2025-08-13T17:44:26-05:00 2024-09-30 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 950 NORTH GLEBE ROAD SUITE 1200 ARLINGTON VA 22203 990 2023-10-01 520816670 UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC UNIV 2022931382 1140 19TH STREET NW STE 900 WASHINGTON DC 20036 JOHN MESTER PRESIDENT 2022931382 2025-08-13 1 1 ROBERT WILLIAMS P01345960 5712279500 2025-08-12 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z JOHN MESTER 1140 19TH STREET NW STE 900 WASHINGTON DC 20036 9974109 0 X WWW.URA-HQ.ORG X 1965 DC TO FACILITATE AND MANAGE LABORATORIES FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN SCIENCE. 13 13 15 13 0 0 581318 562779 4509848 4041965 679371 522103 0 4312 5770537 5131159 494868 656688 0 0 3172158 3414848 0 0 0 2629599 3298622 6296625 7370158 -526088 -2238999 20400511 21005395 2020107 2043398 18380404 18961997 X UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION INC. (URA) IS A NONPROFIT MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION ORGANIZED TO ENGAGE IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION IN THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. THE MISSION OF URA IS TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST LABORATORIES AND FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION IN THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TO EXPAND THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE, FOSTER INNOVATION, AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OF SCIENTISTS. 0 0 1036174 0 4047567 NTESS/SNL: URA WAS PART OF THE HONEYWELL PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY ITS WHOLLY OWNED AFFILIATE, THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA LLC (NTESS), THAT LED TO THE CONTRACT AWARDED IN DECEMBER 2016 BY DOE/NNSA TO MANAGE AND OPERATE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES. A NTESS-URA SUBCONTRACT FOR ASSURING SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, PROMOTING THE TALENT PIPELINE AND FACILITATING STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH ACADEMIA BECAME EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 31, 2018 AND WAS VALID THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022. THIS SUBCONTRACT IS VALID FOR FIVE YEARS, OR THROUGH APRIL 30, 2027. THE NTESS-URA SUBCONTRACT IS A SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF URA'S PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES URA EMPLOYEES ONSITE AT SANDIA. 595710 524798 0 VISITING SCHOLARS AWARDS: EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007, URA COMMITTED TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF $400,000 PER YEAR OVER FIVE YEARS TO SUPPORT MEMBER UNIVERSITY FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO PERFORM RESEARCH AT FERMILAB. IN 2012, AND AGAIN IN 2016, THE MEMBER INSTITUTIONS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CONTINUE SUPPORT TO FERMILAB IN THE FORM OF THE VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM. THIS COMMITMENT IS FUNDED THROUGH A SERIES OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS OF $5,000 FROM EACH EXISTING URA MEMBER INSTITUTION, AND A ONE-TIME ASSESSMENT OF $10,000 FOR NEW MEMBERS. 506951 40000 -5602 FRA/FERMILAB: FROM THE LABORATORY'S ESTABLISHMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2006, URA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING, DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, AND OPERATING THE FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY (FERMILAB) UNDER CONTRACTS WITH THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ITS PREDECESSOR AGENCIES. AS OF JANUARY 1, 2007, A NEW CONTRACT TO MANAGE AND OPERATE FERMILAB WAS AWARDED TO THE FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC, AN ILLINOIS 501(C)(3) LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. URA HAS A 50% OWNERSHIP IN THE FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC, THE PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR THE OPERATION OF FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO OWNS THE REMAINING 50%). URA RECEIVES 50% OF EARNINGS (AS NOTED IN THE PROGRAM REVENUE). AS SUCH, URA EMPLOYEES SPEND TIME MANAGING THIS RELATIONSHIP. AFTER AN INITIAL FIVE-YEAR BASE TERM, THE FERMILAB CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED BASED ON PERFORMANCE THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024. 344148 0 0 SNL FELLOWSHIP: IN 2022, URA ENTERED INTO A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (ORISE) IN SUPPORT OF THE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES' MISSION OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EDUCATION IN THE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS OF SCIENTISTS. UNDER THIS PARTNERSHIP, URA HAS ESTABLISHED A RESEARCH PARTICIPATION PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH, POST-GRADUATES, STUDENTS AND UNIVERSITY FACULTY, AND ESTABLISHED SCIENTISTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, PARTICIPATE IN URA INITIATIVES AND RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR URA BASED ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES, AS WELL AS OTHER URA-AFFILIATED FACILITIES. ORISE IS ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM AWARDS ARE CONDITIONAL UPON THE APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS AND ACTUAL COSTS INCURRED. 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FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE ORGANIZATION HAS 92 INSTITUTIONAL UNIVERSITY MEMBERS, EACH REPRESENTED IN THE COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS (COP) BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT OR CHANCELLOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A EACH MEMBER OF THE COP HAS ONE VOTE. THE COP ELECTS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BY THE MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE COP MAY DISAPPROVE ANY ASSESSMENTS FIXED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; ELECT NEW MEMBER UNIVERSITIES NOMINATED BY THE BOARD; AND APPROVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS PROPOSED BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B MANAGEMENT AND ITS EXTERNAL ACCOUNTANTS REVIEW THE 990. THEN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ASSUMES THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWING THE 990 ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. THE BOARD RECEIVES A COPY PRIOR TO ITS FILING. 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