Illinois · Nonprofit
ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE
ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,235,000 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,220,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $654k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $352k
What Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine does
Mission
The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (abm) is a worldwide organization of physicians specializing in the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and human lactation. Abm provides physician education, facilitates optimal breastfeeding practices and encourages the exchange of information among organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provide physician education, expansion of knowledge in both breastfeeding science and human lactation, facilitation of optimal breastfeeding practices and encouragement of the exchange of information among organizations.this is accomplished via membership benefits, annual educational meeting and other educational opportunities.
$402,240 spent$332,736 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $402,240.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $865k to $1.2M (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
47% of ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $250k → $160k.
From the IRS filings of ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.2M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE?
- ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,235,000 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,220,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,235,000 in grants to ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing