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.”

“Interpreter: Program service expenses 508. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 508. Consulting: Program service expenses 159,660. Management and general expenses 12,355. Fundraising expenses 18,056. Total expenses 190,071.”

“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. Those activities that M&M undertook, at the direction of the Washington Oxi Day Foundation board, 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, 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 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, 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 first secured a nomination from former President Bill Clinton. When this nominee was unable to accept the award, M&M secured a second nomination from President Clinton - the first American killed by ISIS forces in response to American airstrikes in Iraq, conflict journalist James Foley who was brutally and publically beheaded. M&M then secured, at the WODFB direction, the Governor of New Hampshire, the state in which James Foley's parents reside, to call them at home to communicate President Clinton's nomination of their son for the Oxi Day Award. M&M then secured the commitment of President Clinton to introduce James Foley at the award gala. M&M then arranged for the videotaping of President Clinton's introduction as he was unable to attend the event. 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. 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 person was the highly sought-after "soul of the Ukraine revolution" Ruslana Lyzhychko, one of 10 women in the world honored in 2014 with the US Secretary of State's Women of Courage Award. At the direction of the WODFB, M&M called on very high-level individuals who explained to the recipient who the Washington Oxi Day Foundation is and what the Battle of Crete Award is all about and to encourage her to accept the award. In addition, just days before the event, Ms. Lyzhychko was, due to health reasons, unable to fly to the United States to receive this award. So, at the WODFB's request, M&M went to great lengths to enable Ms. Lyzhychko to address the gala live by Skype from the Ukraine in the middle of the night. c. Participation of Other Key Policymakers and Opinion Leaders in Dinner Program and Event -Again, at the direction of the WODFB, M&M utilized high-level contacts in the Congress and White House in order to secure the participation of numerous key policymakers and opinion leaders”