Mahalo
New York, NY

TRANSPARENTEM LTD

EIN 47-5175472
Justice, Rights & Public Safety Community Organizing & Social Justice Low-income
Mission

TRANSPARENTEM TRANSFORMS INDUSTRIES BY ALLYING WITH WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNCOVER ABUSES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND DRIVE LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

About TRANSPARENTEM LTD

Transparentem is a New York–based investigative nonprofit that documents labor and environmental abuses across global supply chains and uses that evidence to compel remediation by companies, regulators, and investors. The organization conducts in-depth field investigations, publishes public reports, and engages brands, policymakers, and civil-society partners to secure concrete remedies for affected workers and communities. In the last 2–3 years Transparentem has published multiple country- and sector-specific investigations (including work on migrant recruitment fees in Taiwan, follow-up reporting from Mauritius, and field research on child and forced labor in Indian cotton) and has pressed for remediation that resulted in financial reimbursements to workers, returned passports, formal government probes, and corporate commitments to change sourcing or remediation practices. Transparentem is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity and maintains publicly available Form 990 filings and annual reports on its website.

Notable achievements

Returned recruitment fees to migrant workers

Investigations and corporate engagement across multiple projects in 2023–2025 contributed to the reimbursement of millions of dollars in illegal or excessive recruitment fees to affected migrant workers.

Secured remediation outcomes

Fieldwork and follow-up advocacy led to measurable remediation measures including the return of withheld passports, improved grievance channels, and the reintegration of children into school in affected locations.

Triggered regulatory and corporate actions

Transparentem’s public reports have prompted formal government probes, corporate corrective action plans from buyers and suppliers, and trade- or sector-level consequences for firms found to have unaddressed forced-labor risks.

At a glance

Total assets
$386K
Annual revenue
$1.4M
Tax status
501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN
47-5175472
Location
New York, NY
On Mahalo since
May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Rated as a high-performing charity by independent charity evaluators (four-star profile on Charity Navigator).
Work repeatedly cited or covered by major international media outlets and used by advocates and regulators in enforcement or policy discussions.
Maintains public IRS Form 990 filings and annual reports demonstrating tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status and audited financial disclosures.

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