Washington Oxi Day Foundation

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“Andrew Manatos and Emanuel Manatos have a family and business relationship.”

“Washington Oxi Day Foundation does not have committees.”

“Organization officers regularly and consistently monitored and enforced compliance with the Foundation's conflict of interest policy.”

“The Executive Director's salary was determined by members of the board to be one that is comparable with that of executive directors of similarly sized and influential not for profit organizations.”

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“Description of Transaction: The Foundation pays Manatos & Manatos, Inc. (M&M) fees for undertaking numerous activities for the Foundation. Those activities that M&M undertook, at the direction of the Washington Oxi Day Foundation Board (WODFB), can be broken down into the following major projects:A. WASHINGTON OXI DAY FOUNDATION ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM: 1. THE OXI DAY COURAGE AWARD FOR A MALE - IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE AN AWARD WINNER WHO WAS BOTH WORTHY OF THE AWARD AND WHO WOULD BRING TO OUR FOCUS OF WWII COURAGE, PARTICULARLY IN GREECE, MAXIMUM VISIBILITY AMONG POLICY-MAKERS AND WORLD OPINION LEADERS, THE WASHINGTON OXI DAY FOUNDATION BOARD (WODFB) DIRECTED M&M TO UTILIZE ITS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH CONGRESSIONAL, WHITE HOUSE AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH INDIVIDUALS. THIS MOVED DOZENS OF HIGH LEVEL AMERICAN POLICY-MAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF OXI DAY AS THEY NOMINATED INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY KNOW AND WHO THEY BELIEVE ARE WORTHY OF THE AWARD. GIVEN THEIR NATIONAL STATURE AND THE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THEM, THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE BUT WERE SECURED BY M&M. M&M ALSO CONSULTED WITH EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE WORLD COURAGEOUSLY WORKING TO SECURE OR MAINTAIN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. SUCH CONSULTATIONS INCLUDED MEETING AND EVALUATING SUCH INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS OUR FRIEND OF DECADES, FORMER NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY PRESIDENT CARL GERSHMAN.THIS RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS WHICH, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE WODFB, M&M HAD TO EXAMINE AND EVALUATE. AFTER IDENTIFYING THE MOST DESIRABLE INDIVIDUAL TO APPROACH FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE OXI DAY FOUNDATION CELEBRATION, THE WODFB ASKED M&M TO UTILIZE MANY VALUABLE CHITS IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE HONOREE'S AND NOMINEE'S ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. M&M, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE WODFB, SECURED PRESIDENT HONG KONG DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS. 2. THE OXI DAY COURAGE AWARD FOR A FEMALE - LIKE THE OXI COURAGE AWARD FOR A MALE, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SECURE THE PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE DOZEN OF POLICY-MAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN, WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO LEARN ABOUT OXI DAY AND NOMINATE A FEMALE AWARD RECIPIENT FOR THE BATTLE OF CRETE AWARD. THE WODFB ASKED M&M TO SECURE SUCH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THESE AMERICAN LEADERS, AND THEN CONTACT THEM FOR THEIR NOMINATIONS AND TO FOLLOW-UP THOSE CONTACTS NUMEROUS TIMES TO FOCUS THESE LEADERS ON THIS SUBJECT. THE WODFB THEN ASKED M&M TO SELECT FROM AMONG THESE NOMINEES THE MOST WORTHY INDIVIDUAL WHO ALSO MIGHT BRING MAXIMUM EXPOSURE OF THE RECORD OF THE GREEK PEOPLE IN WWII. THAT RECIPIENT WAS SAVE UKRAINE. 3. METROPOLITAN CHRYSOSTOMOS AWARD - AT THE DIRECTION OF THE WODFB, M&M TOOK A WIDE SURVEY TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN GREAT COURAGE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION. AFTER SECURING THE NOMINEES AND SELECTING THE BEST MATCH, RABBI ANDREW BAKER.B. PARTICIPATION OF KEY POLICYMAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS IN DINNER PROGRAM AND EVENT - TO FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF OXI DAY, THE WODFB ASKED M&M TO UTILIZE ITS HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS IN THE US CONGRESS, THE WHITE HOUSE, THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES IN ORDER TO SECURE THE PARTICIPATION OF NUMEROUS KEY POLICYMAKERS IN THE EVENT. M&M WAS ALSO ASKED TO UTILIZE HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH IN THE US MEDIA AND THE GREEK-AMERICAN MEDIA AS WELL AS WITH THINK TANKS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO SECURE THE PARTICIPATION OF NUMEROUS OTHER OPINION LEADERS IN THE EVENT.C. WASHINGTON OXI DAY FOUNDATION ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF THE OXI SERVICE AWARDS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE WODFB, M&M WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE NUMEROUS LEADERS IN THE NATIONAL GREEK-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE EMBASSY OF GREECE TO THE US TO DETERMINE WHICH GREEK-AMERICAN VETERANS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE OXI SERVICE AWARD. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 2023 OXI SERVICE AWARD WOULD BE PRESENTED TO KOREAN WAR CONSTANTINOS GEORGIOU; THE HASEOTES SERVICE AWARD WOULD BE”