Organizations Filed Purposes:
ONE ACTION'S ADVOCACY WORK PLAYS A VALUABLE ROLE IN PERSUADING LAWMAKERS TO PROTECT, AND WHERE POSSIBLE, INCREASE FUNDING FOR ONE ACTION'S CORE PRIORITIES. ONE ACTION'S MEMBERS ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED ADVOCATES AND CONTRIBUTED VALUABLE SUPPORT TO ONE ACTION'S MAJOR CAMPAIGNS.
SEE PART III, LINE 1.
NORTH AMERICA:UNITED STATESIN 2018, ONE ACTION AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS DEFEATED PROPOSED CUTS TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OF MORE THAN 30 PERCENT, ACTIVATING U.S. MEMBERS AND GETTING 13,000 LETTERS TO CONGRESS IN 72 HOURS. ONE DIRECTLY ENGAGED LAWMAKERS TO CREATE AND BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE BUILD ACT. VOLUNTEERS AROUND THE COUNTRY SENT CONGRESS MORE THAN 33,000 WRITTEN MESSAGES, MADE MORE THAN 1,600 VISITS AND 1,500 CALLS TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES, AND HAND-DELIVERED PETITIONS TO 461 LOCAL STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ONE ACTION ALSO SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF THE PEPFAR EXTENSION ACT OF 2018 AND MEMBERS SENT 4,600 PHYSICAL POSTCARDS AND ALMOST 4,000 DIGITAL LETTERS TO SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL FUND TO END HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA. CANADAIN CANADA, ONE ACTION PROPOSED A BOLD G7 INITIATIVE ON WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: THE 2X FINANCING FOR WOMEN CHALLENGE. ONE CANADA LOBBIED FOR INCREASES TO OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES IN COORDINATION WITH G7 DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO INFORM THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INITIATIVE, BUILD CONSENSUS, AND AMPLIFY ITS ANNOUNCEMENT.
EUROPE: IN EUROPE ONE ACTION RAN MULTIPLE CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING THE MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK (MFF) ASKING EU MEMBER STATES TO ADOPT AN OVERALL AID BUDGET OF 140 BILLION EUROS AND TO FULFILL THEIR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO ALLOCATE 0.7% OF THEIR GROSS NATIONAL INCOME (GNI) TO AID, AS WELL AS TARGETED LOBBYING OF GOVERNMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION (GPE) WHICH DIRECTLY RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION (GPE)IN FRANCE, ONE SUCCESSFULLY INFLUENCED MACRON'S GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE THE FRENCH ALLOCATION FOR THE GPE TO $250 MILLION. ONE COLLECTED 1.3 MILLIONS ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE GPE FUND FOR THE UK DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADING TO THE UK GOVERNMENT PLEDGING 225 MILLION TO THE GPE. IN THE NETHERLANDS, ONLINE ACTIONS, OP-EDS, PETITIONS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE GOVERNMENT MAKING A PLEDGE OF 100 MILLION EUROS. FOCUSING ON TRANSPARENCY, ONE UK'S EFFORTS ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBER ACTIONS RESULTED IN PARLIAMENT'S PASSAGE OF A LAW TO REQUIRE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES TO HAVE PUBLIC REGISTERS OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP BY 2020. DAS SCHNSTE VERSPRECHENIN GERMANY, ONE FOCUSED ON A BUDGET CAMPAIGN ASKING FOR 0.7% OF GNI TO BE SPENT ON OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT AID (ODA). THE CAMPAIGN RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ODA AND GAINED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM POLITICAL STAKEHOLDERS.#ONEVOTEITALIA ONE'S YOUTH AMBASSADORS MET WITH 45 DECISION MAKERS RESULTING IN 52 SENATORS PRESENTING A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT CALLING THE GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON ONE'S POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. TO AMPLIFY THE OUTREACH OF THE CAMPAIGN, YOUTH AMBASSADORS ALSO GENERATED OVER 30 ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS ON LOCAL MEDIA.
AFRICA: IN 2018, ONE IN NIGERIA LAUNCHED THE VOTE YOUR FUTURE (VYF) CAMPAIGN WITH OVER 2,500 YOUNG NIGERIANS, MEMBERS OF FAITH COMMUNITIES, PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS, INFLUENCERS AND MEDIA PARTNERS. THE LAUNCH AD KICKED-OFF THE CAMPAIGN FOLLOWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLICY BRIEF AND THE LAUNCH OF THE YOUTH DECLARATION. WORKING WITH TRACE NAIJA, A NIGERIAN MEDIA BROADCASTING CHANNEL, 34,774 CITIZENS SIGNED THE YOUTH DECLARATION WHICH WAS POSTED ON THE ONE WEBSITE. UNDER THE MAKE NAIJA STRONGER (MNS) CAMPAIGN, 220,000 PEOPLE SIGNED ONE'S ONLINE PETITION TO PRESIDENT BUHARI, DEMANDING ACTION TO BOLSTER THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. PRESIDENT BUHARI SIGNED THE 2018 FEDERAL BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDED AN INCREASE OF NIGERIAN 55.1 BILLION ($153 MILLION), REPRESENTING 1% OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE PRIMARY HEALTHCARE PROVISION FUND.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Thomas Hart | EXECUTIVE DIR., NORTH AMERICA | 40 | $223,824 |
| Jacqueline Quinones | DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT | 40 | $185,949 |
| Gayle E Smith | PRESIDENT & CEO | 10 | $101,011 |
| Suzanne George - Cootreas | (FROM 6/2018)/SEC. (FROM 12/2018) | 5 | $24,833 |
| Brian Healy | SECRETARY (UNTIL 12/2018) | 5 | $18,125 |
| Surin Ramkissoon | TREASURER (UNTIL 7/18) | 5 | $13,244 |
| Josh Bolten | BOARD MEMBER | 2 | $0 |
| Morton Halperin | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Helene Gayle | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Freston | BOARD CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
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