MOTHERS MILK BANK OF FLORIDA

What MOTHERS MILK BANK OF FLORIDA does

Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 (per company history sources) and headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The organization operates as Florida's Community Milk Bank, accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), with the mission of providing safe pasteurized donor human milk to vulnerable infants. It processes donated milk through a multi-stage workflow: telephone screening, online health questionnaires, blood screening, depot drop-off or home shipping, followed by thawing, nutritional analysis via Foss MilkoScan FT120 infrared spectroscopy, pooling, pasteurization at 62.5°C, and rapid freezing at -20°C.

The primary customer is the clinical population of premature and ill infants in hospital and NICU settings, with donor milk dispensed by physician prescription. The organization currently supplies 30 Florida hospitals and NICUs (including AdventHealth for Women, Winnie Palmer OrlandoHealth, and BayCare facilities), plus a small outpatient population. Supporting programs include the Babies at Home Program for financially constrained families, the Mom Sponsorship Program, and a specialized donation pathway for bereaved mothers.

The revenue model is a hybrid: transaction-fee-based dispensing of donor milk to hospitals and insurance-covered outpatients, supplemented by tax-deductible financial donations and volunteer labor. Distribution leverages a depot network across 19 Florida counties and home shipping logistics for remote donors. As a non-profit, the organization is governed community-style (likely by a board), with no disclosed parent company, private equity, or venture capital backing.

Name

MOTHERS MILK BANK OF FLORIDA

Legal name

Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida

Website

https://milkbankofflorida.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida is a non-profit, HMBANA-accredited milk bank that screens, pasteurizes, and distributes donor human milk by physician prescription to 30 Florida hospitals and NICUs, plus outpatients, supported by a statewide depot network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Milk Banking Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

SIC

Dairy Products (2020)

akta.pro primary industry

Lactation, Postpartum & Perinatal Support Services (HLAFAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Infant Formula & Specialized Dairy Nutrition Manufacturing (AFAKAKAJ)

Keywords

• Donor human milk
• Milk banking services
• Pasteurized breast milk
• Neonatal nutrition
• Human milk processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donor Milk Dispensing: Donor human milk is dispensed by physician prescription primarily to premature and ill infants in hospitals and NICUs, as well as outpatients. The milk is provided to hospitals and families, with costs typically covered by insurance or hospital budgets.
2. Financial Donations: The organization relies on community donations to expand and save more lives. Donations are tax-deductible and support operational costs and the Babies at Home Program for families without financial resources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida is a nonprofit milk bank that collects, screens, pasteurizes, and distributes donated human breast milk. It supplies pasteurized donor human milk to hospitals and NICUs across Florida under physician prescription, while also serving outpatient families through its Babies at Home Program.

Product overview

Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida is a non-profit organization operating as Florida's Community Milk Bank, providing a single unified service focused on accepting, pasteurizing, and dispensing donor human milk by physician prescription primarily to premature and ill infants. The organization operates a network of Milk Drop Depots across Florida counties, processes donated milk following HMBANA guidelines, and distributes pasteurized donor milk to 30 hospitals and NICUs as well as outpatients. Supporting programs include the Babies at Home Program for families in need, a Mom Sponsorship Program enabling donors to sponsor mothers facing breastfeeding challenges, and specialized donation pathways for bereaved mothers. The organization also provides donor and depot supplies for milk collection and shipping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pasteurized Donor Human Milk

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.5% of extremely preterm infants fed human milk acquire NEC vs. 10-17% fed formula
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Mothers' Milk Bank is a member of HMBANA, a multidisciplinary group of health care providers that promotes, protects, and supports donor milk banking. HMBANA is the only professional membership association for milk banks in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, setting standards and guidelines for donor milk banking in those areas.
• Florida Hospital Milk Drop DepotscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Florida hospitals and healthcare facilities to serve as milk drop depots. Includes AdventHealth for Women, Winnie Palmer OrlandoHealth Hospital, BayCare facilities, UF Health locations, and others across 19 Florida counties.
• WellFlorida Council Healthy StartminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAlachua County depot location for milk donation drop-offs.
• Florida Department of Health - WIC ProgramsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCitrus County WIC location and Seminole Healthy Babies program serve as milk drop depots.
• Healthy Start Coalition Capital AreaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeon County depot location for milk donation drop-offs in Tallahassee.
• The 321 NestminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrevard County depot location for milk donation drop-offs on Merritt Island.
• Baby B.L.I.S.S.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrlando-based breastfeeding and lactation center serving as a milk drop depot.
• Tampa Breastfeeding and Lactation CenterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHillsborough County depot location for milk donation drop-offs in Lutz.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• American Red Cross Biomedical Services: Large incumbent in regulated biological-material banking (blood and tissue) that Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida explicitly benchmarks its donor screening and safety protocols against, per the HMBANA guidelines established with blood/tissue industry advisement.

Direct peers

• Mothers' Milk Bank Northeast: HMBANA-accredited nonprofit milk bank serving the northeastern U.S. with the same donor screening, Holder pasteurization, and hospital-NICU distribution model, making it the closest operational analog to Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida in a different geography.
• Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank: HMBANA-accredited nonprofit human milk bank serving hospitals and families across the mid-Atlantic, with the same depot-based donor collection and prescription-based dispensing model applied in a different region.
• San Diego Mothers' Milk Bank: HMBANA-accredited nonprofit donor human milk bank processing and distributing pasteurized donor milk to NICUs and outpatient families in California, operating under the same HMBANA guidelines, safety protocols, and prescription-based dispensing model as Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida.
• Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin (MMBA): One of the largest HMBANA-accredited nonprofit milk banks in the U.S., providing pasteurized donor human milk to hospitals and outpatient families across multiple states under the same screening, pasteurization, and HMBANA-aligned operating model.
• Mothers' Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes: HMBANA-accredited nonprofit donor human milk bank serving Wisconsin and surrounding Great Lakes states, comparable in mission, processing standards, and NICU/hospital distribution model.
• Northwest Mothers Milk Bank: HMBANA-accredited nonprofit donor milk bank serving Oregon, Washington, and surrounding states with pasteurized donor milk distribution to hospital NICUs, operating the same donor screening and Holder pasteurization standards.
• Milk Bank of North Carolina: Nonprofit HMBANA-accredited milk bank in North Carolina processing and distributing donor human milk to regional hospitals and NICUs using the same HMBANA guidelines and prescription-based model.
• Mothers' Milk Bank of the Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation: Colorado-based HMBANA-accredited donor milk bank distributing pasteurized donor human milk to NICUs across the Rocky Mountain region under the same HMBANA guidelines.

Emerging players

• Prolacta Bioscience: For-profit company that processes donor human milk into standardized nutritional products (e.g., human milk fortifiers) used in NICUs. Sits in the same donor human milk supply chain as Mothers' Milk Bank of Florida but with a commercial, scaled, value-added-product model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/milkbankfl
• Xx.com/MilkBankFL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mothers-milk-bank-of-florida

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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