2024-11-12T15:47:46-07:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 521073697 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON PHIL 2025992858 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20008 Larry Millstein President 2022626720 2024-11-15 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z PSW Science Larry S Millstein 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington DC 20008 132890 0 X www.pswscience.org X 1871 DC Educational, scientific, and professional society organized in 1871 to further scientific inquiry and understanding. 8 8 0 20 0 0 51268 72281 31707 42384 9687 13648 1584 4256 94246 132569 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1176 82290 101091 82290 101091 11956 31478 512675 597178 18041 19942 494634 577236 Educational, scientific, and professional society organized in 1871 by Joseph Henry (the first secretary of the Smithsonian) providing science lectures, education, and discussion to its members and the public for the promotion of science, the advancement of learning, and the free exchange of views among its members and attendees on scientific subjects. Lectures and the accompanying discussion are recorded and made available to all, free of charge, on the Society's video channels. 0 0 82574 0 42384 PSW Science is one of the oldest scientific societies in Washington, DC founded in 1871 by Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. It presents 16-20 science lectures a year, free and open to the public with discussion during and after the lecture. Approximately 1200 to 1500 people attend each year; individual lecture attendance is approximately 80-200. There is a pre-lecture reception and dinner with the speaker before the lecture; dinner attendees pay an event fee to cover costs; attendance is 20-50 per lecture. The receptions and dinners are designed to provide ample opportunity for interaction among the attendees with the speaker, and many collaborations have been initiated at these gatherings. The lectures address the scientific issues of the day and there is robust discussion before, during, and after the lecture. The lecturers are usually leading scientists in the field or leaders of important scientific organizations. The lectures are in-depth and sophisticated, about an hour in length followed by a robust question and answer period of approximately 30 to 60 minutes. The lectures are geared to address three levels of discourse: professional scientists in the field of the lecturer, scientists in other fields, and others who are interested in the topic but are not scientific specialists. The lectures are not basic summaries or short popular-style snippets of information, but are designed to address the substantive technical nature of the work being presented. PSW Science has a strong interdisciplinary educational mission to bring together scientists and others who work in diverse fields and diverse institutions of academia, industry, and government so that they will benefit from discussion with others outside of their fields and institutions. PSW Science engages all areas of science, including both physical and life science, with lectures in the areas of astronomy, planetary and earth science, cosmology, biomedical science, chemistry and biochemistry, computer science, artificial intelligence, biology, and engineering, to name just a few. Members and regular attendees work in industry, government, and academia. Many members and regular attendees work for or with federal agencies, such as NASA, NIST, NSF, DOE, and NIH. Members and regular attendees include students, young-career professionals, and established scientists. One of the primary goals of PSW Science is to provide an opportunity for students and younger professionals to meet and interact with prominent scientists. 13596 0 0 PSW Science's educational outreach is substantial and multi-faceted. It live-streams its science lectures and posts them to its website and PSW Science YouTube and Vimeo channels, where the videos have been viewed over a million times. In addition, approximately 20-100 people watch each live stream and participate in real-time in the discussion. There are hundreds of thousands of views of the lectures each year on the PSW Science channels with viewers located throughout the world. These viewers have the opportunity to see leading scientists in a field discuss the most important scientific issues of the day. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a All members of the General Committee (board) have one vote, except for Larry Millstein who serves as both President and Program Director. Consequently, he has two votes. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Larry Millstein and Robin Taylor have a family relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 PSW Science has the following membership classes with the right to elect members of the governing body and approve certain significant decisions: Regular Members (including student members) and Life Members. Other membership classes are approved by the General Committee (board) without voting rights, including, but not limited to, Speaker Members, who have presented lectures. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Regular Members (including student members) and Life Members have the right to elect the officers and three at-large members of the General Committee (governing board). Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b Regular Members (including student members) and Life Members have the right to approve any changes to the Bylaws. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990 is prepared by members of the General Committee (board), reviewed by the President, and provided to members of the General Committee prior to filing for review and comment. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 There were no requests for governing documents and financial statements during the tax year. There is no written conflict of interest policy.