Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK
THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,052,970 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($2,020,400). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Three Rivers Mothers Milk Bank D/B/A Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank does
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.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
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.
$1,702,332 spent$1,821,848 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,702,332.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $4.5M (+108%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Denise O'Connor Bs Ibclc
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $756k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK’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
THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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 66% · 2018 86% · 2019 95% · 2020 94% · 2021 65% · 2022 88% · 2023 79% — 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
20% of THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
100% of THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 611 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 611 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK: 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 THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK?
- THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,052,970 to it, the largest being HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS ($2,020,400). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,052,970 in grants to THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK?
- HILLMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $2,020,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 23 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