Washington Oxi Day Foundation

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

“Washington Oxi Day Foundation does not have committees”

“The President reviews form 990 and discusses with the other Directors before filing”

“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.”

“The organization will make its policies and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Schedule L, Part IV, Business Transactions Involving Interested Persons: (d) Description of Transaction: The Foundation pays Manatos & Manatos, Inc. (M&M) fees for undertaking numerous activities for the Foundation. Such activities can be broken down into the following major projects: 1. Washington Oxi Day Foundation Annual Dinner a. The Oxi Day Award - In an effort to secure an award winner who was both worthy of the award and who would bring to the award maximum visibility among policy-makers and world opinion leaders, M&M utilized 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 hordes of people trying to get to them, their telephone numbers and email addresses are not readily available but were secured by M&M. This resulted in a number of nominations which M&M had to examine and evaluate. After identifying the most desirable individual to approach for involvement in the Oxi Day Foundation celebration -- the internationally renowned singer and human rights activist, Bono -- M&M utilized many expensive chits in an effort to secure his active participation. M&M secured his nomination of the Oxi Day Award winner - John Githongo of Kenya - as well as Bono's agreement to participate as the introducer of Mr Githongo. As a result of these efforts, Bono was deeply involved in the story of Oxi Day. b. The Battle of Crete Award - Like the Oxi Day Award, it was difficult to secure the personal contact information of the dozens 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. After securing such contact information for each of these American leaders, M&M had to contact them for their nominations and to follow-up those contacts numerous times to focus these leaders on this subject. M&M then selected from among these nominees the most worthy individual who also might bring maximum exposure of the record of the Greek people in WWII. The selection of Berta Soler as the award recipient was made particularly difficult in light of US relations with Cuba. M&M had to call on very high-level individuals who explained to the recipient who M&M is and what the Battle of Crete Award is all about and to encourage her to accept the award. c. Participation of Other Key Policymakers and Opinion Leaders in Dinner Program and Event -Again M&M utilized high-level contacts in the Congress and White House in order to secure the participation of the following individuals. The former Speaker of the House and current Minority Leader of the House, Nancy Pelosi; the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez and the Chairwoman of the Middle East Subcommittee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. To further the understanding of Oxi Day, M&M utilized its connections with major policy-makers and opinion leaders in order to secure over 100 members of this group to attend the dinner and learn in detail the contribution of the Greek people in WWII. Extensive efforts were made to secure the optimal number and level of invitees. This resulted in the Oxi Day dinner containing 24 foreign government representatives, numerous State Department officials, senior people in the American media, and others. 2. Washington Oxi Day Foundation Annual Presentation of the WWII Greatest Generation Awards M&M worked closely with the Embassy Greece to the US in determining which Greek WWII veteran M&M worked closely with the Embassy Greece to the US in determining which Greek WWII veteran should be recognized with the Greatest Generation Award. After sifting through numerous candidates, M&M had to convince the recipient to fly to America to receive th”