2020-08-25T15:15:30-07:00 2019-09-30 330686301 White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP 2875 Michelle Drive Suite 300 Irvine CA 92606 990 2018-10-01 222570926 The Ayn Rand Institute The Center for The Advancement of Objectivism AYNR 9492226550 6 Hutton Centre Drive Santa Ana CA 92707 Tal Tsfany President & CEO 2020-08-25 true Christina M Wenk CPA P01255081 7149781300 2018 2020-11-06 18:47:13Z Tal Tsfany 6 Hutton Centre Drive 600 Santa Ana CA 92707 7974522 false false X www.aynrand.org X 1984 PA To increase readership and understanding of Ayn Rand's works and to find and train the new intellectuals to teach her philosophy of objectivism. 12 11 56 10 0 10374152 6468953 484290 466263 15665 31401 13219 20061 10887326 6986678 183664 394660 0 4424159 3774489 0 794482 3893464 3608510 8501287 7777659 2386039 -790981 7513276 6646518 4397648 4322319 3115628 2324199 To foster a growing awareness, understanding and acceptance of Ayn Rand's revolutionary philosophy, objectivism, in order to create a culture whose guiding principles are reason, rational self-interest, and laissez-faire capitalism, a culture in which individuals are free to pursue their own happiness. false false 2918731 239245 1040 Outreach Programs: Promoted the book of an in-house author whose book applies Ayn Rands ideas. Arranged for 68 public and private speaking events including debates, talks and panel discussions in the US. Held two conferences in Brazil and Latin America for over 290 attendees, sending 5 ARI intellectuals for talks and panel discussions. Recorded talks uploaded to YouTube resulted in approximately 450,000 subscribers. Additional events on Facebook Live exceeded views. Offered 55 episodes on ARI LIVE! podcasts. ARI speakers were interviewed on international, national and local radio and TV shows (traditional and internet), and hosted and appeared on various podcasts. Op-eds and articles by ARI authors were published in print and online publications around the world. 2021081 155415 442944 Educational Programs: Coordinated the donation of more than 150,000 free copies of Ayn Rands books to high school and middle school teachers and students. Held three essay contests on Ayn Rands novels, which drew more than 15,000 entries. Hosted 12 students and recent graduates in a 8 weeks seasonal internship program that provided educational programming and professional experience. Distributed more than 5,000 books to young people through free market organizations and professors. Organized the fall conference for more than 128 students, in Atlanta, GA and brought 78 students to the ARI summer conference in Cleveland, OH for classes and networking. The Objectivist Academic Center (OAC) launched a new three-year distance learning program to replace its one-year Core Course, admitting 50 students in fall 2019; it also offered advanced seminars in philosophy to 12 students and sponsored the advising of 4 graduate students by tenured or tenure-track professors in their fields. ARI Campus launched a new and improved mobile application and continued to offer online courses from beginner to advanced levels on Ayn Rands fiction works and on her philosophy and its application, adding 50 new campus courses. The courses and other content are free and open to anyone interested in Ayn Rands ideas. Over 29,000 individuals accessed courses or downloaded audio content during the year, and course content was used by over 100 high school classroom teachers. 584882 22279 Other: The Ayn Rand Archives digitized a large amount of analog audio (primarily cassette tapes), conducted 40 hours of oral history interviews on the Objectivist movement, and assisted 12 outside researchers who examined materials both in person and online. We also continued correcting errors in the keyword-searchable version of the Ayn Rand Papers. The ARI eStore (estore.aynrand.com) continued to publish and sell hundreds of downloadable recordings on Objectivism and related topics. Objectivist Summer Conference 2019 was held in Cleveland, OH with 458 people in attendance. 5524694 true true false false false false false true false true true false false true true false true false false false true false true false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false true true true false false true 136 0 true 56 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false X 12 11 true false false false false false false true true false true true true true true true true true true false false CA PA X Tal Tsfany 9492226550 6 Hutton Centre Drive Ste 600 Santa Ana CA 92707 Arturo Gamboa Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Carl Barney Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Harry Binswanger Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Brown Director 2.00 0.00 X 71511 0 17618 John Allison Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Larry Salzman Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lars Seier Christensen Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Peter Leport Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Robert Mayhew President & Dir 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tara Smith Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Blum Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Yaron Brook Executive Chair 45.00 0.00 X X 0 0 10211 Tal Tsfany President & CEO 45.00 0.00 X 167652 0 17901 Valerie Usher VP of Finance 45.00 0.00 X 81761 0 3566 Onkar Ghate Content officer 45.00 0.00 X 135282 0 10402 Chris Locke VP of Marketing 45.00 0.00 X 157000 0 3000 Keith Lockitch VP of Ed Prog 45.00 0.00 X 137123 0 17874 Lance Arenson Controller 45.00 0.00 X 36484 0 3000 Maria Torre Controller 50.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Angela Dietrich Secretary 45.00 0.00 X 54715 0 3000 Steve Simpson Dir. 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In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, these items are not capitalized on the financial statements. Part III, Line 4: Description of organization's collections and how it furthers its purpose. The Ayn Rand archives consist of two major holdings: The Ayn Rand Papers and The Special Collections.The Ayn Rand Papers comprises the personal papers and effects left by Ayn Rand at her death in 1982. This collection includes manuscripts, notes and outlines, business and personal correspondence, philosophic journals, research files, marginalia, clippings, photographs, calendars, address books, phonograph records, memorabilia, and recorded interviews and speeches. Also included is microfilm of The Ayn Rand Papers at the Library of Congress. These papers are drafts, typescripts and galleys of her novella, Anthem, and her three novels, We The Living, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged, plus some administrative material.The Special Collections is an ongoing collection of Ayn Rand-related material acquired since her death. It includes recordings of Ayn Rand's radio programs, lectures and interviews, oral history interviews, Russian academic and legal documents, translations of her work, biographical and philosophical articles about Ayn Rand, reviews and press mentions, screenplays, correspondence, objectivist periodicals, and materials from objectivist organizations.The mission of The Ayn Rand Archives is to acquire, preserve and make available Ayn Rand's remaining papers and related documents to serious scholars and general writers. By acquiring holdings, conducting research and providing access, the archives preserves and makes available the physical evidence of Ayn Rand's achievement and influence. 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