National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center

“Trustees michael r. Bloomberg and patricia e. Harris have a business relationship.”

“The form 990 is shared electronically with the audit committee of the board of trustees. The audit committee is responsible for approving the form 990 in advance of filing. Prior to filing, electronic copies are also provided to the full board for review, and the board has an opportunity to ask questions.”

“Since its inception, the organization has enforced and actively monitored its board-approved conflict of interest policy. In 2014, the memorial & museum's existing policy was updated to comply with the requirements of the new york nonprofit revitalization act of 2013. The policy mandates that all employees and members of the governing body annually sign a conflict-of-interest questionnaire and disclose any potential or actual conflicts that may exist. Employees and members of the board of trustees have been required to complete conflict of interest disclosure questionnaires annually since the organization's inception. The questionnaire must also be completed on an interim basis, if necessary, due to emerging conflicts. The members of the governing body's signed conflict of interest questionnaires are filed with the general counsel. Employees' conflict of interest forms are filed with the svp, director of human resources. Copies of the directors' completed conflict of interest questionnaires are provided to the members of the audit and nominating, governance & compensation committees. If a conflict is reported, the general counsel is consulted. In the event a related-party transaction is contemplated, the transaction is evaluated and approved by a majority of the independent members of the nominating, governance & compensation committee before any such contract can be executed by the memorial & museum. The affected member of the governing body is not entitled to vote, deliberate, or otherwise use his or her personal influence on the matter in question.”

“The organization has an established compensation policy for its president and ceo and top management officials. The nominating, governance & compensation committee reviews appropriate and adequate data to determine the reasonableness of the compensation being considered. The committee uses a variety of information to determine that the appropriate level of compensation is being paid to its executives. The committee's decision about the amount of compensation paid is documented in a contemporaneously written format, including the date of the decision, the members present during the decision, the full terms of the transaction that was approved, and the comparable data used and relied upon to make the decision. The process was last undertaken in 2024.”

“The organization makes its form 990, form 1023, financial statements, and conflict of interest policy available for public inspection by posting it on its website. The form 990 is also available on guidestar.org and similar types of websites. In addition, these documents are available upon written request.”

“Anniversary of its dedication and launched new york first mondays, a new free admission program to engage local audiences in the greater new york area. Later that month, we marked the 22nd anniversary of the formal end of rescue and recovery operations on may 30, 2002, and opened "dust: illness and advocacy after 9/11" to help the public better understand the ongoing impact of the toxic dust that blanketed lower manhattan after the attacks. A new installation, "faces of ground zero: photographs by joe mcnally," opened in november. It displays life-sized photographic portraits that tell the emotional stories of many of the earliest first responders to arrive at ground zero. More than 7,100 family members joined us at the memorial in september as we commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, with over 250,000 people tuning in online and many more engaging via local, national, and international media coverage. After the reading of the names of those killed, members of the 9/11 community gathered for a moment of tribute on the memorial glade in recognition of the thousands of first responders, rescue and recovery workers, lower manhattan residents, and others who have died and continue to suffer from illnesses and injuries related to their time at ground zero. Our 9/11 anniversary digital learning experience, with first-hand accounts of 9/11 from a fdny first responder, documentary filmmakers, a new york waterway captain, and a 9/11 family member whose brother was killed in the attacks, reached more than 950,000 students from all 50 states and 38 countries. Our professional training programs for law enforcement, intelligence, military, first responder agencies, and the private sector reached 14,000 participants.”

“Attacks and all those who risked their lives to save others. It further recognizes the thousands who survived and all who manifested extraordinary compassion and leadership in the wake of the attacks. Demonstrating the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and its impact on communities at the local, national, and international levels, the memorial & museum attests to the triumph of human dignity over human depravity and affirms an unwavering commitment to the fundamental value of human life. "may the lives remembered, the deeds recognized, and the spirit reawakened be eternal beacons, which reaffirm respect for life, strengthen our resolve to preserve freedom, and inspire an end to hatred, ignorance and intolerance."”

“Over 11,000 students took part in our onsite and virtual field trips, nearly 600 teachers took part in our professional development workshops and events, and over 950,000 students, from all 50 states and around the world, participated in our anniversary digital learning experience, our signature annual program. Over 600 individuals engaged with the art cart, our seasonal onsite youth & family program. Our guided tour program served nearly 110,000 museum visitors and our audio guide reached an additional 375,000 visitors. Our public programs, which focused principally on deepening understanding of 9/11's connection to current events and the attacks' ongoing resonance through eleven distinct programs, were attended by over 1,600 guests. The 9/11 memorial & museum continued its professional training programs, which provide an in-depth exploration of 9/11 for law enforcement, intelligence, military, and first responder agencies to recognize the special connections between 9/11 and their work. Each program is geared toward meeting the unique needs and interests of the agency in attendance. In 2024, we served over 14,000 participants in 74 onsite and virtual programs. Museum visitors helped to grow the digital resources used in the core exhibitions with approximately 163,000 signatures and messages in the digital guest book, more than 200 new profiles in the registry of rescue and recovery workers, and 12 new profiles in the registry of public memorials created around the world in commemoration of 9/11. Drawing from these and other visitor contributions, the museum updated approximately 40 profiles in the memorial exhibition. Through donations, purchases, and oral histories conducted by staff, museum acquisitions by the end of 2024 numbered 28,181 objects and artworks, 47,118 print and digital images, 384 moving images, and 3,833 oral recordings. Among the new acquisitions are a corridor wall map that hung in the pentagon near the impact area of hijacked flight 77; a collection of photographs taken on and after 9/11 by the photographer michael lorenzini, who also served as records manager at the new york city's municipal archives, and remembrance 911, a sculpture inspired by the upright skeletal steel that survived the collapse of the twin towers by the london-based artist christy symington. In 2024, 100 new, illustrated object entries were added to the online collection catalog, inside the collection. Additionally, a new feature gallery was created to coincide with the museum's annual "salute to service." also updated were two feature galleries for "hispanic heritage and "faces of ground zero" in preparation for a new exhibition of life-size portraits of 9/11 responders by photographer joe mcnally. The institution continued to proceed with critical repairs and maintenance in 2024, including refurbishment of the memorial's north pool.”

“Adjustments to reserve allowance 17,806.”

“The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for the oversight of the audit of its financial statements and the selection of an independent accountant.”