Lsst Inc.

“Lsst discovery alliance members are adler planetarium, association of universities for research in astronomy (aura), breakthrough listen initiative university of california, berkeley, carnegie mellon university, columbia university, institute of physics, czech academy of sciences (fzu), institut de physique nucleaire et de physique des particules (in2p3), instituto de astrofsica de canarias (iac), johns hopkins university, kavli institute for the physics and mathematics of the universe (ipmu), laboratorio interinstitucional de e-astronomia (linea), las cumbres observatory, (inaf) national institute for astrophysics, (mpia) max planck institut fuer astronomie, northwestern university, princeton university, purdue university, rutgers university, schmidt futures, slac/national accelerator laboratory, stanford university, texas a&m university, the pennsylvania state university, university of arizona, university of california san diego, university of illinois at champaign-urbana (ncsa), university of oxford, university of pittsburgh, university of toronto, university of virginia, university of washington, yale university, and chile.”

“Slac/national accelerator laboratory, association of universities for research in astronomy (aura), university of arizona, university of washington, and the university of chile each have the right to appoint a board of directors member. The voting rights of these board members are equivalent to any other board member.”

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

“The form 990 is reviewed by the contract cpa, the director of finance and administration, and the ceo. A final version is then shared with the chair of the board of directors for review and approval prior to submission.”

“Lsst discovery alliance has a written conflict of interest policy. Officers, directors, and key employees are required to disclose potential conflicts annually. The policy is reviewed by the executive committee, which oversees enforcement and ensures that disclosures are on file for all relevant individuals.”

“The association of universities for research in astronomy (aura)'s human resources department undertook a comparability data analysis in 2022 to establish the compensation for lsst discovery alliance's ceo, using various tools and external resources. The lsst discovery alliance board of directors reviews and affirms the ceo's compensation on an annual basis.”

“Lsst discovery alliance's articles of incorporation, irs determination letter, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements are available upon request.”

“Lsst discovery alliance does not directly employ staff, because payroll functions and selected human resources support are administered through professional employer arrangements ("employer of record" relationships). Supervision and performance expectations are managed by the lsst discovery alliance ceo. Until september 30, 2023, the executive director was employed by the association of universities for research in astronomy (aura), which contracted her services to lsst discovery alliance. Beginning october 1, 2023, the executive director's services were provided to lsst discovery alliance through integrity outsource, the organization's professional employer organization (peo) and employer of record. For all of calendar year 2023, the board secretary was employed by aura, which contracted his services to lsst discovery alliance. Neither aura nor integrity outsource is a related organization to lsst discovery alliance. Compensation information, to the extent known, is reported on part vii and schedule j.”