Lsst Inc.

“Lsst, inc. Members are brookhaven national laboratory, california institute of technology, carnegie mellon university, columbia university, drexel university, fermi national accelerator laboratory, google, inc., institut de physique nucleaire et de physique des particules (in2p3), johns hopkins university, kentucky association for research with lsst (karl), las cumbres observatory global telescope network, inc., lawrence livermore national laboratory, los alamos national laboratory, association of universities in research in astronomy, inc. (aura) - national optical astronomy observatory (noao), northwestern university, pennsylvania state university, princeton university, purdue university, republic of chile, rutgers university, stanford university - kavli institute for particle astrophysics and cosmology, stanford university linear accelerator center (slac), aura - space telescope science institute (stscl), texas a&m university, university of arizona, university of california at davis, university of chicago, university of illinois at urbana-champaign, university of oxford, university of pennsylvania, university of pittsburgh, university of portsmouth, institute of cosmology & gravitation, university of washington, inaf.”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The 990 is reviewed and approved by the board treasurer, director, and provided to the board for review before submission.”

“The conflict of interest policy is monitored and enforced by aura/noao.”

“Aura's human resources department performs a comparability data analysis related to the director's compensation using various tools and external resources. The final compensation for the director is reviewed and approved by the board of directors. Aura hr department retains such documentation.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available upon request.”

“Lsst, inc. Does not have any employees; however, the executive director and board secretary of lsst, inc. Are compensated for their services through the association of universities for research in astronomy (aura). Aura is not a related entity to lsst, inc. However, the executive director and board secretary's compensation, since known, have been listed in part vii.”

“To advance understanding of the dynamic universe by enabling lsst science through research and education.”

“Lsst, inc., headquartered in tucson, arizona, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation formed to initiate the lsst project and advance the science of astronomy and physics. Lsst, inc. Is a collaborator in the rubin observatory construction project (previously the lsst project), that is financially supported by the federal funding agencies, nsf and doe, and by private contributions from lsst, inc. Lsst, inc. Represents a consortium of nearly 35 institutional members. During rubin operations the privately-funded lsst corporation (lsst, inc.) will focus on enabling science by helping the community prepare to maximize the science impact of the rubin observatory legacy survey of space and time (lsst). Lsst, inc. Anticipates funding workshops, classes, internships, and more to train and engage future users of lsst to get the most science out of the transformative dataset. Lsst, inc. Will also offer support to the lsst science collaborations, self-assembled groups of scientists from around the world with a common research interest.”

“Contracted services: program service expenses 92,011. Management and general expenses 51,644. Fundraising expenses 57,957. Total expenses 201,612. Services provided by aura: program service expenses 44,819. Management and general expenses 78,422. Fundraising expenses 70,149. Total expenses 193,390.”

“Refund of grant awarded in a prior year 10,000.”

“The oversight process and the selection process has not changed from prior year.”