2013-06-21T16:34:26-07:00 2012-12-31 Jane K Thomas EA Inc 13323 Washington Blvd Ste 305 Los Angeles CA 90066 990 2012-01-01 954544830 ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA ARTI 3102041748 2999 OVERLAND AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA 90064 SHARON GELMAN 2013-06-21 true Jane Thomas EA P00138261 3103063316 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z 230970 false false X WWW.ANSAFRICA.ORG X 1989 CA ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA WORKS IN THE U.S. AND S.AFRICA TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, ASSIST AIDS ORPHANS, ADVANCE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND VALUES OF ANTI-APARTHEID LEADERS, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH, AND BUILD BONDS BETWEEN OUR NATIONS THROUGH THE ARTS, CULTURE, AND THE SHARED PURSUIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. 17 0 2 15 0 184897 148463 82526 0 58 51 33258 75346 300739 223860 148200 152881 0 222841 180233 0 99175 98208 96561 469249 429675 -168510 -205815 395997 186726 4085 629 391912 186097 ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA WORKS IN THE U.S. AND S.AFRICA TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, ASSIST AIDS ORPHANS, ADVANCE HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, PRESERVE THE LEGACY AND VALUES OF ANTI-APARTHEID LEADERS, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH, AND BUILD BONDS BETWEEN OUR NATIONS THROUGH THE ARTS, CULTURE, AND THE SHARED PURSUIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. false false 255756 152881 STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING INITIATIVE (SGI) AND THE AMANDLA AIDS FUND (AAF)WITH FUNDS RAISED FROM INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS, COMPANIES, AND EVENTS, ANSA PROVIDES GRANTS TO AFRICAN AND U.S. PROGRAMS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON A RANGE OF CRITICAL ISSUES. ANSA'S 2012 SGI GRANTS TOTALED $27,881.20. A GRANT OF $20,000 WAS GIVEN TO THE DESMOND AND LEAH TUTU LEGACY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS. THIS GIFT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A DONOR- RECOMMENDED GRANT FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF DEBORAH SANTANAS DO A LITTLE FUND. A GRANT OF $7,881.20 WENT TO THE NELSON MANDELA CHILDRENS FUND TO SUPPORT THEIR WORK WITH CHILDREN ORPHANED OR IMPACTED BY HIV/AIDS. THIS WAS TWENTY PERCENT OF ROYALTIES FROM THE SALE OF ANSAS AUDIOBOOK, NELSON MANDELAS FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES.THE AMANDLA AIDS FUND (AAF), FOUNDED IN 2003 WITH A $2.5 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION FROM DEBORAH SANTANA AND CARLOS SANTANA, PROVIDES GRANTS TO EFFECTIVE SOUTH AFRICAN NONPROFIT PROGRAMS TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, PROVIDE TESTING AND TREATMENT, OFFER TREATMENT LITERACY TRAINING, ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED GOVERNMENT POLICIES, PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR AIDS ORPHANS, AND ADDRESS EMERGING PRIORITIES. ANSA'S 2012 AAF GRANT TOTAL WAS $125,000 AND WENT TO THE AIDS FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA TO SUPPORT IT TAKES A VILLAGE. PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS AND MEDIA ANSA DEVELOPS, ADVISES, BOOKS SPEAKERS, AND/OR PROMOTES EVENTS, MEDIA EFFORTS, BOOKS, PSA CAMPAIGNS, FILMS, TV, AND THEATER THAT EDUCATE AUDIENCES ABOUT AFRICA, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND RELATED ISSUES. 2012 EFFORTS INCLUDED: WORKING WITH UNAIDS ON CELEBRITY OUTREACH AND ARRANGING FOR ACTRESS AND ANSA BOARD MEMBER JURNEE SMOLLETT TO SPEAK AT A MAJOR KENNEDY CENTER EVENT TO KICK OFF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HOSTED COHOSTED BY THE NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION, THE EVENT INCLUDED ANNIE LENNOX, ALICIA KEYS, HERBIE HANCOCK, THE AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR, MR. MANDELA'S GRANDSON, AND THE YOUNGER BARBARA BUSH AMONG OTHERS. ANSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARON GELMAN SPOKE ON A PANEL ABOUT WOMEN IN AFRICA AT THE COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS PRECONFERENCE: GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT, WIDENING YOUR GRANTMAKING LENS. GELMAN AND ANSA BOARD MEMBER DEBORAH SANTANA CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS TO LIFE MOMENTS FOR WOMEN EDITED BY PATTY DEDOMINIC AND MAUREEN FORD AND PUBLISHED BY BLUE POINT BOOKS. 100% OF THE PROFITS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF SALES WILL GO TO THE WOMENS FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA. ANSA BEGAN WORK WITH BET ON A 2013 SPECIAL ABOUT NELSON MANDELA.ANSA PRODUCED TWO FUNDRAISING EVENTS IN 2012: AN AFTERNOON SOIREE AT THE HOME OF LATANYA AND SAMUEL L. JACKSON WITH MUSIC BY JACKSON BROWNE AND A POETRY PERFORMANCE BY ALFE WOODARD AS WELL AS THE LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS, A REMAKE OF THE CLASSIC FILM WITH AN ALL-BLACK CAST, FOLLOWED BY A Q & A WITH TWO OF THE FILMS STARS, ALFRE WOODARD AND TORY KITTLES. ANSA PROMOTED A SPECIAL EVENT WITH ANSA ADVISOR ARCHBSIHOP DESMOND TUTU AND AUTHOR ROBERT TAYLOR AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. ANSA ALSO PROMOTED FELA!, A MUSICAL ABOUT AFRICA, DURING