2013-11-14T12:12:09-06:00 2012-12-31 520901831 ROSSLANGAN & MCKENDREE LLP 7900 WESTPARK DR STE T420 MCLEAN VA 22102 990 2012-01-01 134358477 FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL INC FRIE 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE SUITE 304 WASHINGTON DC 20003 RUTH RODGERS 2026752017 2013-11-13 1 COLETTE CAHILL P00176033 7038932660 X 2012 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z HOLLY ROTONDI 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE SUITE 304 WASHINGTON DC 20003 756005 0 X WWW.WWIIMEMORIALFRIENDS.ORG X 2007 DC TO INITIATE & SUPPORT COMMEMORATIVE & CELEBRATORY EVENTS AT THE WWII MEMORIAL, TO KEEP ALIVE THE SPIRIT OF WWII, ITS LESSONS, LEGACY & SACRIFICES & CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUED CARE OF THE MEMORIAL & ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS. 18 16 5 26 0 0 1149228 537968 0 0 2711 -29787 0 0 1151939 508181 0 0 0 0 103894 136692 0 130000 148216 114716 134074 218610 400766 933329 107415 1316064 1433434 2512 12467 1313552 1420967 X SEE SCHEDULE O.THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT THE LEGACY, LESSONS, AND SACRIFICES OF WORLD WAR II (WWII) ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS TO THE NATIONAL WWII MEMORIAL (THE MEMORIAL) IN WASHINGTON, DC.THE ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY FORMER AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION (ABMC) MEMBERS, WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING A CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE TO RECOMMEND A SITE AND DESIGN AND TO FUND AND BUILD THE MEMORIAL. THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH MAKING THE MEMORIAL ALL THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE BY ITS PLANNERS: AN OPEN, WELCOMING, GATHERING PLACE ON THE NATIONAL MALL; A PLACE OF REVERENT REMEMBRANCE; AND A PLACE TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA DURING WWII. WITH GROWING PRIVATE SUPPORT, THE COOPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, AND OTHERS, THESE HOPES ARE BEING REALIZED. 0 0 97583 EDUCATION - IN 2012, THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED A PILOT PROGRAM CALLED CAPTURING THE VOICE OF WORLD WAR II, A MULTIFACETED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM USING LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO INTERVIEW WORLD WAR II (WWII) VETERANS VISITING THE MEMORIAL. THIS INITIATIVE PRESERVES THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY'S WWII VETERANS AND SAVES THEIR INTIMATE STORIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE VETERANS' STORIES ARE MADE ACCESSIBLE VIA THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE TO VETERANS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, THEREBY CREATING A PRECIOUS TIME CAPSULE THAT WILL SERVE AS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NOW AND IN THE YEARS TO COME. THE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE AND THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF WWII, AND ALSO GIVES BOTH THE STUDENTS... - SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION.WHO CONDUCT THE INTERVIEWS AND THE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES AN ENHANCED APPRECIATION OF THE MEMORIAL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY TO WWII VETERANS. 46317 VETERANS DAY CEREMONY - IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITY IN PLANNING AND STAGING MAJOR NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE MEMORIAL ON MEMORIAL DAY, V-E DAY, V-J DAY, VETERANS DAY, AND PEARL HARBOR DAY. THE CEREMONIES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND 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 MILITARY BANDS, FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS BY THE ARMED FORCES COLOR GUARD. THE PROGRAMS FEATURE REMARKS BY HONORED GUESTS AND A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. ALL CEREMONIES END WITH THE PLAYING OF TAPS. - SEE SCHEDULE O FOR CONTINUATION.THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED AND STAGED A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MEMORIAL ON VETERANS DAY. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE VETERANS DAY COMMEMORATION TO HONOR ALL WHO SERVED WAS THE HONORABLE MARCY KAPTUR, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE FROM OHIO, WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR OF LEGISLATION IN 1986 TO AUTHORIZE AND CONSTRUCT THE MEMORIAL AND WHO SHEPHERDED THE PROJECT TO ITS DEDICATION. ROBERT VOGEL, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, GAVE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND BRASS QUINTET. 24343 MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY - THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED AND STAGED A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MEMORIAL ON MEMORIAL DAY. THE THEME OF THE EVENT WAS SERVICE AND SACRIFICE: THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS THE FORMER SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, THE HONORABLE MICHAEL W. WYNNE. SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL MALL AND MEMORIAL PARKS, ROBERT VOGEL, GAVE WELCOMING REMARKS. MUSIC FOR THE CEREMONY WAS PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BRASS QUINTET. 15587 V-E DAY CEREMONY - THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED AND STAGED A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MEMORIAL ON V-E DAY. FOR THE MAY 8TH VICTORY IN EUROPE DAY THE THEME WAS AMERICANS CAME TO LIBERATE, NOT TO CONQUER AND THE CEREMONY GAVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO VETERANS WHO FOUGHT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER DURING WWII AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE. GREETINGS FROM THE DELEGATION OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WERE GIVEN BY ARTHUR BERGER OF THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS GENERAL JOHN N. ABRAMS, FORMER COMMANDER, TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND UNITED STATES ARMY. THE UNITED STATES NAVY BAND BRASS QUARTET PERFORMED AT THE CEREMONY AND PRESENTED A PRE-CEREMONY CONCERT. 