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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MICHIGAN BREASTFEEDING NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,164,271
Total expenses
$1,143,616
Contributions and grants received
$1,164,223
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$48
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$367,281
Total liabilities, end of year
$41,643
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$325,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,108,862
Management and general expenses
$29,188
Fundraising expenses
$5,566
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,108,862

Program services were 97.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $80,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $212,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $872,223

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48 · excluded $48

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,887 · program services $84,723 · management and general $2,164

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $307,252 · program services $299,599 · management and general $7,653

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $73,620 · program services $65,043 · management and general $8,577

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $29,505 · program services $26,067 · management and general $3,438

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $780 · program services $780

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $30,300 · program services $30,300

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,902 · program services $8,902

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,329 · program services $1,057 · management and general $272

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,214 · program services $12,789 · management and general $425

  • 17 · Travel

    total $977 · program services $796 · management and general $181

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $5,022 · program services $2,812 · fundraising $2,210

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,408 · program services $3,408

  • 24a · Other expenses: EXTERNAL PROJECT CONTRA

    total $582,189 · program services $572,448 · management and general $6,385 · fundraising $3,356

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $141 · program services $138 · management and general $3

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROJECTS TEAM EXPENDITU

    total $90 · management and general $90

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $356,270 · end of year $354,056

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $13,225

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,462 · end of year $25,982

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,000 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $15,325 · end of year $15,661

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $304,983 · end of year $325,638

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MICHIGAN BREASTFEEDING NETWORK (MIBFN) IS TO ADVOCATE, EDUCATE, AND COMMUNITY-BUILD ALONGSIDE FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AN EQUITABLE, JUST, AND BREASTFEEDING-SUPPORTIVE CULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO COLLABORATE WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO BRING ABOUT ACTIONABLE, SYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGES THAT ARE CENTERED ON THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES OF MICHIGAN FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.

  • MICHIGAN BREASTFEEDING NETWORK COLLABORATES WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO BRING ABOUT ACTIONABLE, SYSTEM-LEVEL CHANGES THAT ARE CENTERED ON THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCES OF MICHIGAN FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN. WE ADVOCATE, EDUCATE, AND COMMUNITY-BUILD ALONGSIDE FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AN EQUITABLE, JUST, AND BREASTFEEDING-SUPPORTIVE CULTURE.

    Expenses $1,058,123

  • OUR 2023 ADVOCACY EFFORTS INVOLVED SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATING THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR'S TEAM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING PUBLIC MILK EXPRESSION IN THE LAW ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR INCARCERATED MOTHERS. WE ALSO CONTINUED TWO, VOLUNTEER-DRIVEN WORKING GROUPS TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE AND BARRIERS TO BREASTFEEDING-SUPPORTIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS INCLUDED PROVIDING MORE THAN 12,000 FREE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS TO BREASTFEEDING SUPPORTERS SEEKING TO TRANSFORM THE FIELD OF LACTATION BY SHIFTING THE PARADIGM OF EXPERTISE AND CENTERING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FAMILIES. OUR COMMUNITY BUILDING EFFORTS REMAIN GROUNDED IN OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING THE FIELD OF COMMUNITY-BASED, EQUITY CENTERED BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED BY ACTIVELY ANTI-RACIST BREASTFEEDING SUPPORTERS WHO REFLECT AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. IN 2023, WE SERVED ALONGSIDE 17 ORGANIZATIONS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS MICHIGAN.

    Expenses $50,739

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Shannon J McKenney-Shubert

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,887
    From this org
    $86,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gayle Shipp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Cierra Pfotenhauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Allison Horne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Emily Uppleger

    DIRECOTR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kaela Harris

    DIRECOTR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sharde' Burton

    DIRECOTR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lonias Gilmore

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Lassiter Collier

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Natosha Sage-El Bylsma

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
22 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422969349300942

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