National September 11 Memorial And Museum At The World Trade Center

National September 11 Memorial And Museum At The World Trade Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in New York, New York, provides educational programming, civic training, virtual curriculum content, and museum operations and maintenance services to federal agencies as a prime recipient of federal grants and, minimally, as a prime contractor. The organization operates the 9/11 memorial and museum at the World Trade Center site and competes without set-aside designation across all recent federal awards.

The organization's federal footprint divides between grant work and contract work, with grants representing the larger operational commitment. Recent prime grant awards from the National Park Service under the 9/11 Memorial Act Grant Program (CFDA 15.964) total $8 million annually for memorial operations, security, and maintenance of the North and South Memorial Pools and parapets through June 30, 2032. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded two grants under Museums for America (CFDA 45.301): $858,388 (awarded September 1, 2026) for an 18-month exhibition on the intergenerational impact of 9/11 targeting three million visitors, and $320,140 (awarded September 1, 2024) for a children's artwork exhibition with accompanying audio tour and online resources. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $700,000 (CFDA 45.149, awarded January 1, 2026) for a two-year implementation phase of preservation stewardship on plastic and plastic-containing artifacts in the 9/11 disaster response collection, including contamination testing, digital 3D modeling, and rehousing of deteriorated pieces. The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $12 million Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 12.599) on July 1, 2026, running through June 30, 2032, for education support, exhibitions, and military community programming within the memorial and museum.

On the contract side, the organization holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division, valued at $775,000 and running through July 9, 2027, for the 9/11 Museum New Student Initiative — an educational programming initiative supporting FBI counterterrorism education and civic engagement. Three BPA calls have been issued under this vehicle, totaling $504,210 in combined value. The Transportation Security Administration has awarded two purchase orders for virtual training program content: $600,750 (awarded April 15, 2024) for production and licensing of a 9/11 Memorial and Museum virtual training program video for TSA new-hire curriculum, and a prior $240,000 award (closed out September 20, 2023). U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded a $31,200 purchase order (February 18, 2025) for a civic training program serving newly hired CBP New York Field Office personnel. The FBI Headquarters Division also awarded a $18,900 purchase order on February 12, 2026, for museum admission tickets with completion by April 1, 2027.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division (5 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value) and the Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office (5 awards), with the National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services accounting for the remainder. The three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $620,000. The organization also serves as a sub-recipient on federal grant awards from 9/11 Day and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, focusing on beautification, education and outreach, and memorial sanitization.