ITS 2012 RUN AT THE MARK TAPER FORUM. ANSA PROVIDED ONGOING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THAT REACHED OVER 4,000 PEOPLE PER WEEK WITH NEWS AND INFORMATION ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA, HIV/AIDS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. ANSA CONTINUED PROMOTING THE NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE FRICAN FOLKTALES AUDIOBOOK, ANSA'S AWARD-WINNING, STAR-STUDDED PRODUCTION THAT RAISES MONEY FOR AIDS ORPHANS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHILE INTRODUCING LISTENERS TO AFRICAN CULTURE. PUBLISHED BY HACHETTE AUDIO, ALL NET PROFITS ARE DONATED TO ANSAS EFFORTS TO ASSIST SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN ORPHANED AND IMPACTED BY AIDS.IN THE SUMMER OF 2012, RECOGNIZING THAT DURING ITS 23 YEARS OF OPERATIONS, ANSA HAD ACCOMPLISHED MUCH OF WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO , THE ANSA BOARD DECIDED TO CLOSE THE ORGANIZATION DURING 2013. WE BEGAN WORKING TO ESTABLISH ARCHIVES TO PRESERVE ANSAS PHOTOS, FILM FOOTAGE, AND FILES; WROTE AND SUBMITTED BOOK PROPOSALS TO PUBLISHERS; SEARCHED FOR NEW SOURCES OF FUNDING AND ALSO WORKED TO REASSIGN ROYALTIES FROM ANSAS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES TO SUPPORT KEY GRANTEES AND PARTNERS; UNDERTOOK EFFORTS TO SHUT THE ORGANIZATION DOWN ETHICALLY AND RESPONSIBLY; AND ANNOUNCED THIS PLAN TO OUR DONORS, PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS AND ALLIES. 255756 true true false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 2 true false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 17 0 true false false false false false false true true false false true true false false false false false false true true X X JANE THOMAS EA INC 3103063316 13323 W WASHINGTON BLVD STE 305 LOS ANGELES CA 90066 MARK RUTSTEIN 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALFRE WOODARD 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 YVONNE WHITE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BLAIR UNDERWOOD 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RODERICK SPENCER 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRADLEY SILVER 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARLENE SARITSKY 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH SANTANA 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SARAH PILLSBURY 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ARTIS LANE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RON KUNENE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KITSAUN KING 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL JENSEN 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GILLIAN ANDERSON 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON GELMAN 40.00 0.00 X X 121000 0 0 121000 1 false false false 0 148463 33408 148463 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 82456 7110 75346 0 0 0 223860 51 0 0 152881 152881 0 121000 60500 30250 30250 0 32000 16000 8000 8000 832 416 208 208 14504 7252 3626 3626 11897 5949 2974 2974 0 5160 2925 2235 15430 8559 6871 0 0 0 0 0 1319 312 1007 0 0 20852 10426 5213 5213 0 0 0 0 0 0 4229 4229 WEBSITE 1837 1837 Printing and Publications 2345 559 186 1600 TELEPHONE, EMAIL, ONLINE, FAX 6774 621 5324 829 EVENT EXPENSE 33408 33408 5207 840 2243 2124 429675 255756 74744 99175 9962 23093 386034 158633 0 0 0 0 0 0 5000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 395997 186726 4085 629 4085 629 X 391912 186097 391912 186097 395997 186726 -205815 X true X false false false X 303560 584424 283654 220092 155573 1547303 0 0 303560 584424 283654 220092 155573 1547303 0 1547303 30275 20729 1286 102 51 52443 0 13054 47287 5700 6045 75346 147432 1747178 1816890 0.88560 0.88520 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2 20382 227283 159017 true true Credit Card Payable 629 629 true SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 NON-RACIALISM GRANTS HUMAN RIGHTS 0 SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 ORPHAN CARE GRANTS HIV/AIDS RESPONSE 0 SOUTH AFRICA HUMAN RIGHTS 7881 CASH SOUTH AFRICA AIDS ORPHAN 145000 CASH 2 false false false false false false Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used in Foreign Country ANSA'S PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS: COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION SITE VISITS AND EXTENSIVE REPORTING MANAGED BY AIDS FOUNDATION SOUTH AFRICA (AFSA). AFSA PRESENTS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. BI-ANNUAL PHONE CALLS WITH AFSA TO REVIEW REPORTS AND PERIODIC CALLS WITH COMMUNITY IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATIONS. PERIODIC SITE VISITS BY ANSA STAFF, BOARD AND ADVISORS.ALL GRANTEES ARE MONITORED VIA BEING REQUIRED TO SUBMIT GRANT REPORTS. X false Special Events 80521 80521 7110 80521 80521 7110 7110 73411 X Support Program Event 1 9000 Market Value X Support Program Event 1 21973 Market Value false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process MUCH OF THE REVIEW PROCESS IS CONDUCTED AS THE RETURN IS FORMULATED, AS QUESTIONS ARE ASKED AND ANSWERED BY THE GOVERNING BODY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2 Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et BOARD MEMBERS ALFRE WOODARD AND RODERICK SPENCER ARE MARRIED.