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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FERMI FORWARD DISCOVERY GROUP LLC.

Totals

Total revenue
$645,523,193
Total expenses
$643,728,276
Contributions and grants received
$645,302,772
Grants paid
$140,820
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$220,421
Total assets, end of year
$22,247,753
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,452,636
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,795,117
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$637,594,791
Management and general expenses
$6,133,485
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$637,594,791

Program services were 99.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $645,274,200

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,572

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $28,572

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $220,421 · related or exempt $220,421

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $220,421

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $128,820 · program services $128,820

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $4,349,092 · program services $4,349,092

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $142,316,184 · program services $140,036,972 · management and general $2,279,212

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,194,736 · program services $13,967,405 · management and general $227,331

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $20,376,291 · program services $20,049,962 · management and general $326,329

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,459,258 · program services $10,291,752 · management and general $167,506

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,063 · management and general $43,063

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $198,048 · management and general $198,048

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $80,690,467 · program services $80,342,651 · management and general $347,816 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,687,933 · program services $6,674,154 · management and general $13,779

  • 24a · Other expenses: COST OF PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIP

    total $327,963,729 · program services $327,963,729

  • 24b · Other expenses: MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

    total $19,977,871 · program services $19,718,648 · management and general $259,223

  • 24c · Other expenses: ELECTRICAL POWER

    total $10,405,774 · program services $10,405,774

  • 24d · Other expenses: INVENTORY USAGE

    total $3,281,692 · program services $3,281,692

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,643,318 · program services $372,140 · management and general $2,271,178 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,910,309

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $170,790

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $280,640

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $18,975,965

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $909,849

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $316,049

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,136,587

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $1,795,117

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY ("FERMILAB") IN BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY OWNED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AT WHICH THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF MATTER AND ENERGY IS STUDIED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FFDG LLC'S PURPOSE IS THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF FERMILAB, AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC USER FACILITY OWNED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AT WHICH THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF MATTER AND ENERGY IS STUDIED.

  • THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) AWARDED THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY (FERMILAB) TO FFDG, LLC, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025 . FFDG BUILDS ON UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION'S RECORD OF PERFORMANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF FERMILAB SINCE 1967; AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S LEADERSHIP OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ANL) SINCE ITS FOUNDING. THE FFDG TEAM BRINGS RESOURCES, COLLABORATIONS, AND BEST PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE LABORATORY'S CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. FFDG SUPPORTS THE LABORATORY'S LONG-TERM VISION AND TOTAL COMMITMENT TO DISCOVERY, THE DOE SCIENTIFIC MISSION, AND ENSURING OUR NATION'S CONTINUED PREEMINENCE IN PARTICLE PHYSICS. PRESENTLY, FERMILAB'S PRIMARY TEN-YEAR GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH A WORLD-LEADING NEUTRINO SCIENCE PROGRAM LED BY THE LONG-BASELINE NEUTRINO FACILITY AND DEEP UNDERGROUND NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT (LBNF/DUNE). LBNF/DUNE ADVANCES THE PARTICLE PHYSICS PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PANEL (P5) PLAN BY ESTABLISHING THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS FACILITY WITH A NEW BEAMLINE AND A FAR DETECTOR SITED DEEP UNDERGROUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE 2020S. AS FERMILAB STEPS INTO THIS NEW ROLE AS HOST LAB FOR LBNF/DUNE, THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS ADJUSTING TO SUPPORT THE SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS, TECHNICIANS AND ENGINEERS WHO ARE AND WILL BE WORKING AT THE SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY (SURF) IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LABORATORY HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW FERMILAB DIVISION, THE SOUTH DAKOTA OPERATIONS DIVISION, WHICH IS BASED FULL-TIME AT SURF TO PROVIDE THE SAME RANGE OF OPERATIONAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT EXIST AT FERMILAB'S MAIN CAMPUS IN BATAVIA, IL. IN ADDITION, FERMILAB'S MAJOR INITIATIVES INCLUDE LEADING ONE OF THE FIVE DOE NATIONAL QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE (QIS) RESEARCH CENTERS. THE SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS CENTER (SQMS) HAS THE CONCRETE AND AMBITIOUS GOAL TO DEVELOP, BUILD, AND DEPLOY THE FIRST QUANTUM COMPUTER AT FERMILAB. THE SQMS CENTER AND OTHER FERMILAB EFFORTS ARE PRODUCING HIGH-IMPACT RESULTS IN QUANTUM COMPUTING, NETWORKING, AND SENSING AND GROWING COLLABORATIONS WITH UNIVERSITIES, LABORATORIES, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS IN QIS.

