2019-10-10T14:29:07-05:00 2018-12-31 541156733 FRANK & COMPANY PC 1360 BEVERLY ROAD SUITE 300 MCLEAN VA 22101 990 2018-01-01 134358477 FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL INC FRIE 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE NO 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2026752017 2019-10-04 1 R MATTHEW FRANK P01277196 7038210702 2019-10-04 70.169.161.150 2019-10-04 11:43:36 ED P 5C00C0D1DD938B3438515B61C6CBE6B5D791E361 6B06D166DCA25631671C3BD72CEAF1075873F47E 2018 2020-01-14 16:20:31Z HOLLY ROTONDI 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SE NO 316 WASHINGTON DC 20003 1941097 0 X WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG X 2007 DC HONORING AND PRESERVING THE NATIONAL MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II AND CREATING THE NEXT "GREATEST GENERATION" OF TOMORROW. 22 21 7 65 0 0 1304956 1916006 0 0 3866 25091 0 0 1308822 1941097 0 0 0 0 270891 274096 76511 47705 489768 1079853 1085691 1427255 1407492 -118433 533605 2958950 3509076 136640 172099 2822310 3336977 X FOUNDED IN 2007, THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL (FRIENDS) IS A 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HONORING AND PRESERVING THE NATIONAL MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II AND TO CREATING THE NEXT "GREATEST GENERATION" OF TOMORROW. TO MEET THIS MISSION, FRIENDS SPONSORS AN ANNUAL PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES FEATURING PROMINENT HISTORIANS; HOSTS AN ANNUAL TEACHERS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC; AND COLLECTS AND ARCHIVES VIDEO INTERVIEWS OF WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GREATEST GENERATION. ADDITIONALLY, FRIENDS HAS THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY IN PLANNING, STAGING, AND FUNDING FIVE OR MORE MAJOR NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS ANNUALLY AND IS CURRENTLY SPONSORING A NATIONAL FOUR-YEAR WORLD WAR II 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION. FRIENDS RELIES ON PRIVATE SUPPORT TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE MEMORIAL AND TO ENSURE THAT IT CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A LIVING LESSON FOR ALL AMERICANS. 0 0 596095 EDUCATION:IN 2018, FRIENDS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES. TO THIS END,FRIENDS HOSTED ITS THIRD ANNUAL FRIENDS OF THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL TEACHERS NETWORK AND CONFERENCE AT THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER. THE FIVE-DAY CONFERENCE, HELD FROM JULY 24TH- 28TH AND ATTENDED BY 43 EDUCATORS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FOCUSED ON THE THEME: "THE STRUGGLE FOR UNITY IN WORLD WAR II AND FEATURED PRESENTATIONS BY FELLOW EDUCATORS AND OTHER EXPERTS IN THE AREA OF WWII HISTORY, DISCUSSIONS WITH WWII VETERANS, TOURS OF SITES OF WWII SIGNIFICANCE, AND A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AT THE WWII MEMORIAL. EACH PARTICIPANT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FULL CONFERENCE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FOR 26 CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS. PARTICIPANTS WERE EXPOSED TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF WWII HISTORY RESOURCES AND TOOLS AIMED AT EDUCATING CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT THE EVERYDAY MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE CHARACTER, COURAGE, CREATIVITY, DETERMINATION, AND INNOVATION NOT ONLY LED TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR, BUT ALSO RESHAPED AMERICA. 232490 COMMEMORATIVE:IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, FRIENDS HAS THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY IN PLANNING, STAGING, AND FUNDING MAJOR NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE MEMORIAL ON V-E DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, V-J DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY. THE CEREMONIES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE CEREMONIES INCLUDE A FORMAL PRESENTATION OF WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL OF STARS TO HONOR THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO DIED IN WWII. EACH COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY BEGINS WITH A PRESENTATION OF PATRIOTIC MUSIC BY VARIOUS MILITARY BANDS, FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE ARMED FORCES COLOR GUARD. THE PROGRAM FEATURES REMARKS BY HONORED GUESTS AND A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. ALL CEREMONIES END WITH THE PLAYING OF TAPS. ADDITIONALLY, FRIENDS IS CURRENTLY SPONSORING A NATIONAL FOUR-YEAR WWII 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.V-E