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← TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY LLC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY LLC.

Totals

Total revenue
$13,198,485
Total expenses
$16,449,330
Contributions and grants received
$12,385,209
Grants paid
$20,158
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,614,699
Management and general expenses
$3,834,631
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,614,699

Program services were 76.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT KIRSHNER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $893,526
    From this org
    $837,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,942
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $805,258
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $32,326
    Deferred
    $26,070
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,872
    Filer's total
    $893,526

  • FENGCHUAN LIU

    PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $454,988
    From this org
    $372,606
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,382
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $349,606
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $23,000
    Deferred
    $52,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,892
    Filer's total
    $454,988

  • ERIC HANSEN

    DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $401,431
    From this org
    $313,164
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $88,267
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,164
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,489
    Filer's total
    $401,431

  • JOSE TERAN

    FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HEAD

    Total calculated
    $373,220
    From this org
    $290,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,509
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $45,645
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,864
    Filer's total
    $373,220

  • BENJAMIN GALLAGHER

    TELESCOPE OPTICS GROUP LEADER

    Total calculated
    $344,211
    From this org
    $279,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,534
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,747
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,787
    Filer's total
    $344,211

  • CORINNE BOYER

    ADAPTIVE OPTICS GROUP LEADER

    Total calculated
    $336,852
    From this org
    $264,616
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,236
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,616
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $40,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,451
    Filer's total
    $336,852

  • KYLE KINOSHITA

    TELESCOPE STRUCT. GROUP LEADER

    Total calculated
    $306,270
    From this org
    $246,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,162
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,108
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,797
    Filer's total
    $306,270

  • GELYS TRANCHO

    PROJECT SYSTEMS ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $300,318
    From this org
    $251,506
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,812
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,506
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,235
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,577
    Filer's total
    $300,318

  • DIANA JERGOVIC

    SECRETARY/GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BRUCE MACINTOSH

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CHRISTOPHER MARTIN

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TOM SOIFER

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHAEL BOLTE

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • HENRY YANG

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • FENG YUAN

    GOVERNOR - END DATE 5/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • XUEFENG WU

    GOVERNOR - END DATE 5/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SUIJIAN XUE

    GOVERNOR - END DATE 5/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • SAKU TSUNETA

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • TOMONORI USUDA

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GILLES JONCAS

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHITOSHI YOSHIDA

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LUC SIMARD

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ESWAR REDDY

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • AN RAMAPRAKASH

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHAEL BALOGH

    GOVERNOR - START DATE 1/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A
ONE OFFICER RECEIVED A TAX GROSS UP PAYMENT AND A HOUSING ALLOWANCE WHICH IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B) (III). FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1B TAX INDEMNIFICATION AND GROSS-UP PAYMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT APPROVAL. FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7 ONE HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS THAT WAS SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT APPROVAL.
FORM 990, SCHEDULE J, PART II
FENGCHUAN LIU AND ROBERT KIRSHNER ARE COMPENSATED BY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. TIO REIMBURSES THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COSTS OF THOSE EMPLOYEES RELATED TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO TIO. THE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN PART VII AND SCHEDULE J, PART II REPRESENT THEIR COMPENSATION IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR SERVICES TO TIO.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349323980

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