2023-09-05T11:11:44-05:00 2022-12-31 061667465 PRAGER METIS CPAS LLC 1951 KIDWELL DRIVE SUITE 200 TYSONS CORNER VA 22182 990 2022-01-01 134358477 FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL INC FRIE 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2026752017 2023-09-01 1 HOLLY ROTONDI 999009999 0 MATTHEW FRANK P01277196 7038210702 2023-09-01 3 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z HOLLY ROTONDI 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 2543804 0 X WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG X 2007 DC TEACHING THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. 20 19 5 25 0 0 2759389 2063747 0 0 109518 75744 0 163800 2868907 2303291 0 0 0 0 331252 355658 45965 45120 508974 1503843 1280789 1881060 1681567 987847 621724 5762394 6115920 169044 174348 5593350 5941572 X FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL (FRIENDS), BASED IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO TEACHING THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. FOUNDED IN 2007 BY THE CREATORS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, FRIENDS BRINGS TOGETHER INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES FOR NATIONAL CEREMONIES AND EXPERIENCES AT THE MEMORIAL AND FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CENTERED AROUND THE THEMES OF UNITY, SHARED VALUES AND IDEALS, AND THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY. 0 0 804665 EDUCATION:IN 2022, FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. TO THIS END, FRIENDS HOSTED ITS SEVENTH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TEACHERS NETWORK AND CONFERENCE. DUE TO THE CONTINUING EFFECT OF THE WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC, THE FIVE DAY CONFERENCE WAS HELD VIRTUALLY FROM JULY 18-22, 2022 AND WAS ATTENDED BY AN AVERAGE OF 150 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS DAILY. THE CONFERENCE THEME WAS "UNTOLD STORIES OF WORLD WAR II AND FEATURED 15 EXPERT PRESENTATIONS, A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL, AND A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY. IN 2022, FRIENDS CONTINUED TO HOST A MONTHLY VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE SERIES TO TEACH THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. THE SERIES, FEATURING DISCUSSIONS WITH WORLD WAR II VETERANS, EDUCATORS, PUBLISHED AUTHORS, AND OTHER EXPERTS ON A RANGE OF TOPICS, IS HELD ON THE THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. FRIENDS HELD SIX MONTHLY VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES IN 2022 (JANUARY-MARCH AND OCTOBER-DECEMBER).FRIENDS CONTINUED TO COORDINATE IN-PERSON HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS BY AUTHOR, HISTORIAN, AND STORYTELLER ALEX KERSHAW SHARING HEART-STOPPING STORIES ABOUT THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO ASK THEMSELVES THE SAME HARD QUESTIONS THAT CONFRONTED THEIR FOREBEARS.THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JACK C. TAYLOR / ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR WWII MEMORIAL EDUCATION ENDOWMENT. 91635 COMMEMORATIVE:IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, FRIENDS HAS THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY IN PLANNING, STAGING, AND FUNDING FIVE MAJOR NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON VE DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, VJ DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY. IN ADDITION, FRIENDS ANNUALLY HOSTS A D-DAY COMMEMORATION. THE CEREMONIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.FRIENDS PRESENTED THE 2022 BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. MCGEE UNITY AWARD TO FORMER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION THE HONORABLE NORMAN Y. MINETA FOR MINETA'S LIFELONG PUBLIC SERVICE AS A MILITARY VETERAN, CONGRESSMAN, CABINET MEMBER, AND ADVOCATE FOR NOBLE CAUSES IN THE PURSUIT OF EDUCATING OUR YOUTH ABOUT DEMOCRACY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. THE ANNUAL AWARD IS NAMED FOR THE LATE AIR FORCE BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. MCGEE, WHO EMBODIED AND LIVED BY THE HIGHEST AMERICAN IDEALS DURING HIS 102-YEARS. THE UNITY AWARD IS A SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ACTIVELY WORKING FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AND FOR LIVING UP TO THE MORAL INTEGRITY ESPOUSED BY GENERAL MCGEE AND HIS FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE "GREATEST GENERATION". 94352 PRESERVATION:FRIENDS CONTINUED TO LEAD THE EFFORT TO ADD PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "D-DAY PRAYER", ONE OF THE LARGEST MASS PRAYERS IN HISTORY, TO THE WWII MEMORIAL AND TO RESTORE THE "CIRCLE OF REMEMBRANCE" THE AREA WHERE THE PRAYER WILL BE PLACED. SENATOR ROBERT PORTMAN (R-OH) INTRODUCED THE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION, THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL PRAYER ACT, WHICH DIRECTED THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO INSTALL A PLAQUE AT OR NEAR THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. INSCRIBED WITH THE WORDS OF THE PRAYER THAT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SHARED WITH THE NATION ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. THE LEGISLATION STIPULATED THAT NO FEDERAL FUNDS COULD BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THIS DIRECTIVE. THEREFORE, FRIENDS TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DESIGNING AND FUNDING THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT'S DESIGN, BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM OEHME, VAN SWEDEN & ASSOCIATES (OVS), RECEIVED ITS FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS IN JANUARY 2022. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF LILLY ENDOWMENT INC., CONSTRUCTION BEGAN ON-SITE JULY 2022. A FORMAL DEDICATION CEREMONY WILL BE ON JUNE 6, 2023. