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Astrophysical Research Consortium

SEATTLE, WA

Website

Total revenue

$5.2M

Total expenses

$11.2M

Net assets

$31.6M

Grants received

$10.5M

5 grants

EIN

911265806

Tax year

2024

Mission

Astrophysical Research Consortium was established to design, build and operate a variety of sizes and shapes of telescopes at its Apache Point site at Sunspot, New Mexico.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$59K
Program service revenue$4.6M
Investment income$583K
Other revenue$11K
Total revenue$5.2M

Expenses

Grants paid—
Salaries & benefits$3.2M
Fundraising—
Other expenses$7.9M
Total expenses$11.2M
Total assets$34.7M
Net assets$31.6M

People

19 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Alim Patten

Business Manager

Board

$116K

50 hrs/wk

Michael Crenshaw

Board Chair

Board

$13K

4 hrs/wk

Suzanne Hawley

Trustee

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Daniel Pollack

Trustee

Board

—

0.9 hrs/wk

Michele Shuster

Trustee

Board

—

0.9 hrs/wk

Jon Holtzman

Trustee

Board

—

0.9 hrs/wk

Victor M Bright

Trustee

Board

—

0.9 hrs/wk

Jeremy Darling

Trustee

Board

—

0.5 hrs/wk

Laura Galloway

Trustee

Board

—

0.4 hrs/wk

Steve Majewski

Trustee

Board

—

0.5 hrs/wk

Bertrand Garcia-Moreno

Trustee

Board

—

0.1 hrs/wk

Rosemary F G Wyse

Trustee

Board

—

1.5 hrs/wk

Donald Hamelberg

Trustee

Board

—

0.1 hrs/wk

Georgia Kosmopoulou

Trustee

Board

—

0.1 hrs/wk

Karen Leighly

Trustee

Board

—

0.3 hrs/wk

Parag Chitnis

Trustee

Board

—

0.1 hrs/wk

Eric Hintz

Trustee

Board

—

0.6 hrs/wk

Aleksandr Mosenkov

Trustee

Board

—

0.9 hrs/wk

Henry Chip Kobulnicky

Secretary and Treasurer

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

New Mexico St Univ

Observatory Operations Support

$2.9M

University of Washington

Observatory Operations Support

$1.1M

Carnegie Institution

Observatory Operations Support

$809K

University of Utah

Observatory Operations Support

$311K

Johns Hopkins University

Observatory Operations Support

$218K

Grants received

Showing 5 of 5

FromAmountPurposeYear
ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION
$1.8M
TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO EXPLAIN THE GENESIS OF THE MILKY WAY AND ITS NEIGHBORS, COMPREHENSIVELY TEST STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS AND STAR-PLANET RELATIONS, PROBE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE PHYSICS, AND MAP, ON UNPRECEDENTED SCALES, THE MILKY WAYS INTERSTELLAR GAS AND THAT OF NEARBY GALAXIES
2023
ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION
$6M
TO ACHIEVE THE FULL PROMISE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V) BY COMPLETING A FIVE-YEAR, ALL-SKY, SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OBSERVING SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES, THE MILKY WAY GALAXY, AND INTERSTELLAR GAS IN THE MILKY WAY AND NEARBY GALAXIES
2022
ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION
$2.4M
TO UNDERTAKE THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V), WHICH WILL UTILIZE ALL-SKY SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS TO EXPLAIN THE GENESIS OF THE MILKY WAY AND ITS NEIGHBORS, COMPREHENSIVELY TEST STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS AND STAR-PLANET RELATIONS, PROBE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE PHYSICS, AND MAP, ON UNPRECEDENTED SCALES, THE MILKY WAYS INTERSTELLAR GAS AND THAT OF NEARBY GALAXIES
2022
ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION
$250K
TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY V (SDSS-V) BY SUPPORTING CRITICAL EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDING NECESSARY EQUIPMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
2020
ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION
$130K
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR THE FACULTY AND STUDENT TEAM (FAST) PROGRAM WITHIN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY (SDSS) THAT AIMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN THE COLLABORATION AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PURSUING ASTRONOMY PH.D. PROGRAMS
2020

Funded by

$10.5M from 1 funder · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Alfred P Sloan Foundation

$10.5M · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN911265806
NTEE codeU310
Subsection03
Ruling date1984-10
Formed1984
Employees60
Volunteers18
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