2011-08-15T13:42:35-07:00 2010-12-31 Jane K Thomas EA Inc 13323 Washington Blvd Ste 305 Los Angeles CA 90066 990 2010-01-01 954544830 ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA ARTI 3102041748 2999 OVERLAND AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA 90064 SHARON GELMAN 2011-08-12 Jane Thomas EA 3103063316 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z SHARON GELMAN 2119 KRESS STREET LOS ANGELES CA 90046 293711 false false X WWW.ANSAFRICA.ORG X 1989 CA ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA (ANSA) WORKS IN THE U.S. AND SOUTH AFRICA TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, ASSIST AIDS ORPHANS, ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS, PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF ANTI-APARTHEID LEADERS, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH, AND BUILD BONDS BETWEEN OUR NATIONS THROUGH THE ARTS. 18 0 5 25 0 584424 283654 37334 5700 20729 1286 9953 0 652440 290640 255732 266424 0 242666 229616 5396 0 64460 386800 92674 890594 588714 -238154 -298074 881779 580573 22414 20151 859365 560422 ARTISTS FOR A NEW SOUTH AFRICA (ANSA) WORKS IN THE U.S. AND SOUTH AFRICA TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, ASSIST AIDS ORPHANS, ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS, PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF ANTI-APARTHEID LEADERS, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER YOUTH, AND BUILD BONDS BETWEEN OUR NATIONS THROUGH THE ARTS. false false 266424 266424 STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING INITIATIVE (SGI)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. 2010 SGI FUNDING CAME FROM NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES AUDIOBOOK ROYALTIES AND WAS GIVEN TO NELSON MANDELA CHILDREN'S FUND FOR PROGRAMS SERVING AIDS ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 2010 SGI GRANTS TOTALED $16,423.80.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 2010 AAF GRANT TOTAL WAS $250,000 AND WENT TO SUPPORT IT TAKES A VILLAGE.IT TAKES A VILLAGE (ITV) ANSA WORKED WITH A TEAM OF SOUTH AFRICA CHILD WELFARE EXPERTS TO DEVEOP ITV, A MODEL COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE AND ASSISTANCE TO AIDS ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN CHILD-RUN HOUSEHOLDS OR INFORMAL FOSTER CARE. THE COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAM PROVIDES MULTIPLE SERVICES INCLUDING COUNSELING,EDUCATION, CLOTHING, SCHOLARSHIPS, PARALEGAL ASSISTANCE, RECREATION AND PEER SUPPORT; BUILDS CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE EXTENSIVE SERVICES THROUGH STAFF DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, FUNDING, OVERSIGHT, AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE; PREVENTS LOSS OF LIFE THROUGH HIV/AIDS PREVENTION EDUCATION,ACCESS TO TESTING AND TREATMENT, AND HOME-BASED CARE; AND MITIGATES THE DISEASES IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES BY STABILIZING FOOD AND WATER SOURCES WITH FOOD GARDENS, WELLS, WATER TANKS AND LIVESTOCK. ESTABLISHED IN 2005, ITV OPERATES IN THREE COMMUNITIES IN KWAZULU-NATAL, THE SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCE HARDEST HIT BY AIDS, AND PROVIDES ONGOING SERVICES TO 3,500 CHILDREN ANNUALLY. ITV IS MANAGED BY THE AIDS FOUNDATION OF SOUTH AFRICA AND IMPLEMENTED BY INGWAVUMA ORPHAN CARE, ZISIZE EDUCATIONAL AND SINOSIZO. ANSA FUNDS ITV AND HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GRANTS, SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO FURTHER HELP THE CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITIES INVOLVED. ANSA'S GOAL IS TO FUND ITV IN EACH COMMUNITY FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS. IN 2010, AFSA WAS ABLE TO SECURE OTHER FUNDING TO COVER MOST OF THEIR COSTS IN MANAGING, ASSISTING, MONITORING AND PROVIDING TRAINING FOR ITV IMPLEMENTERS SO THEIR PORTION IS NOW ONLY 10% OF THIS ANNUAL GRANT. 169202 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA PRODUCTIONSANSA DEVELOPS, ADVISES, AND/OR PROMOTES MEDIA EFFORTS, BOOKS, AD CAMPAIGNS, FILMS, TV, ETC TO EDUCATE AUDIENCES ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OTHER ISSUES. 