Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455137219
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9174281089
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,280
- Expenses
- $59,792
- Assets
- $425,116
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROSE IMPERATO (PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ROSE IMPERATO (PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOEL SOSINSKY (SECRETARY)
- MARGARET BROWNE (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate the public about the triangle shirtwaist factory fire through its on-going projects, educational outreach, and social media sites. It supports the annual remembrance activities on the anniversary of the fire each march 25, and encourages activism by and for workers around the world. To that end, the remember the triangle fire coalition is currently working to establish a permanent art memorial to those who died in the fire, so that their sacrifice will never be forgotten. The fire the triangle shirtwaist company was located one block east of young women, most were recent immigrants. On march 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the 8th floor. Workers ran to the fire escape. It collapsed, dropping them to their deaths. On the 9th floor a critical exit was locked. People on the street watched as the workers began to jump out the windows. Fire trucks arrived but their ladders only reached the 6th floor. The elevators ran as long as they could as workers pressed into the cars; some tum
What it reported doing in 2025
In concert with individuals and organizations across the country, the remember the triangle fire coalition supported the creation of 2011 centennial. Today, it is spearheading the building of a public art memorial to honor the legacy of the triangle factory workers.the coalition supports: the creation of innovative participatory activities, to build the muscles of active social engagement. New collaborations between communities and establishing a permanent memorial.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 79.7%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.11; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.