Three Rivers Mothers Milk Bank D/b/a Mid-atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464221983
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122814400
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,079,645
Expenses
$1,865,774
Assets
$4,464,117
Liabilities
$319,494

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSANN GUESS (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & FUNDRAISING)
  • JOHN BIELEWICZ (VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS)
  • DENISE O'CONNOR BS IBCLC (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DENISE O'CONNOR BS IBCLC (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,488 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the mid-atlantic mothers' milk bank is to improve the health and survival of medically vulnerable infants through the safe collection, pasteurization, and provision of human breast milk.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, three rivers mothers' milk bank distributed over 430,000 ounces of pasteurized donor human milk to neonatal intensive care units, mother baby units, birth centers, and outpatients. The primary recipients were neonatal intensive care units in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. Approximately 20% of the volume was used by medically fragile outpatients. The milk bank is accredited by and strictly follows the guidelines of the human milk banking association of north america (hmbana). In addition to the primary mission of providing pasteurized donor human milk, the organization strives to improve health outcomes through support to help mothers achieve breastfeeding success. Programming to support families who have experienced infant loss is also provided. In 2024, 519 mothers donated milk to the organization and 13 of those mothers were bereaved.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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 filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $144.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.3%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.