Connecticut · Nonprofit
NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC
NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,795,177 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($1,750,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 91
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What National Diaper Bank Network Inc does
Mission
The national diaper bank works to end poverty in the u.s. So children, families, and individuals can access the material basic needs that all people require to thrive. The organization focuses on ending diaper need and period poverty in the u.s.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Network assistance - ndbn mentors individuals and communities starting sustainable nonprofit programs that distribute diapers, period supplies, and/or other material basic necessities to individuals, children, and families. Ndbn also helps existing diaper banks and period supply programs do more with available resources. Ndbn confers membership to programs that meet operational standards of success. Ndbn also provides technical assistance tailored to the needs of member programs.
$13,571,017 spentof which $4,631,908 as grants$9,835,482 earned by the program75% of program spendingAlliance for period supplies - an ndbn program launched in 2018 - has distributed more than 45 million period products (pads and liners) donated by founding sponsor u by kotex, thinx, and poise, among others to more than 140 allied members in the u.s. Members also receive expert technical assistance as described above. Alliance for period supplies hosts the national summit on period poverty leadsership as part of the u.s. Conference on poverty and basic needs, which fosters collaboration and support among people and organizations working to address period poverty, period stigma, and menstrual equity in the united states.
$1,897,034 spentof which $1,686,685 as grants$103,055 earned by the program10% of program spendingAwareness - ndbn brings national attention to the issues of diaper need and period poverty by focuing on the impact that material hardship has on individuals, children and families living in the u.s. Awareness is expanded through the educational outreach to the general public as well as local and national leaders via media and proprietary initiatives. As the recognized center of authority on diaper need in america, ndbn collects, analyzes, and reports relevant data to advance policy/advocacy efforts related to diaper need, child poverty, and the physical, mental and economic well-being of children and families.
$1,101,289 spentof which $296 as grants$73,555 earned by the program6% of program spendingResearch Institute
$1,522,430 spentof which $85,194 as grants$73,166 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,091,770.
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 2019 to 2020, from $790k to $1.9M (+140%).
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.
43% of NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Joanne Goldblum
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Kevin Faulkner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $226k → $582k.
17 of 91 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 91 funders by total. 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
NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 37% · 2019 29% · 2020 50% · 2021 33% · 2022 34% · 2023 34% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
19% of NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
26%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC: 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 NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC?
- NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 91 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,795,177 to it, the largest being SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION ($1,750,000). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 91 organizations giving $4,795,177 in grants to NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC?
- SEEDLINGS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 91 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing