2017-02-06T15:53:24-08:00 2016-09-30 White Nelson Diehl Evans LLP 2875 Michelle Drive Suite 300 Irvine CA 92606 990 2015-10-01 222570926 The Ayn Rand Institute The Center for The Advancement of Objectivism AYNR 9492226550 2121 Alton Parkway Suite 250 Irvine CA 92606 Yaron Brook President & Dir 2017-02-06 true Michael R Ludin CPA P00011248 7149781300 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Yaron Brook 2121 Alton Parkway Suite 250 Irvine CA 92606 8659631 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. 9 8 67 102 1174 10542907 7479610 317435 359101 3 17310 35048 7246 10895393 7863267 214564 383425 0 5171237 4955149 586 0 1078952 5229471 3561512 10615858 8900086 279535 -1036819 6847753 5953152 4814005 4945383 2033748 1007769 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 3405232 209100 37404 Educational Programs: Coordinated the donation of more than 225,000 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 18,000 entries. Provided support to 20 campus clubs focused on Ayn Rand's philosophy. Provided speakers for 30 national campus events hosted by student clubs or professors. Hosted 9 students and recent graduates in a 10-14 week 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. Co-organized fall conference for more than 120 students and brought 112 students to the ARI summer conference 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 over forty students in fall 2016; it also offered advanced seminars in philosophy to 10 or more 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 website and continued to offer online courses from beginner to advanced levels on Ayn Rands fiction works and on her philosophy and its application, adding approximately 78 hours of new course content. The website now also includes dozens of Rand's essays available in full. The courses and other content are free and open to anyone interested in Ayn Rands ideas. Approximately 5,000 individuals accessed courses or downloaded audio content during the year, and course content was used by over 100 high school classroom teachers. 2904612 174075 19714 Outreach Programs: Promoted in-house authors of three books applying Ayn Rands ideas, and supported the promotion of two books by outside academic authors. Arranged for 72 public and private speaking events including debates, talks and panel discussions in the US (excluding student events), and 64 speaker events in 22 countries outside the US, in cooperation with think tank and university partners in Europe, Israel, and Latin America. Recorded talks uploaded to YouTube resulted in 413,084 views. Additional events on Facebook Live exceeded 25,000 views. Launched 2 foreign-language websites. Continued weekly radio show on blogtalk radio and AM560 Chicago, and expanded into one additional market at AM810 Miami, almost doubling the number of listeners from last year. 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. 998547 250 308055 Other: The Ayn Rand Archives digitized a large amount of analog audio (primarily cassette tapes), continued work on acquiring 2 papers collections (Lewis and Ridpath), conducted 50 hours of oral history interviews on the Objectivist movement, and assisted more than a dozen researchers who examined materials both in person and online. We also began 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, and is continually releasing new recordings. 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