Carnegie Institution of Washington

“Form 990, Part III, Line 1 THE MISSION OF THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 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." Program Service Activity #1 Form 990, Part III, Line 4a 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 FIELD, 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 GROUND BASED 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. Program Service Activity #2 Form 990, Part III, Line 4b 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 INSTITUTIONS. 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 BIOTECHNOLO”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b carnegie's finance department, senior staff and its independent paid preparer, grant thornton, work together to prepare and review the form 990. The draft form 990 is then distributed to members of the finance and operations committee of the board of trustees for review and comment. After the finance and operations committee has reviewed the return and its feedback has been incorporated, the return is distributed to all members of the board of trustees for review and comment before it is filed with the irs. Trustees are encouraged to contact the chief operating officer or director of finance with any questions. Conflict of interest policy form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c carnegie has adopted conflict of interest policies that apply to the institution's trustees, corporate officers, and employees. These policies require each trustee to complete annually a form to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. The forms are collected by the corporate secretary, and any disclosures are subsequently provided to the board of trustees or relevant committee of the board for review and approval. Similarly, all employees of carnegie (including corporate officers) are required, upon hiring and annually thereafter, to report their potential conflicts of interest. Department directors review all potential conflicts in their departments. The president reviews all potential conflicts for department directors. The board of trustees reviews all potential conflicts for the corporate officers. Throughout the year, each individual subject to the conflict of interest policies is required to update his/her disclosure statement to include any information required to be disclosed. The signed employee disclosure forms are kept in the employees personnel file.”

“Form 990, part vi, section b, line 15a carnegie engages an independent compensation consulting firm to conduct a compensation study to evaluate the reasonableness of the total proposed compensation for the organization's "disqualified persons" under treas. Reg. 53.4958-3 without regard to whether the person has been elected an officer. The independent compensation study focuses on the compensation paid to functionally comparable positions at similarly-situated organizations and also considers industry compensation surveys. The compensation study is provided to the organizations human resources and compensation committee, together with a reasoned written opinion from the compensation consultant that the proposed compensation arrangements for the disqualified persons are "reasonable" within the meaning of treas. Reg. 53.4958-4(b)(1)(ii)(a). The human resources and compensation committee sets compensation for each disqualified person and makes a recommendation to the full board of trustees with respect to compensation for the president. The full board then reviews the compensation study and opinion for the president together with the recommendation of the human resources and compensation committee and makes a decision with respect to the presidents compensation. The human resources and compensation committee and board rely on the compensation consultant's opinion and compensation study to guide its review, deliberation, and approval of the proposed compensation arrangements, and its decisions regarding compensation (including the bases for these decisions) are documented in the meeting minutes. The human resources and compensation committee and trustees who vote on compensation for disqualified persons and the president do not have a conflict of interest with regard to these compensation arrangements.”

“Form 990, part vi, section c, line 19 in accordance with treas. Reg. 301-6104(d)-1(a)(1) and irs notice 2007-45, copies of carnegies three most recent forms 990 are made available for inspection by the public during regular business hours at carnegie's office in washington, dc. Carnegie's most recent form 990 is also made available to the public on the institutions website. The organization makes its governing documents available to the extent required by law. The organization's audited financial statements and staff conflict of interest policy are also made available to the public upon request.”

“FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 Pension-related charges other than net periodic postretirement benefit cost $1,773,497 Unrealized swap gain/(loss) $120,034 Unrealized exchange rate gain/(loss) ($631) ---------- Total $1,892,900”