9276 V-J DAY CEREMONY - THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED AND STAGED A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MEMORIAL ON V-J DAY. THE THEME OF THE SEPTEMBER 2ND COMMEMORATION WAS THE 67TH ANNIVERSARY OF V-J DAY TO REMEMBER THE END OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. COL. ROBERT PATRICK, DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT, WAS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES. THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BAND PROVIDED MUSIC BEFORE AND DURING THE CEREMONY. 17900 PEARL HARBOR DAY CEREMONY - THE ORGANIZATION PLANNED AND STAGED A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT THE MEMORIAL ON PEARL HARBOR DAY. THE COMMEMORATION FEATURED ADMIRAL JAMES WINNEFIELD, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, AS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. MORE THAN 200 WWII VETERANS, ATTENDING AS GUESTS OF THE HONOR FLIGHT PROGRAM, PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY AND PRESENTATION OF WREATHS. THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BAND PROVIDED MUSIC FOR THE CEREMONY. 17345 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES - THE ORGANIZATION'S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT THE MEMORIAL IS A PROGRAM THAT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND OFFERS PERFORMANCES BY UNITED STATES MILITARY BANDS PRESENTING A VARIETY OF MUSIC FROM WWII SONGS TO SHOW TUNES TO PATRIOTIC MUSIC. EIGHT CONCERTS WERE PRESENTED FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER 2012 AND INCLUDED CONCERTS BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY BAND, THE UNITED STATES ARMY BAND PERSHING'S OWN, THE UNITED STATES NAVY COMMODORES JAZZ BAND, THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES BAND, THE UNITED STATES NAVY CRUISERS ROCK ENSEMBLE, AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BAND. 60108 228351 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 VA X X THE ORGANIZATION 2026752017 921 PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE SUITE 304 WASHINGTON DC 20003 LTG CLAUDE M KICKLIGHTER USA RET 2.00 X X 0 0 0 AMBASSADOR F HAYDN WILLIAMS 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROLLAND KIDDER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES R FISHER 35.00 X X 55000 0 0 FRANCIS B MOORE 2.00 X X 0 0 0 RUTH E RODGERS 35.00 X X 40000 0 0 VADM JOHN A BALDWIN USN RET 2.00 X 0 0 0 RADM JOHN BITOFF USN RET 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT H BOHANNON 2.00 X 0 0 0 JANE WI DROPPA 2.00 X 0 0 0 BG EVELYN PAT FOOTE USA RET 2.00 X 0 0 0 JESS HAY 2.00 X 0 0 0 JAN EVANS HOUSER 2.00 X 0 0 0 CATHY MARTINE 2.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHENS F MILLARD 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT PECK 2.00 X 0 0 0 HOLLY ROTONDI 2.00 X 0 0 0 KENNETH TERRY 2.00 X 0 0 0 ED SMALL 1.00 X 0 0 0 95000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 537968 247824 537968 3154 3154 214883 247824 -32941 -32941 -32941 508181 0 0 -29787 95000 76000 9500 9500 30350 30350 11342 9740 801 801 25863 21965 1949 1949 130000 130000 32515 31709 196 610 36297 33902 968 1427 4831 4669 81 81 10493 9117 688 688 4295 1426 384 2485 10845 1886 8959 934 794 70 70 8001 6793 603 605 400766 228351 24199 148216 5824 27448 713763 894495 593500 507484 2000 2480 1527 0 977 1527 1316064 1433434 2512 12467 2512 12467 X 85179 54717 1228373 1366250 1313552 1420967 1316064 1433434 107415 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 86384 125098 406519 1149228 537968 2305197 86384 125098 406519 1149228 537968 2305197 998634 1306563 -226 -2121 -3105 2712 -29787 -32527 105 18 6534 6657 2279327 0.57320 0.58000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1527 1527 1527 X 508181 0 508181 0 508181 400766 0 400766 0 400766 DESCRIPTION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS UNDER FIN 48: PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION IS REQUIRED TO MEASURE, RECOGNIZE, PRESENT, AND DISCLOSE IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN IN THE TAX YEARS THAT REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION OR EXPECTS TO TAKE ON AN INCOME TAX RETURN. THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES THE TAX BENEFITS FROM UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS ONLY IF IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT THE TAX POSITION WILL BE SUSTAINED ON EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES. PRIOR YEAR INCOME TAX RETURNS MAY BE SUBJECT TO AUDIT IN VARIOUS TAX JURISDICTIONS, MOST OF WHICH DEFINE OPEN TAX YEARS AS THREE YEARS FROM THE LATER OF THE DUE DATE OR THE DATE THE RETURN WAS FILED. THE ORGANIZATION RECORDED NO LIABILITY FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS FOR ANY OPEN TAX YEARS. X X X X 1 ODELL SIMMS & LYNCH CO 7704 LEESBURG PIKE FALLS CHURCH VA 22043 MAJOR DONOR DEVELOPMENT 0 0 130000 -130000 130000 -130000 VA DC EXPLANATION OF FUNDRAISING PAYMENTS SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (V) 2012 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER. BECAUSE OF THE LEAD TIME TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH MAJOR DONORS, NO REVENUE WAS GENERATED IN 2012. X 1 247824 FMV 0 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4 IN 2012, THE ORGANIZATION AMENDED ITS BYLAWS. THE KEY CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: -CHANGES TO ITS NOMINATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE TO INCORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RECRUITING AND PERFORMANCE REVIEWS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO AND TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD COMMITTEES AND RECOMMEND GOVERNANCE CHANGES. -ESTABLISH A NEW COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD AND ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITIES TO THAT COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 WHEN FORM 990 IS COMPLETED AND BEFORE IT IS FILED, MANAGEMENT SENDS IT TO THE FULL BOARD, WHO REVIEWS THE FORM AND APPROVES IT FOR FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS EXEMPTION APPLICATION FORM, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BY-LAWS & 990 FILINGS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ITS OFFICES. ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO REQUESTS IN WRITING OR VIA TELEPHONE A COPY OF ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS CAN RECEIVE COPIES BY MAIL OR EMAIL. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES IN THE PROCEDURES USED TO REVIEW THE 990.