2010 EFFORTS INCLUDED: "KNOW YOUR STATUS" ANSA PRODUCED A RADIO PSA CAMPAIGN FOR "GET SCREENED OAKLAND" TO INCREASE HIV TESTING IN THE HARD HIT CITY. FEATURING BENJAMIN BRATT, DANNY GLOVER, SHERYL LEE RALPH, DEBORAH SANTANA, JURNEE SMOLLETT, AND BLAIR UNDERWOOD THE 32 PSAs WHICH INCLUDED EIGHT DIFFERENT MESSAGES RANGING FROM GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT HIV AND TESTING TO MESSAGE TARGETED TO AT RISK GROUPS OF YOUTH, WOMEN, LATINOS, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN AND MEN WHO SLEEP WITH MEN. PSAs RAN ON RADIO STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND LINKS TO LISTEN HAVE BEEN SENT VIA EMAIL TO 10,000 MEMBERS OF THE OAKLAND COMMUNITY. PSAs WAS FEATURED AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE IN VIENNA AND THE CAMPAIGN WAS FEATURED ON COMCAST NEWSMAKERS AND CNN HEADLINE NEWS. NELSON MANDELA'S FAVORITE AFRICAN FOLKTALES AUDIOBOOK: EFFORTS CONTINUED ON STAR-STUDDED AUDIOBOOK THAT RAISES MONEY FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA ORPHANED BY AIDS WHILE INTRODUCING LISTENERS TO AFRICAN CULTURE. THE AUDIOBOOK SOLD OUT ITS FIRST RUN OF 15,000 AND WENT INTO SECOND PRINTING. HACHETTE AUDIO PUBLISHED PUBLISHED THE AUDIOBOOK AND DONATED THEIR NET PROFITS TO ANSA. THE AUDIOBOOK CONTINUED TO GARNER AWARDS,INCLUDING THE 2010 AUDIE AWARDS FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR AND BEST MULTI-VOICED PERFORMANCE, 2010 AUDIE NOM FOR DISTINQUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION, 2010 GRAMMY NOM FOR CHILDREN'S SPOKEN WORD, BOOKLIST'S NOTABLE CHILDREN'S RECORDINGS OF 2010 AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN 2010 NOTABLE CHILDREN'S RECORDINGS. IT GARNERED CONTINUED POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDING CNN,VH1, MTV, AS WELL AS ALFRE WOODARD INTERVIEWS AT THE GRAMMYS AND ON BET's THE MO'NIQUE SHOW AND LEVAR BURTON ON PBS' TAVIS SMILEY. ANSA WORKED WITH THE AFRICA CHANNEL AND TIME WARNER TO PRODUCE AN EVENT FOR 400 LOS ANGELES STUDENTS FEATURING WOODARD AND JURNEE SMOLLETT PERFORMING FOLKTALES AND LEADING MOTIVATIONAL DISCUSSION. STARZ/ENCORE CELEBRITY EFFECT: ANSA WORKED WITH STARZ/ENCORE TO PRODUCE THEIR FIRST "CELEBRITY EFFECT" INTERSTITIAL ABOUT ARTISTS' IMPACT AN ARTIST ON A CAUSE, FOCUSING ON SAMUEL L. JACKSON'S WORK WITH ANSA. SEGMENT RAN ON ENCORE DRAMA FROM JULY 19 THROUGH DEC 31. ANSA ALSO ARRANGED FOR JACKSON TO TAPE A "SPOTLIGHT" WHICH RAN 3,359 TIMES ON MULTIPLE CHANNELS. ANSA RECEIVE A $10,000 DONATION FROM S/E IN JACKSON'S HONOR. TUTU: THE AUTHORIZED PORTRAIT: WRITTEN BY ALLISTER SPARKS AND REV. MPHO TUTU AND PUBLISHED BY PQ BLACKWELL, THE BOOK WILL BE RELEASED ON DESMOND TUTU'S 80TH BIRTHDAY IN 2011. ANSA ARRANGED OVER 1/3 OF THE INTERVIEWS FEATURED INCLUDING REV. ED BACON, HARRY BELAFONTE, JACKSON BROWNE, SHARON GELMAN, TOM HAYDEN, FILMMAKER KAREN HAYES, REV. WILMA JAKOBSON, SAM & LATANYA JACKSON, QUINCY JONES, HUGH MASEKELA, DEBORAH SANTANA, BLAIR UNDERWOOD, NOBEL LAUREATE JODY WILLIAMS, AND ALFRE WOODARD. ANSA ALSO PROVIDED ARCHIVAL PHOTOS. SOUND OFF ON WORLD AIDS DAY:SMOLLETT AND GELMAN PENNED AN OP-ED FOR ESSENCE.COM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING TESTED FOR HIV/AIDS AND GETTING INVOLVED IN FIGHTING THE PANDEMIC. NO BREAD FOR MANDELA: ANSA WORKED ON US EDITION OF AHMED KATHRADA'S MEMOIRS PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2011 BY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESS. ANSA HELPED WITH PREFACE AND PLANS FOR MEDIA AND BOOK LAUNCHES. PUTUMAYO SOUTH AFRICA CD: NEW CD OF SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC DESIGNATED ANSA AS ITS CHARITY. SOUTH AFRICA SHOUT OUT: ANSA ARRANGED FOR UNDERWOOD AND WOODARD TO BE FEATURED IN AD CAMPAIGN IN PEOPLE, NEWSWEEK, AND SPORTS ILLUSTRATED BY SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM PROMOTING 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP AND ITS 1GOAL TO IMPROVE AFRICAN EDUCATION. 