Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISSION OF THE UNITED STATES FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD WARS (THE FOUNDATION) IS TO PLAN, DEVELOP, AND EXECUTE PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF WORLD WAR I, AND TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE EFFORTS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
ACTIVITIES TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL OF WORLD WAR I.
THE FOUNDATION IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER FOR THE WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION (WWICC) IN ITS MISSION TO EDUCATE AMERICANS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR I (WWI), TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE OF THE 5 MILLION AMERICANS WHO SERVED DURING THE WAR, AND TO HONOR THE 116,516 AMERICANS WHO DID NOT RETURN HOME. TO THIS END, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO BUILD THE NATIONAL WWI MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, DC (WWI MEMORIAL), COMMENCED THE CREATION OF A SCULPTURE FOR THE WWI MEMORIAL, AND CONTINUED TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE.THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO BUILD THE WWI MEMORIAL, TO INCLUDE OBTAINING FINAL APPROVAL FROM REGULATORY AGENCIES AND LAUNCHING PHASE 1 OF CONSTRUCTION ON DECEMBER 12, 2019. CONSTRUCTION PHASE 1 IS A 360-DAY PROJECT TO REBUILD THE FORMER PERSHING PARK, CONCLUDING DECEMBER 2020. PHASE 1 WILL PREPARE THE SITE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE WWI MEMORIAL ARTWORK IN 2024 DURING PHASE 2. WHEN PHASE 1 IS COMPLETE, THE WWI MEMORIAL WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH A TEMPORARY DISPLAY IN PLACE OF THE ARTWORK. THE FOUNDATION WORKED WITH SCULPTOR SABIN HOWARD TO BEGIN SCULPTING THE ARTWORK AT THE HEART OF THE NATIONAL WWI MEMORIAL. THE ARTWORK WILL BE A 58'-LONG BRONZE SCULPTURE WALL FEATURING 38 FIGURES AND TELLING THE STORY OF "A SOLDIER'S JOURNEY" DURING WWI. WHEN COMPLETED AND INSTALLED IN 2024, THE SCULPTURE WILL BE THE LARGEST FREE-STANDING HIGH RELIEF BRONZE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION IN IMPLEMENTING EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT REACHED AN ESTIMATED 20 MILLION STUDENTS THROUGH NATIONAL EDUCATION PARTNERS AND THROUGH THE WWI CENTENNIAL NEWS PODCAST WHICH ACHIEVED 2.2 MILLION LIFETIME DOWNLOADS.
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 |
|---|
| Ms Meredith Carr | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| Commissioner Ambassador Tod | SEDGWICK; DIRECTOR - UNTIL 05/2019 | 3 | $0 |
| The Honorable Ted Poe | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mr Russell Orban | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Ms Louise Oliver | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Commissioner Dr Libby O'Connell | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver | II; DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun Ret | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Mr Dan Basta | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Captain Chris Christopher | (RET.); TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Mr Daniel S Dayton | PRESIDENT | 15 | $0 |
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