Lsst Inc.

“Lsst, inc. Members are california institute of technology, carnegie mellon university, columbia university, drexel university, institut de physique nucleaire et de physique des particules (in2p3), johns hopkins university, kentucky association for research with lsst (karl), lawrence livermore national laboratory (llnl), association of universities for research in astronomy, inc. (aura), northwestern university, pennsylvania state university, princeton university, rutgers university, stanford linear accelerator center (slac), stanford university-kavli institute for particle astrophysics and cosmology (kipac), texas a&m university, university of arizona, university of illinois at champaign-urbana (ncsa), university of oxford, university of pennsylvania, university of pittsburgh, university of portsmouth, university of washington, istituto nazionale di astrofisica (inaf), linea, max planck institut fuer astronomie (mpia), schmidt (future action network), university of california berkeley, and university of tokyo kavli institute for the physics & mathematics of the universe.”

“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.”

“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's and board secretary's compensation, since known, have been listed on part vii.”

“Contracted services: program service expenses 74,895. Management and general expenses 50,885. Fundraising expenses 48,045. Total expenses 173,825. Services provided by aura: program service expenses 107,582. Management and general expenses 205,252. Fundraising expenses 208,250. Total expenses 521,084.”

“The audit of the september 30, 2021 financial statements is in process as of the filing date of the return. This form 990 has been prepared using the best estimates available at the time, and if the final audited financial statements contain material differences an amended 2020 form 990 will be filed.”