Third Strand
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Third Strand is a NonProfit (501c3) organization whose mission is to provide safe donor breast milk to healthy nursing babies who have lost a mother or whose mother is unable to breastfeed due to a serious illness or disease. In addition, Third Strand has implemented an additional program, based upon availability, to provide donor milk to adopted newborns.
- Income
- $98,182
- Spending
- $95,391
- Reserves
- 2.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $35,300, executive dir.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- Third Strand fed 30 babies in 15 states (Texas (10), Florida (3), Missouri (2), North Carolina (2), Virginia (1), Alabama (1), California (1), Georgia (1), Illinois (1), Indiana (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (1), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (1), South Carolina (1)Families served by reason: 18 - cancer (62%); 8 - adoption (28%); 2 - surrogacy (7%); 1 - death (3%)Third Strand distributed 40,000 ounces of milk in 2024 (est. value $225,000)Partnered with Milkify to become the first nonprofit milk bank able to distribute safe, freeze-dried donor milk to our families, at no cost to them.Consulted with six major hospitals to update donor milk policies, providing better services to families.Third Strand provided scholarships for three (3) children to attend Hillside Christian Church Camp in Glorietta, NM ($1,250); Supported other nonprofits; consulted with startup milk banks across the country
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2016.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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