56401 PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTSANSA UTILIZES RENOWNED EXPERTS, ARTISTS AND ARTS TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ISSUES OF EQUALITY, RACISM, AND POVERTY. IN 2010, ANSA ORGANIZED, EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES. THESE INCLUDED:JUSTICE ALBIE SACHS SPEAKING TOURANSA PRODUCED A LOS ANGELES SPEAKING TOUR FOR THE NOTED JUSTICE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA. APPOINTED TO THE COURT BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, SACHS IS A NOTED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER WHO SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY THE APARTHEID REGIME AND CO-AUTHORED SOUTH AFRICA'S PRECENDENT-SETTING CONSTITUTION. THE TOUR FOCUSED ON HIS NEW BOOK, "THE STRANGE ALCHEMY OF LIFE AND LAW". ANSA PRODUCED A LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING FOR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MEMBERS AT INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MANAGEMENT AND A PRIVATE EVENT FOR LEADING ANSA SUPPORTERS. ANSA ALSO BOOKED LECTURES AT UCLA LAW SCHOOL AND CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY AND MANAGED JUSTICE SACH'S ITINERARY, MEETINGS AND TRANSPORTATION.JURNEE SMOLLETT SPEECH AT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ANNUAL CONVENTION:JURNEE SMOLLETT SCEENED THE ANSA DOCUMENTARY "ROAD TO INGWAVUMA" AND SPOKE ABOUT AIDS, JOINED BY AIDS ACTIVIST "ROAD TO INGWAVUMA" SCREENING:THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL GRAPHICS HELD A SCREENING AS PART OF THEIR "ART AGAINST EMPIRE" SERIES IN LOS ANGELES. JUSSIE SMOLLETT REPRESENTED ANSA.HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM SERIES AT UCLA:ANSA, THE UCLA INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CO-HOSTED A FILM ON AIDS AND WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA CALLED "TAPOLOGO", FOLLOWED BY A PANEL INCLUDING ANDREW APTER, HEAD OF UCLA'S AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER, AND ANSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARON GELMAN.RECONCILIATION: MANDELA'S MIRACLEANSA HELPED PROMOTE THE US PREMIERE AND OTHER SCREENS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY FILM FEATURING DESMOND TUTU, AHMED KATHRADA, ALBIE SACHS AND MORE, WITH GUEST SPEAKER AND FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER EDDIE DANIELS AT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE IT WAS AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY. 492027 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false true false false false false false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false false X 18 0 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true false false false false false false true true X X DURKEE ASSOCIATES 8182600669 1212 S VICTORY BLVD BURBANK CA 91502 YVONNE WHITE 1.00 X 0 0 0 SHARON GELMAN 40.00 X X X 158813 0 0 SARAH PILLSBURY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RON KUNENE 1.00 X 0 0 0 RODERICK SPENCER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL JENSEN 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARLENE SARITSKY 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARK RUTSTEIN 2.00 X 0 0 0 LA TANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON 2.00 X X 0 0 0 KITSAUN KING 1.00 X 0 0 0 JURNEE SMOLLETT 1.00 X 0 0 0 GILLIAN ANDERSON 1.00 X X 0 0 0 GARY SCHWARTZ 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBORAH SANTANA 2.00 X 0 0 0 BRADLEY SILVER 5.00 X 0 0 0 BLAIR UNDERWOOD 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ARTIS LANE 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALFRE WOODARD 2.00 X 0 0 0 158813 1 false true false 0 22561 261093 283654 Special Project 5700 5700 5700 1286 1286 0 0 0 0 3071 19490 3071 0 0 0 0 290640 6986 0 0 266424 266424 0 158813 111169 15881 31763 0 43804 30663 4380 8761 208 146 21 41 13211 9248 1321 2642 13580 9506 1358 2716 0 2629 1840 263 526 11700 8190 1170 2340 0 0 0 0 0 7393 5175 739 1479 1745 1222 174 349 0 36283 25398 