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| Formation | 1985 |
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| Type | Research and education organization |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) public charity |
| Focus | promote ideas related to Ayn Rand's philosophy |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California, U.S.[1][2] |
| Coordinates | 33°41′47″N 117°51′59″W / 33.6964°N 117.8663°W |
CEO | Tal Tsfany |
| Website | ari.aynrand.org |
| Objectivist movement |
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The Ayn Rand Institute: The Center for the Advancement of Objectivism, commonly known as the Ayn Rand Institute (ARI), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank in Santa Ana, California, that promotes Objectivism, the philosophy developed by Ayn Rand. The organization was established in 1985, three years after Rand's death, by businessman Ed Snider and Leonard Peikoff, Rand's legal heir.
Ideas promoted by the Ayn Rand Institute include atheism, capitalism, and individual rights. The ARI has supported the American Tea Party movement and opposed the United States' wars against Afghanistan and Iraq.[3][4] A critic of government spending, the organization took a federal loan of between $350,000 and $1 million in 2020 under the Paycheck Protection Program.[5][6][7]
The institute's stated goal is to "create a culture whose guiding principles are reason, rational self-interest, individualism and laissez-faire capitalism."[8] ARI has several educational and outreach programs, which include providing intellectuals for public appearances, supporting Objectivist campus clubs, supplying Rand's writings to schools and professors, assisting overseas Objectivist institutions, organizing annual conferences and running the Objectivist Academic Center.[9][10]
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