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SEPTEMBER 11TH WIDOWS AND VICTIMS FAMILIES ASSOC INC
NEW YORK, NY · EIN 061635444 · Form 990 · FY2025 · NTEE T30 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · Micro (<$100K)
revenue
$91K
expenses
$125K
net assets
$-8.2M
employees
2
volunteers
55
program ratio
97%
mission · from form 990

THE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS VICTIMS OF TERRORISM AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND PEER SUPPORT. THE TRIBUTE WTC VISITOR CENTER, A PROGRAM OF THE ASSOCIATION, CONNECTS AND EDUCATES VISITORS WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE 9/11 COMMUNITY.

profile · synthesized from sources

The September 11th Widows and Victims Families Assoc Inc supports victims of terrorism and their families through education, peer support, and public programming. Its primary initiative, the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, trains members of the 9/11 community—including family members of victims, survivors, and first responders—to serve as educational guides who share personal experiences with visitors and students. The organization also maintains online resources and community events to foster connection and resilience.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2025

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $99K
    TRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS-9/11 TRIBUTE VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED TO SERVE AS EDUCATIONAL GUIDES TO SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. TRIBUTE GUIDES ARE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOST LOVED ONES, SURVIVORS, FIRST RESPONDERS, RECOVERY WORKERS AND RESIDENTS OF LOWER MANHATTAN. TRIBUTE GUIDES PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SCHOOL GROUPS AT THE 9/11 MEMORIAL. PROGRAMMING INCLUDES PEER SUPPORT AND SHARING THE INSPIRING PERSONAL HISTORY OF 9/11. CLASSROOM EDUCATIONAL WEB RESOURCES FOR TEACHING 9/11 ARE AVAILABLE AT 911TRIBUTEMUSEUM.ORG. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ARE BASED ON EXHIBITIONS OF THE 9/11 TRIBUTE MUSEUM AND 9/11 COMMUNITY PERSONAL STORIES OF RESILENCE. THE TRIBUTE EDUCATIONAL TOOLKIT OFFERS INTERACTIVE VIDEO STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THE ATTACKS AND REVEAL HOW THEY RESPONED WITH HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVES THAT STRENGTHENED THEIR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.
named programs · 3 · from sources

What they call their work

9/11 Community Peer Support
Provides peer support, communication, and community engagement for approximately 6,700 family members of 9/11 victims through the 911families.org website, events, exhibitions, and public programs.
Tribute Educational Programs
Trains 9/11 family members, survivors, first responders, and Lower Manhattan residents to serve as volunteer guides who share personal stories with visitors and students at the 9/11 Memorial; includes classroom web resources and interactive video toolkits.
Tribute WTC Visitor Center
Offers guided educational experiences at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum led by members of the 9/11 community, fostering public understanding through personal narratives of resilience and recovery.
activities · 2 groups

What they do

  • Disaster and Line-of-Duty Memorialization 3 activities
    • Communication and outreach to 9/11 victim families
      Maintains regular communication with approximately 6,700 immediate family members of 9/11 victims through direct outreach and a dedicated website that shares news, resources, events, and commemorative information.
    • Hosting exhibitions and public programs for community engagement
      Hosts changing exhibitions and public programs at the Tribute Museum to engage the 9/11 community, foster peer support, and facilitate dialogue around recovery from terrorism and collective trauma.
    • Training and deployment of 9/11 community members as educational guides
      Trains and deploys 9/11 family members and community members to serve as educational guides who share personal experiences with visitors and school groups at the 9/11 Memorial, providing first-hand accounts to support public education and remembrance.
  • History Education Curriculum Development 1 activity
    • Provision of online educational resources and toolkits
      Offers online classroom resources and an interactive educational toolkit featuring video stories of 9/11 community members, highlighting resilience and humanitarian responses for use by educators and students.
financials · form 990 · fy2025
revenue
Total revenue$91K
Contributions & grants$11K12%
Program service revenue$72K80%
Investment income$7K8%
Other revenue$289
expenses
Total expenses$125K
Program expenses97%
Admin / overhead3%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$109K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$141K
Cash$140K
Investments$0
Liabilities$8.35M
Net assets$-8.21M
Liquid reserves13.4 mo
7 years on record · 2018–2025 · YoY revenue -23.8%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2025

Who runs it

board members · 2
  • JOAN MASTROPAOLO — BOARD MEMEBER
  • PETER BITWINSKI — BOARD MEMBER
relationships · 1

Who they work with

  • 9/11 Tribute Museum Partner — Operates the Tribute Museum as a program site for exhibitions, public programs, and community engagement.
strategies · 2

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Integrated Peer Support
    methodology: integrated peer support
    By embedding peer support into educational and public programming, we produce greater emotional healing and community resilience among 9/11 families, because shared experience fosters trust, reduces isolation, and strengthens collective coping.
  • Peer-Narrative Education
    methodology: peer-narrative education
    By sharing personal narratives from directly affected community members, we produce deeper public understanding and empathy around the impact of 9/11, because lived experience conveys emotional and moral dimensions that factual accounts alone cannot.