Breast Friends Lactation and Support Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853177988
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Stockton, CA, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $198,285
- Expenses
- $159,937
- Assets
- $41,011
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brandi Gates-Burgess (Executive Director)
- Julie Taylor (President Officer)
People named in this filing
- Brandi Gates-Burgess (Executive Director)
- Julie Taylor (President Officer)
- Chakiya Clary (Secretary Officer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mission: To increase breastfeeding rates in the Black and Brown community with individual consultation group education and community lactation training. To offer affordable lactation consultation and free support to our clients. We will strive to maintain an open space for our pregnant and postpartum families to learn share and explore their feelings around parenting and their infant feeding experience. We desire to activate our clients voice of self-advocacy amplify breastfeeding support in our community and increase lactation knowledge to parents birth workers and community members. Program Activities: Performed all activities stated in mission weekly monthly to incl. group & individual sessions community lactation trainings and education events to build a supportive community for parents. In addition we also offer workforce development & mentorship by providing continuous learning opportunities & career progression to support staff community members and lactation mentees.
What it reported doing in 2025
Breast Friends has expanded and strengthened the services we provide to Contra Costa County mothers and families ensuring that breastfeeding and postpartum support are accessible culturally relevant and trauma-informed. Our work has been anchored in both direct service delivery and capacity-building designed to respond to community-identified needs. Breastfeeding Support Groups: Our breastfeeding support groups provide a consistent and welcoming space for participants to gather learn and connect. These regular facilitated sessions are designed to offer both guidance and emotional encouragement helping participants navigate the early stages of their breastfeeding experience. Each group creates a safe and affirming environment where participants can openly discuss challenges such as latching milk supply and returning to work while also celebrating milestones and personal successes. Other services included peer counseling services we trained 4 new peer counselors to assist in expansion lactation consultations that include home support breastfeeding classes for families postpartum wellness through movement our Breast Friends latch line for over the phone support and we hosted our 2nd annual Boob-E-Que. Boob-e-que Celebration during Black Breastfeeding Week to create a supportive space for Black mothers and families. Recognizing the isolation and shame Black mothers often face the event promotes restorative healing through activities like dancing and massages. It features a family-friendly barbeque fosters connections among mothers and includes line dancing face painting and networking with community resources and partners all in a natural setting. The celebration aims to strengthen breastfeeding equity and empower Black mothers with the support they need. Enhanced Data Systems: We have met with the Milk Research Lab at UCSF to build out our database to analyze the services provided and the demographics of the participants served giving us deeper insight into the reach and impact of our work. Impact and Commitment With continued funding Breast Friends remains committed to addressing disparities in breastfeeding and postpartum support by offering holistic affirming services that meet the needs of our priority populations. Through our ongoing combination of direct service delivery staff capacity building and infrastructure strengthening we have been able to not only provide immediate support but also create sustainable systems of care for the Contra Costa County community. Metrics: Participation & Reach Number of support groups held: 12 Total service hours: 151 Total participants served: 66 Demographics of participants served: 100% African American Black; Women and children; Age range 0 months - 45 years old. Service Delivery Number of peer counselor meetings and mentorships: 21 weekly sessions Meetings strategic and planning: 22 weekly meetings Improved Partnerships Contra Costa County Health Center Contra Costa County WIC Black Infant Health Co-Co Love Doulas Black Girl Mental Health Collective First 5 NAMI Bright Futures Healing Spot Counseling
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 134.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 116.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 175.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.6% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $140K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.