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL ADDITION THAT WILL COMPLETE THE MEMORIAL, WHICH IS VISITED BY NEARLY FIVE MILLION PEOPLE EACH YEAR, PROVIDING A CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE TO REFLECT ON AND REMEMBER THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICAN SOULS LOST DURING WWII.FRIENDS WORKED WITH CONGRESSWOMAN MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH), THE "MOTHER OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL", AND CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER (R-IL) IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS MIKE ROUNDS (R-SD) AND JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH) IN THE U.S. SENATE TO PASS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WILL RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS TO HELP PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE BILL INTO LAW ON AUGUST 3, 2022. THE GREATEST GENERATION COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT AUTHORIZES THE U.S. TREASURY TO MINT COINS IN 2024 IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE COINS WILL BE USED TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR THE MEMORIAL, AS WELL AS FOR ROBUST EDUCATIONAL AND COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAMMING. 36296 LEGACY LECTURE:ON NOVEMBER 9H, FRIENDS HELD THE TENTH ANNUAL HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY. AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR IAN TOLL LECTURE TITLED, PACIFIC D-DAYS, DISCUSSED THE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE IN THE PACIFIC REQUIRED SUSTAINED AND INTRICATE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE U.S. MILITARY SERVICES AND THE LESSONS THEY LEARNED WHICH REMAIN VITAL TO MEET THE CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. THE HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE IS AN ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES THAT FEATURES PREEMINENT HISTORIANS AND OTHER EXPERTS SPEAKING ON THE LASTING SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON AMERICA AND THE WORLD. 36296 1026948 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 AL AK AR CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IL KS KY MD MA MI MN MS NH NM NY OH OK OR RI SC VA WA WV WI X THE ORGANIZATION 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 JOSIAH BUNTING III CHAIRMAN 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JANE WI DROPPA VICE CHAIRMAN 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RUTH E RODGERS SECRETARY/TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 225000 0 18960 VADM JOHN A BALDWIN USNRET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RADM JOHN BITOFF USN RET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT BOHANNON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LT GEN MICHAEL G DANA USMC RET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 SARA GREER DENT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PHILIP J GIOIA DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALEX KERSHAW DIRECTOR 2.00 X 30000 0 0 LTG CLAUDE MICK KICKLIGHTER USA R DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 CATHY MARTINE DOLECKI DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LYNN MCMAHON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHENS F MILLARD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT PECK DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ELLIOTT TOBY ROOSEVELT III DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ODEH L STEVENS DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LT GEN VINCENT R STEWARTUSMCRET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH TERRY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 255000 0 18960 1 0 1 0 0 2063747 19526 2063747 42406 42406 273851 240513 33338 33338 33338 OTHER INCOME 163800 163800 163800 2303291 163800 0 75744 X 243960 192056 34489 17415 85654 67380 18274 1133 888 245 3794 3078 590 126 21117 16535 3345 1237 99125 30508 66088 2529 45120 45120 194956 184581 10189 186 1526 1526 4926 3897 830 199 5843 5843 26112 20445 4239 1428 18325 14658 49 3618 14759 12623 1642 494 454 357 74 23 5420 4263 921 236 DIRECT MAIL 676983 241576 435407 SPECIAL PROGRAM 212398 212233 165 PRINTING 6594 5716 660 218 BANK FEES 5941 4735 836 370 7427 4050 3174 203 1681567 1026948 145645 508974 X 676983 212274 0 464709 51149 954105 22186 7186 450000 38919 74997 8927 8069 1312 858 4858607 3097231 340221 1981543 5762394 6115920 169044 125788 0 48560 169044 174348 X 1357057 1842608 4236293 4098964 5593350 5941572 5762394 6115920 621724 -264561 -8941 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 1916006 843764 2765657 2759389 2063747 10348563 1916006 843764 2765657 2759389 2063747 10348563 4572896 5775667 25091 37540 31396 28365 42406 164798 452 163800 164252 10677613 0.54090 0.61530 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER INCOME - 2020 AMOUNT: $ 452. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 163,800. 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FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEWS, DETERMINES AND APPROVES APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 THE ORGANIZATION COMPLIES WITH IRC SECTION 6104 AND MAKES ITS FORM 1023 AND FORM 990 AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATIONS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 181,684. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 9,594. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 191,278. PAYROLL SERVICE FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 2,897. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 595. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 186. TOTAL EXPENSES 3,678.