    Expenses $637,594,791 · Grants $138,820 · Revenue $220,421

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cherry Murray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christelle Sophie Roy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • David Mark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • John Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,529
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $176,190
    Other
    $14,339
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $176,190 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,335 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $4 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $190,529 related

  • John Mester

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $632,486
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $554,905
    Other
    $77,581
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $554,905 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $43,081 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $632,486 related

  • Kimberly Sawyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

  • Mark Whitney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Martin Schneider

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Alivisatos

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $2,082,741
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $2,031,564
    Other
    $51,177
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $2,031,564 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,577 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $2,082,741 related

  • Rolf Heuer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Teresa Grancorvitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angela Manning-Hardimon

    FERMILAB CFO

    Total calculated
    $365,708
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $310,276
    Other
    $55,432
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $309,072 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,204 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $31,534 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,898 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $365,708 related

  • Fabiola Delgado

    TREASURER/FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $381,381
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $338,680
    Other
    $42,701
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $338,680 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,588 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,113 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $381,381 related

  • Nikolista Lia Merminga

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $819,087
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $772,284
    Other
    $46,803
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $671,937 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $100,347 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,303 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $819,087 related

  • Tracey Quinn

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $358,381
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $328,011
    Other
    $30,370
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $328,011 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,546 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,824 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $358,381 related

  • Young-Kee Kim

    INTERIM PRESIDENT BEGAN 1/13/2025

    Total calculated
    $404,719
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $364,125
    Other
    $40,594
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $364,125 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $27,600 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,994 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $404,719 related

  • Bonnie Tamminga Fleming

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR/CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $583,879
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $513,532
    Other
    $70,347
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $512,114 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,418 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,847 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $583,879 related

  • Douglas A Glenzinski

    DEPUTY CRO

    Total calculated
    $412,816
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $342,469
    Other
    $70,347
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $340,921 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,548 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $35,847 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $412,816 related

  • Gregory Mark Stephens

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $495,963
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $466,452
    Other
    $29,511
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $415,862 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $50,590 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $29,511 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $495,963 related

  • Joseph Lykken

    DIVISION HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $389,602
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $331,257
    Other
    $58,345
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $326,929 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $4,328 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,360 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,985 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $389,602 related

  • Margaret Votava

    DIVISION HEAD

    Total calculated
    $367,164
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $317,099
    Other
    $50,065
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $169,472 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $147,627 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,651 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $32,414 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $367,164 related

  • Martha E Michels

    DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ASSURANCE & PERF MNGT

    Total calculated
    $387,712
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $341,314
    Other
    $46,398
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $338,152 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,162 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,095 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,303 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $387,712 related

  • Pantaleo Raimondi

    SCIENTIST/PIP II PROJECT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $380,841
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $338,974
    Other
    $41,867
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $321,553 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $17,421 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $31,207 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,660 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $380,841 related

  • Jon A Bakken

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $443,630
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $400,361
    Other
    $43,269
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $249,385 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $150,976 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,198 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,071 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $443,630 related

  • Marc Clay

    INTERIM SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH

    Total calculated
    $501,101
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $427,704
    Other
    $73,397
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $372,751 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $54,953 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,897 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $501,101 related

  • Rae Moss

    HEAD OF OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $390,675
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $348,654
    Other
    $42,021
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $267,548 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $81,106 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,521 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $390,675 related

  • Richard P Stanek

    SQMS DEPUTY PROJECT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $374,385
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $349,963
    Other
    $24,422
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,498 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $167,465 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,387 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,035 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $374,385 related

  • Velma Gordon

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $406,573
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $359,127
    Other
    $47,446
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $356,117 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,010 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,169 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,277 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $406,573 related

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 4A SEVERANCE OR CHANGE-OF-CONTROL PAYMENT
THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT FROM FRA. MARGARET VOTAVA - $123,558 RICHARD P STANEK - $164,674 JON A BAKKEN - $148,385

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202642539349300349

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