0 W Gary Ernst 1 X 0 0 0 Sandra M Faber 1 X 0 0 0 Bruce W Ferguson 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SchD_P06_S00_L01e Schedule D, Part VI, Line 1e Art - $70,805: Construction in Progress - $8,538,861 SchD_P10_S00_L00 Schedule D, Part X On July 1, 2007, Carnegie adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN48).FIN48 required that a tax position be recognized or derecognized based on a 'more-likely-than-not' threshold. This applies to positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The implementation of FIN48 had no impact on the statement of financial position or statement of activities. Carnegie does not believe its financial statements include (or reflect) any uncertain tax positions. SchD_P10_S00_L02 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, 2011, 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. SchD_P12_S00_L04b Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4b Rental expenses SchD_P13_S00_L02d Schedule D, Part XIII, Line 2d Rental expenses 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 SchE_P01_S00_L03 Schedule E, Part I, Line 3 Our non-discrimination policy is available on our website, www.ciw.edu, under Policies and Procedures. SchE_P01_S00_L06 Schedule E, Part I, Line 6 We receive grants and pass throughs from several Federal agencies including NSF, PHS, NASA, USDA, ONR, NIST, and others. These monies support our scientific research and education. 1 South America 2 65 Program Services Telescope operations for research 5796446 South America 0 0 Program Services CAO Carbon Monitoring Research-Peru, Ecudor, Colombia, Brazil 309653 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services AMASE Research Expedition 255592 South America 0 0 Program Services Scientific observation runs 180824 South America 0 0 Program Services LCO Fieldwork 133987 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Strainmeter Installation, Mongolia Fieldwork and Anglo-Australian Observation 85399 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Equipment research, Strainmeter installation, Observing run 78837 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services IAU Symposium, EGU Mtg, MESSENGER Mtg, COSMOS 2010 Conference, Exoclimes Conference, COSPAR, EPSC 68547 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services International Conference on Craton Formation & Destruction, 5th International Archean Symposium, IUGG Mtg and Magellan Telescope Mtg 47036 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Meetings/Conferences Attended 41978 South America 0 0 Program Services Telescope engineering & maintenance 30802 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Collaboration & Conferences 24989 North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) 0 0 Program Services Meetings & conferences 19327 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Conferences & Meetings - Germany, France, UK, Italy 17086 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Program Services Caribbean Community meeting-Belize 15880 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Program Services Deep Carbon Observatory Meetings 11160 East Asia and the Pacific 0 0 Program Services Conferences & meetings - China, Japan, S. 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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 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. 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 THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 10920 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 107 LOS ANGELES CA 900246503 956006143 501(c)3 90704 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists STANFORD UNIVERSITY PO BOX 873503 SAN FRANCISCO CA 941444253 941156365 501(c)3 193459 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1200 E CALIFORNIA BLVD PASADENA CA 91125 951643307 501(c)3 115183 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1901 SOUTH FIRST ST A CHAMPAIGN IL 618207406 376000511 501(c)3 158922 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY PO BOX 873503 TEMPE AZ 852873503 860196696 501(c)3 88481 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists NORTWESTERN UNIVERSITY 633 CLARK ST RM G547 EVANSTON IL 602081112 362167817 501(c)3 47307 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND PROJECT ADM 4 NEW SOUTH BLDG PO BOX 36 PRINCETON NJ 08544 210634501 501(c)3 122728 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 58991 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PO BOX 3520 TUCSON AZ 857223520 742652689 501(c)3 53869 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists YALE UNIVERSITY PO Box 208239 NEW HAVEN CT 065208239 060646973 501(c)3 57139 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 11200 SW 8th Street MIAMI FL 33199 650177616 501(c)3 37156 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH 1960 KENNY RD COLUMBUS OH 432101003 432101003 501(c)3 46283 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 601 COLORADO STREET AUSTIN TX 787012982 746000203 501(c)3 135408 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY STATION BIRMINGHAM AL 35294 636005396 501(c)3 65973 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 5000 WOVERLINE TOWER 3000 S STATE STREET ANN ARBOR MI 481091287 386006309 501(c)3 121547 0 Participant support; academic partnership to train young scientists 15 0 Fellowship 68 3310244 SchI_P01_S00_L02 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Meserve 457000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58020 0 515020 0 0 0 Gary Kowalczyk 197000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37967 0 234967 0 0 0 Lisa Klow 55500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17364 0 72864 0 0 0 Russel Hemley 241592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53577 0 295169 0 0 0 Sean Solomon 231789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55045 0 286834 0 0 0 Wendy Freedman 231789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39233 0 271022 0 0 0 Wolf Frommer 231789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47754 0 279543 0 0 0 Christopher Field 231789 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53061 0 284850 0 0 0 Ken Caldeira 248389 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42421 0 290810 0 0 0 Ho Kwang Mao 228987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50579 0 279566 0 0 0 Erik Hauri 190600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57226 0 247826 0 0 0 Ronald Cohen 181800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31324 0 213124 0 0 0 Joseph Gall 181800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41141 0 222941 0 0 0 Patrick McCarthy 174059 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36879 0 210938 0 0 0 Mark Phillips 173769 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46281 0 220050 0 0 0 Seung Rhee 156580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22643 0 179223 0 0 0 Steve Shectman 181578 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38819 0 220397 0 0 0 SchJ_P02_S00_L00 Schedule J, Part II See Statement 6 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 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 30505440 0 0 0 553594 0 0 30000000 0 0 2005 1 0 1 1 0 0 36365183 0 0 0 565183 0 0 35800000 0 17694 2003 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 SchK_P02_S00_L07 Schedule K, Part II, Line 7 MARYLAND HEALTH AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES AUTHORITY(MHHEFA), on behalf of Carnegie. 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. CALIFORNIA EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY (CEFA), on behalf of Carnegie. 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 exess of $35.8 million were used to cover issuance costs. Merit Energy Company Trustee, William Gayden 1163053 Contributions to Merit Investment 0 X 3 69797 FMV X 1 111020 FMV 0 1 1 SchM_P01_S00_L32b Schedule M, Part I, Line 32b The organization uses its custodial bank, State Street, to process and sell stock contributions received from donors. F990_P03_S00_L04a 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 resevoirs 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 investigatin climate change to promoting satellite imagery for the discovery of environmental "hotspots". F990_P06_S0B_L11b 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. F990_P06_S0B_L12c 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. F990_P06_S0B_L15 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 the President and the Director, Administration and Finance. The review includes comparability data prepared by the Manager of Human Resources and Insurance. The results of the review are documented in the minutes of the meeting of the Committee. Both were reviewed in 2011. F990_P06_S0C_L19 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.ciw.edu. The trustee conflict of interest policy is available upon written request. F990_P11_S00_L05 Form 990, Part XI, Line 5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments = 97,301,469; Donated services and use of facilities = (261,675); Investment expenses = (930,694)