DAY CEREMONY: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 73RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIED FORCES VICTORY IN EUROPE DURING WWII, THE MAY 8TH V-E CEREMONY PAID SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL WWII VETERANS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING THE WAR. AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION, 45 WWII VETERANS PRESENTED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. ABC7/WJLA ANCHOR JONATHAN ELIAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS CHAIRMAN, JOSIAH BUNTING III, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS, AND ACTING DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, ROBIN NIXON, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF NPS. WWII VETERAN HARRY MILLER PROVIDED THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY: THE MAY 28TH MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE WWII MEMORIAL PAID SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DURING WWII. AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATION, 19 WWII VETERANS PRESENTED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE CEREMONY FEATURED A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY ARTHUR CHOTIN, WHOSE FATHER ARMY SSGT. MAX CHOTIN DIED IN BELGIUM ON NOVEMBER 3, 1945 AT THE AGE OF 30. DURING THE CEREMONY, GRAMMY AWARD-NOMINATED SONGWRITER BOB REGAN PERFORMED HIS SONG "THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY," A SONG ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH VETERANS. ABC7/WJLA ANCHOR JONATHAN ELIAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS' CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III AND PATRICIA TRAP, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, OFFERED WELCOMING REMARKS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.D-DAY 74TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION: THE JUNE 6TH CEREMONY COMMEMORATED THE 74 YEARS SINCE 160,000 ALLIED TROOPS LANDED ALONG A 50-MILE STRETCH OF HEAVILY-FORTIFIED FRENCH COASTLINE TO FIGHT NAZI GERMANY ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY, FRANCE. AS PART OF THE CEREMONY, EIGHT WWII AND D-DAY VETERANS PLACED WREATHS AT THE ATLANTIC ARCH OF THE WWII MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF THE 9,000 ALLIED SOLDIERS KILLED OR WOUNDED DURING THE INVASION. THE VETERANS WERE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH AND CANADIAN EMBASSIES AND THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION. DURING THE CEREMONY, MEGAN ROSENER PERFORMED THE SONG "HEROES," WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY HER FATHER MARTY ROSENER IN TRIBUTE TO WWII VETERANS. ADDITIONALLY, FRIENDS CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III PROVIDED REMARKS AND THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT. FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE WWII VETERANS WERE TRANSPORTED TO NATIONALS STADIUM WHERE THEY WERE HONORED IN A PRE-GAME TRIBUTE BY THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM PRIOR TO THEIR GAME AGAINST THE TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS.V-J DAY CEREMONY: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 73RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALLIED FORCES VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC AND THE END OF WWII, THE SEPTEMBER 2ND V-J DAY CEREMONY PAID SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ALL WWII VETERANS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. AS PART OF THE CEREMONY, 12 WWII VETERANS WERE INTRODUCED AND RECOGNIZED BEFORE PLACING WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII ABC7/WJLA ANCHOR JONATHAN ELIAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. ACTING DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS PATRICIA TRAP SPOKE ON BEHALF OF NPS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: THE NOVEMBER 11TH VETERANS DAY CEREMONY PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MORE THAN 16 MILLION MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED WITH THE U.S. ARMED FORCES DURING WWII. WWII VETERAN MR. EWING H. MILLER DELIVERED THE CEREMONY'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS. MR. MILLER SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES FROM 1942 TO 1945 AS A B-24 HEAVY BOMBER PILOT ASSIGNED TO THE 15TH AIR FORCE, 449 TH BOMB GROUP, 719 SQUADRON (THE FLYING HORSEMEN) WHICH FLEW FROM A BASE IN ITALY. NICKNAMED "WING" BY HIS FELLOW FLYERS, MR. MILLER FLEW OVER 20 MISSIONS. IN FEBRUARY 1945, HIS PLANE WAS DOWNED BY A DIRECT FLACK BUST IN THE BOMB BAY. MR. MILLER WAS THE SOLE SURVIVOR. HE SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR AS A PRISONER OF WAR. AS PART OF THE CEREMONY, MR. MILLER AND FOURTEEN OTHER WWII VETERANS PLACED WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII. ABC7/WJLA-TV NEWS ANCHOR, JONATHAN ELIAS, SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS' CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III AND PATRICIA TRAP, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, EACH OFFERED WELCOMING REMARKS. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY: IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER 7, 1941 ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, THE DECEMBER 7TH PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY REMEMBERED AND HONORED ALL WHO SERVED DURING WWII - BOTH ON THE BATTLEFRONT AND THE HOME FRONT - AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO KILLED IN THE ATTACK. AS PART OF THE CEREMONY, 18 WWII VETERANS AND PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS, WERE JOINED BY STUDENTS, EMBASSY REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON REDSKINS PRESIDENT, AND OTHERS, IN PLACING WREATHS AT THE FREEDOM WALL IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII, INCLUDING THE MORE THAN 2,400 WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. ABC7/WJLA-TV NEWS ANCHOR, JONATHAN ELIAS, SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONIES. FRIENDS' CHAIRMAN JOSIAH BUNTING III AND PATRICIA TRAP, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, OFFERED WELCOMING REMARKS AND THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE EVENT.CHRISTMAS CAROLING: ON DECEMBER 15TH, FRIENDS HOSTED CAROLING AT THE WWII MEMORIAL WITH THE 42ND STREET SINGERS, VICTORIAN-STYLED COSTUMED PERFORMERS SINGING A CAPPELLA CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SONGS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SEASON.PRESERVATION - FDR D-DAY PRAYER ADDITION: FRIENDS IS LEADING THE EFFORT TO FULFILL THE CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE TO ADD PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S D-DAY PRAYER, ONE OF THE LARGEST MASS PRAYERS IN HISTORY, TO THE WWII MEMORIAL AND TO PROVIDE A CONTEMPLATIVE SPACE TO REMEMBER THE MORE THAN 400,000 AMERICAN SOULS LOST DURING WWII.WWII 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIONS: IN 2018, FRIENDS HOSTED SEVEN VERY SPECIAL 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS AT THE WWII MEMORIAL AS PART OF THE FRIENDS' FOUR-YEAR WWII 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION, FROM DECEMBER 7, 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 2, 2020, WHICH WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 60 COMMEMORATIONS AT THE WWII MEMORIAL. THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON PROVIDED MILITARY SUPPORT FOR EACH EVENT. EACH CEREMONY WAS CONCLUDED WITH THE PLAYING OF TAPS BY A MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON BUGLER.MON., FEB. 19 - BATTLE OF KASSERINE PASS 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.FRI., MAR. 23 - BATTLE OF EL GUETTAR 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.FRI., MAY 11 - BATTLE OF ATTU 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.FRI., MAY 11 - BATTLE OF ATTU 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.MON., JUL. 9 - BATTLE OF SICILY 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.SUN., SEP. 9 - OPERATION AVALANCHE (SALERNO) 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION.TUES., NOV. 20 - BATTLE OF TARAWA 75TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION. 28875 LEGACY LECTURE:HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE SERIESON NOVEMBER 14TH, FRIENDS HELD THE SIXTH ANNUAL HAYDN WILLIAMS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL LEGACY LECTURE AT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY'S LINCOLN HALL AUDITORIUM. 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THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO THE ONE GROUP FOR REIMBURSEMENTS DURING 2018 WAS $50. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HOLLY ROTONDI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 155500 0 0 0 0 0 5500 0 7790 0 168790 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND A DRAFT COPY OF FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR REVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MANAGEMENT ARE ADDRESSED PRIOR TO ITS FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS REVIEWED AND ACKNOWLEDGED ANNUALLY BY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. 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. 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