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The Ayn Rand Institute

EIN 22-2570926Research and Public Policy California Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

The center for the advancement of Objectivism

The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) works to introduce young people to Ayn Rand's novels, to support scholarship and research based on her ideas, and to promote the principles of reason, rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism to the widest possible audience. ARI seeks to spearhead a cultural renaissance that will reverse the anti-reason, anti-individualism, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist trends in today's culture. The major battleground in this fight for reason and capitalism is the educational institutions-high schools and, above all, the universities, where students learn the ideas that shape their lives. Ayn Rand's philosophy-known as Objectivism-holds that historical trends are the inescapable product of philosophy.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

76.96Overall score
out of 100

69.34Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,211,323

Total expenses · USD$9,513,258

Program expenses

$7,867,464.37 recorded amount

82.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,027,431.86 recorded amount

10.8%

Administrative expenses

$599,335.25 recorded amount

6.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.11 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Yaron Brook
Recorded compensation: $285,910.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.00%

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All 23 original fields for The Ayn Rand Institute
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Research and Public Policy
`description` Mission & description	The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) works to introduce young people to Ayn Rand's novels, to support scholarship and research based on her ideas, and to promote the principles of reason, rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism to the widest possible audience. ARI seeks to spearhead a cultural renaissance that will reverse the anti-reason, anti-individualism, anti-freedom, anti-capitalist trends in today's culture. The major battleground in this fight for reason and capitalism is the educational institutions-high schools and, above all, the universities, where students learn the ideas that shape their lives. Ayn Rand's philosophy-known as Objectivism-holds that historical trends are the inescapable product of philosophy.
`ein` EIN	22-2570926
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9513258.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.063
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.11
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.10800000000000001
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8270000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	69.34
`leader` Recorded leader	Yaron Brook
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	285910.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.03
`motto` Tagline	The center for the advancement of Objectivism
`name` Charity name	The Ayn Rand Institute
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9211323.0
`score` Overall score	76.96
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Social and Public Policy Research
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	7867464.366
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1027431.8640000002
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	599335.254

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 22-2570926
Source category: Research and Public Policy
Source subcategory: Social and Public Policy Research
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.