Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,001,499

Total expenses

$1,136,707

Contributions and grants received

$315,726

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$489,829

Investment income

$46,518

Other revenue

$149,426

Total assets, end of year

$439,722

Total liabilities, end of year

$138,339

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$301,383

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$697,009

Management and general expenses

$439,698

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$697,009

Program services were 61.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ANNUAL CONFERENCE: THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS THE PREMIER LACTATION EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT OF THE YEAR. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDES A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR LACTATION PROFESSIONALS, MIDWIVES, CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH NURSES, GENERAL PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIANS, DIETICIANS AND NUTRITIONISTS, BREASTFEEDING COUNSELORS, RESEARCHERS, PHARMACISTS, NURSES, DOULAS, POLICY ADVOCATES, AND OTHER ADVOCATES WHO ASSIST MOTHERS AND BABIES WITH BREASTFEEDING. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LACTATION CONSULTANTS, NURSES, AND PHYSICIANS. THE 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OFFERED UP TO 23 CONTACT HOURS AS WELL AS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH COLLEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD AND ACCESS TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND OTHER GROUPS.

  Expenses $482,183 · Revenue $462,966

• THE JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION, THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION, IS A QUARTERLY, PEER-REVIEWED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL PUBLISHING ORIGINAL RESEARCH RELATED TO ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN LACTATION AND BREASTFEEDING BEHAVIOR, NON-RESEARCH ARTICLES ON POLICY AND PRACTICE ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE PRACTICING LACTATION CONSULTANT AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO ASSIST LACTATING MOTHERS OR THEIR BREASTFEEDING INFANTS, AND COLUMNS AND COMMENTARIES THAT DISCUSS RELEVANT CURRENT ISSUES IN THE LACTATION FIELD. JHL IS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLISHING AND LACTATION. JHL EDITORIAL STAFF MENTORS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS, OFFERING BOTH TECHNICAL AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITING.

  Expenses $43,205

• PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS WHO CARE FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS AND INFANTS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE ASSOCIATION'S ONLINE STORE OR MAY BE AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOADS. THE ASSOCIATION'S OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDE POSITION PAPERS, STANDARDS OF PRACTICE, AND CLINICAL GUIDELINES AS WELL AS MATERIALS THAT CAN BE USED TO PROMOTE THE LACTATION CONSULTANT PROFESSION.

  Expenses $140,402 · Revenue $26,863

• THE ASSOCIATION'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION IS TO ADVANCE THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT (IBCLC) PROFESSION WORLDWIDE THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES LACTATION PROFESSIONALS WITH INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AND NETWORKING AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO AND INTERPRETATION OF LACTATION RESEARCH. IN 2021, THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE DISSEMINATED RESERACH RELATED TO HUMAN LACTATION AND ENCOURAGED ITS INTEGRATION INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACILIATATED GREATER DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL HUMILITY AMONG LACTATION SPECIALISTS; PROMOTED ETHICAL, EVIDENCE- BASED PRACTICE THAT PROJECTS THE WELL-BEING OF BREASTFEEDING DYADS IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS; PROMOTED BREASTFEEDING AS THE BIOLOGICAL NORM FOR FEEDING AND NURTURING INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN; PROMOTED EQUITABLE ACROSS TO BREASTFEEDING, BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT, AND THE IBCLC PROFESSION; PROMOTED SUPPORT OF FAMILIES' INFORMED DECISIONS REGARDING BREASTFEEDING; AND PROMOTED BREASTFEEDING-SUPPORTIVE PRACTICES IN HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL SERVICE, AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO PROVIDED A WIDE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARNING CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS INCLUDING LIVE AND RECORDED WEBINARS AND CONFERENCE SESSIONS AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULES. THESE UNITS HELP IBCLCS, NURSES, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEET THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACCREDITING AND LICENSING BODIES THAT GOVERN THEIR PROFESSIONS.

  Expenses $31,219

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

25 April 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202411289349300831

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