EIN 22-2570926

The Ayn Rand Institute The Center for The Advancement of Objectivism (ARI)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
42
Year formed
1984
Most recent tax filings
2022-09-01
Description
ARI's mission is to spearhead a cultural renaissance that will reverse the anti-reason, anti-individualism, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist trends in today's culture.
Also known as...
Ayn Rand Institute
Total revenues
$18,535,113
2022
Total expenses
$10,298,695
2022
Total assets
$27,956,120
2022
Num. employees
42
2022

Program areas at ARI

Outreach programs: we posted 153 new videos to our youtube channel, which grew to over 82k subscribers. Among The many new videos were lectures, interviews and podcasts on topics ranging from history and philosophy to art and cultural issues. Our channel received over 1.4 million views total this fiscal year, with The mike wallace interview of Ayn Rand receiving over 155k views in fy2022, for an all-time total surpassing 781k views. Two major conferences were held: arc-europe, which was held in april 2022 in london with a total of 167 attendees and The objectivist conference in july 2022 in Washington dc, with a total of 408 attendees. In fy2022, ari continued its global outreach expansion in europe, latin america, asia and The middle east, to encourage and assist various Ayn Rand programs abroad. Ari also sent speakers to address student and general audiences outside The united states.
Other: The Ayn Rand archives made significant upgrades to our facilities via seismic anchoring of collection storage shelves and installation of a larger hvac unit to better maintain temperature and relative humidity at appropriate levels. We presented two exhibits: a physical exhibit at ocon 2022 titled Ayn Rand goes to Washington, & an online exhibit, letters of Ayn Rand, which presents The expanded second edition of that work with images of all original letters from Ayn Rand's papers in addition to complete transcripts. We made significant updates to 5 inventories of important collections, and started an updated general shelf inventory with visuals, an important step in disaster preparedness. We received 3 notable acquisitions: furniture owned by Ayn Rand during her lifetime; The peter schwartz papers; and The early business records of The intellectual activist newsletter. The ari estore (estore.aynrand.org) continued to sell hundreds of downloadable recordings on Objectivism and related topics. In fy2022, The number of digital courses and lectures sold totaled over 300 items, in addition to over 500 books sold.
Educational programs: in fy2022, we distributed approximately 280,000 free books to classrooms and 9,500 directly to students all over The country, and our speakers engaged with dozens of students in their classrooms. Our annual essay contest submission totaled approximately 5,000 entries and we gave out prizes to a total of 255 winners (ranging from first place to various levels of runnersup). We also hosted 8 reading groups, in which groups of students from around The world connect over video for informal discussions of Rand's philosophy, which were participated by over 200 individuals. Over 300 students attended ari hosted conferences, many of them on scholarship, introducing them to Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. The Ayn Rand university, The only systematic program of instruction in The essentials of Objectivism, had 93 applicants and admitted 55 students. Faculty taught 9 college-level courses totaling 276 course hours to 170 unique participants. A total of 92 tuition scholarships were granted to deserving students. A total of 8 fellows participated in The junior fellow program, which is an advanced training program that offers instruction to committed students, as well as career guidance, mentoring, and financial assistance. New ideal, which is ari's official journal, published 94 articles and 55 podcasts in fy2022, applying Objectivism to explain major issues in The culture and promoting The other work of The Institute. The podcasts are weekly livestreams on social media featuring our intellectual team and junior fellows, commenting on topics of relevance to modern times and The works of Ayn Rand. Five new ari campus courses were added to The catalog of on-demand content in fy2022. The ari campus course videos received over 121k hours of views across all platforms: website, app and youtube.

Grants made by ARI

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Austin Shakespeare FestivalProduce A Performance of Scenes From Ayn Rand's Screenplay$20,368

Who funds The Ayn Rand Institute The Center for The Advancement of Objectivism (ARI)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$1,036,500
American Endowment FoundationUnclassifiable$1,020,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$249,798
...and 39 more grants received totalling $3,305,196

Personnel at ARI

NameTitleCompensation
Tal TsfanyPresident and Chief Executive Officer$583,648
Carla SilkChief Operating Officer$226,465
Elan JournoVice President of Content and SR Fellow$164,275
Anu SeppalaDirector Cultural Outreach$124,118
Onkar GhateChief Phil Officer$204,017
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for ARI

RevenuesFYE 09/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$17,283,939
Program services$590,224
Investment income and dividends$35
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$7,674
Net rental income$176,814
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$476,427
Total revenues$18,535,113

Form 990s for ARI

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-092023-06-25990View PDF
2021-092023-05-16990View PDF
2021-092022-09-01990View PDF
2020-092021-09-03990View PDF
2019-092020-10-29990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $1,020,000 from American Endowment Foundation
August 26, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
August 21, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
July 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 26 new grant, including a grant for $200,000 from Brigham Family Foundation
July 7, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Operates internationallyProvides scholarshipsGala fundraisersTax deductible donations
General information
Address
6 Hutton Centre Dr 600
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Website URL
aynrand.org/ 
Phone
(949) 222-6550
Facebook page
AynRandOrg 
Twitter profile
@aynrandorg 
IRS details
EIN
22-2570926
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1984
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A70: Humanities Organizations
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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