2025-06-23T10:13:08-05:00 2024-12-31 061667465 PRAGER METIS CPAS LLC 1951 KIDWELL DRIVE SUITE 200 TYSONS CORNER VA 22182 990 2024-01-01 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 2025-06-20 1 0 HIN CHIU LO P00968200 7038210702 2025-06-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z HOLLY ROTONDI 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 9147297 0 X WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG X 2007 DC TEACHING THE LESSONS OF YESTERDAY TO UNITE THE GENERATIONS OF TOMORROW. 17 16 4 25 0 0 2283898 7726835 380895 355064 92128 168646 0 0 2756921 8250545 0 0 0 0 506885 591091 49985 43590 228903 1674769 1238566 2231639 1873247 525282 6377298 4709223 11066755 165453 79758 4543770 10986997 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 1290530 355064 EDUCATION:IN 2024, FRIENDS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. TO THIS END, FRIENDS HOSTED ITS NINTH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TEACHERS NETWORK AND CONFERENCE. IT WAS A VERY FULL AND PRODUCTIVE WEEK, ATTENDED BY 30 EDUCATORS REPRESENTING 14 STATES. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED DAILY PRESENTATIONS AND TOURS BY ENGAGING PRESENTERS AND GUIDES, INCLUDING FRIENDS' RESIDENT HISTORIAN ALEX KERSHAW, AND A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT THE WWII MEMORIAL. DOZENS MORE EDUCATORS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, AND VIDEOS OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND TOURS ARE ARCHIVED ON FRIENDS' WEBSITE (WWW.WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG).IN 2024, 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 EIGHT MONTHLY VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES IN 2024 (JANUARY-APRIL AND SEPTEMBER-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.FRIENDS HOSTED INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TOURS, GUIDED BY RESIDENT HISTORIAN ALEX KERSHAW, TO LONDON, NORMANDY, AND PARIS IN MAY 2024 AND TO THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG, AND GERMANY IN SEPTEMBER 2024.THE EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JACK C. TAYLOR / ENTERPRISE RENT-ACAR WWII MEMORIAL EDUCATION ENDOWMENT. 227374 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 2024 COMMEMORATIONS INCLUDED A SPECIAL CEREMONY MARKING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEDICATION OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARIES OF THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY AND THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AS PART OF THE 80TH COMMEMORATIONS, NAMES OF ALL THOSE KILLED DURING THOSE BATTLES WERE READ BY VOLUNTEERS AT THE NEWLY RESTORED CIRCLE OF REMEMBRANCE, NEXT TO THE NEWLY INSTALLED FDR D-DAY PRAYER. THE CEREMONIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.FRIENDS PRESENTED THE 2024 BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES E. MCGEE UNITY AWARD TO CONGRESSWOMAN KAPTUR, THE LONGEST-SERVING WOMAN IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY, FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL ON THE NATIONAL MALL AND HER CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE NATIONAL MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II. THE ANNUAL AWARD IS NAMED FOR THE LATE RETIRED 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". 50669 LEGACY LECTURE:ON NOVEMBER 13TH, FRIENDS HELD THE TWELFTH ANNUAL HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY. WWII HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR JOHN C. MCMANUS DELIVERED A LECTURE, TITLED TO THE END OF THE EARTH: THE U.S. ARMY AND THE DOWNFALL OF JAPAN, WHICH EXPLORED THE COST OF VICTORY OVER JAPAN AND THE LONG-TERM LEGACIES THAT STILL RESONATE TODAY. 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.THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY THE HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE SERIESENDOWMENT. 1568573 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 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 16 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 EMERITUS 2.00 X X 0 0 0 LT GEN MICHAEL G DANA USMC RET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT BOHANNON DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 RADM JOHN BITOFF USN RET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LISA PUCILLO DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 VADM JOHN A BALDWIN USNRET DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH TERRY DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 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 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 SARA GREER DENT DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 247300 0 20241 RUTH E RODGERS SECRETARY/TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 JANE WI DROPPA CHAIRMAN 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ALEX KERSHAW FRIENDS' RESIDENT HISTORIA 40.00 X 200000 0 19889 447300 0 40130 2 0 1 0 0 7726835 7726835 EDUCATIONAL TRIP INC 900099 355064 355064 355064 183178 183178 882220 896752 -14532 -14532 -14532 8250545 355064 0 168646 267541 229612 27068 10861 267764 241855 19072 6837 5250 4766 313 171 14639 12534 1600 505 35897 31544 3567 786 95059 83515 8271 3273 43590 43590 145166 140196 4793 177 38169 38011 155 3 12819 11972 522 325 53022 53004 8 10 28174 24854 2223 1097 414243 412961 54 1228 15672 14107 956 609 935 823 81 31 5243 4622 453 168 DIRECT MAIL 217407 59683 157724 VIDEOGRAPHY AND PRODUCT 183999 183751 248 BANK FEES 12717 10518 1157 1042 MISCELLANEOUS 5151 65 5085 1 10790 10180 393 217 1873247 1568573 75771 228903 X 217407 59683 0 157724 579311 205604 6096 6136 1016689 30153 83882 113990 11576 9501 3010 2075 4008879 9689378 28045 2730 4709223 11066755 141943 79758 23510 0 165453 79758 X 2351388 2012919 2192382 8974078 4543770 10986997 4709223 11066755 6377298 75542 -9613 0 X 0 1 X 0 0 X 2765657 2759389 2063747 2283898 7726835 17599526 2765657 2759389 2063747 2283898 7726835 17599526 10316740 7282786 31396 28365 42406 86143 183178 371488 17971014 355064 0.40530 0.55360 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1341694 131852 51012 1422534 1218208 163300 39814 1341694 1457309 -202463 36638 1218208 1342310 127169 12170 1457309 1302057 84842 44589 1342310 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0 0 11576 9501 2075 2075 X 8316474 75542 75542 8240932 9613 9613 8250545 1873247 0 1873247 0 1873247 PART V, LINE 4: THE ENDOWMENT FUNDS SHALL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION. PART X, LINE 2: FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, FRIENDS HAS DOCUMENTED ITS CONSIDERATION OF FASB ASC 740-10, INCOME TAXES, THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND HAS DETERMINED THAT NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 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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.