3628 7257 166 116 17 33 0 0 0 0 0 6828 4780 683 1365 TELEPHONE 8223 5756 822 1645 MEETING EXPENSE 1879 1315 188 376 FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 2395 1677 239 479 BANK CHARGES 2097 1468 210 419 AUDIO BOOK EXPENSE 4429 3100 443 886 6907 4834 690 1383 588714 492027 32227 64460 20060 8418 861719 572155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 881779 580573 13950 13950 8464 6201 22414 20151 X 859365 560422 859365 560422 881779 580573 X -298074 -869 X true false false false false X 639200 603593 303560 584424 283654 2414431 0 0 639200 603593 303560 584424 283654 2414431 0 2414431 53318 85646 30275 20729 1286 191254 0 127313 48758 13054 47287 5700 242112 2847797 2847797 0.84780 0.79970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED true SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 COMPREHENSIVE ORPHAN CARE HIV/AIDS RESPONSE 266424 266424 266424 SOUTH AFRICA HIV/AIDS 75000 CASH SOUTH AFRICA ASSISTANCE FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN, CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITIES. 16424 CASH SOUTH AFRICA AID TO SICK AND DISADVANTAGE CHILDREN 175000 CASH 3 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). 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Form 990, Part VI, Line 11 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: 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; BOARD MEMBER JURNEE SMOLLETT IS THE BROTHER OF EMPLOYEE JUSSIE SMOLLETT. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d Form 990, Part III, Line 4d : Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTSANSA UTILIZES RENOWNED EXPERTS, ARTISTS AND ARTS TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA, HIV/AIDS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ISSUES OF EQUALITY, RACISM, AND POVERTY. IN 2010, ANSA ORGANIZED, EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES. THESE INCLUDED:JUSTICE ALBIE SACHS SPEAKING TOURANSA PRODUCED A LOS ANGELES SPEAKING TOUR FOR THE NOTED JUSTICE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA. APPOINTED TO THE COURT BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA IN 1994, SACHS IS A NOTED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER WHO SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT BY THE APARTHEID REGIME AND CO-AUTHORED SOUTH AFRICA'S PRECENDENT-SETTING CONSTITUTION. THE TOUR FOCUSED ON HIS NEW BOOK, "THE STRANGE ALCHEMY OF LIFE AND LAW". ANSA PRODUCED A LECTURE AND BOOK SIGNING FOR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MEMBERS AT INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MANAGEMENT AND A PRIVATE EVENT FOR LEADING ANSA SUPPORTERS. ANSA ALSO BOOKED LECTURES AT UCLA LAW SCHOOL AND CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY AND MANAGED JUSTICE SACH'S ITINERARY, MEETINGS AND TRANSPORTATION.JURNEE SMOLLETT SPEECH AT THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS ANNUAL CONVENTION:JURNEE SMOLLETT SCEENED THE ANSA DOCUMENTARY "ROAD TO INGWAVUMA" AND SPOKE ABOUT AIDS, JOINED BY AIDS ACTIVIST "ROAD TO INGWAVUMA" SCREENING:THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL GRAPHICS HELD A SCREENING AS PART OF THEIR "ART AGAINST EMPIRE" SERIES IN LOS ANGELES. JUSSIE SMOLLETT REPRESENTED ANSA.HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM SERIES AT UCLA:ANSA, THE UCLA INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CO-HOSTED A FILM ON AIDS AND WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA CALLED "TAPOLOGO", FOLLOWED BY A PANEL INCLUDING ANDREW APTER, HEAD OF UCLA'S AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER, AND ANSA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHARON GELMAN.RECONCILIATION: MANDELA'S MIRACLEANSA HELPED PROMOTE THE US PREMIERE AND OTHER SCREENS OF THIS DOCUMENTARY FILM FEATURING DESMOND TUTU, AHMED KATHRADA, ALBIE SACHS AND MORE, WITH GUEST SPEAKER AND FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER EDDIE DANIELS AT THE HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE IT WAS AWARDED BEST DOCUMENTARY.