Liabilities / Assets
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
68th percentile
Higher net margin than 68% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
77th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
93rd percentile
Faster asset growth than 93% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
76th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$10,202
Up $5,725 (+128%) from 2018
Net Assets
Up$10,202
Up $5,725 (+128%) from 2018
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2018
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$42,867
Up $8,897 (+26%) from 2018
Expenses
Up$37,142
Up $4,947 (+15%) from 2018
Net Income
Up$5,725
Up $3,950 (+223%) from 2018
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019
- Signed
- Nov 12, 2020
- Return Version
- 2019v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $42,867
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
The organization's purpose is to educate parents and health professionals about the dangers of accidental starvation from insufficient feeding of infants, particularly if exclusive breastfeeding when breastfeeding is not enough. We examine the science of infant feeding and brain injury caused by starvation related complications of exclusive breastfeeding by critically reviewing stories of breastfeeding complications sent to us by parents and health professionals and studying the scientific medical literature. We develop guidelines and provide education to prevent these tragedies.
To raise awareness and educate parents and health professionals about the dangers of accidental starvation from insufficient feeding of infants, particularly if exclusive breastfeeding when breastfeeding is not enough. We examine the science of infant feeding and brain injury caused by starvation-related complications of exclusive breastfeeding as well as stories of breastfeeding tragedies sent to us by mothers and health professionals. We develop guidelines and provide education to prevent these tragedies.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| IN THE YEAR 2019, THE FED IS BEST FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS WORK TO SUPPORT PARENTS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO SAFELY AND SUFFICIENTLY FEED NEWBORNS AND INFANTS. THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON FACEBOOK INCLUDES A FED IS BEST PARENT INFANT FEEDING SUPPORT GROUP, WHICH PROVIDES DIRECT ONE-ON-ONE AND GROUP SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUAL PARENTS WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT INFANT FEEDING AND IS MODERATED BY A PANEL OF LICENSED LACTATION CONSULTANTS, NURSES AND DOCTORS THAT PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED SAFE FEEDING ADVICE. THE GOAL OF THE GROUP IS TO PROVIDE JUDGEMENT-FREE, SAFE, EVIDENCE-BADED FEEDING ADVICE TO PARENTS WHO ARE BREASTFEEDING, COMBINATION FEEDING, FORMULA FEEDING, PUMP BREAST MILK FEEDING AND TUBE-FEEDING IN A WAY THAT PRIORITIZES FEEDING PRACTICES THAT ALLOWS INFANTS TO THRIVE. WE ALSO ADDRESS MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO PRESSURES TO FEED THEIR INFANTS IN A PARTICULAR WAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR FEEDING GOALS. WE ALSO SUPPORT HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THROUGH OUR CLOSED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT GROUP. THIS GROUP INCLUDES NURSES, LACTATION PROFESSIONALS AND DOCTORS WHO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HOSPITAL QUALITY METRIC THAT ENFORCES AVOIDANCE OF FORMULA SUPPLEMENTATION IN BREASTFED INFANTS, HOSPITAL METRIC THAT HAS LED TO INFANTS BECOMING EXCESSIVELY JAUNDICED, DEHYDRATED AND HYPOGLYCEMIC, RESULTING IN PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND RISKS TO LONG-TERM INFANT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. THESE PROFESSIONALS ARE COMMONLY GRAPPLING WITH THE ETHICAL DILEMMA OF TELLING PARENTS THAT THEIR CRYING NEWBORNS ARE NOT HUNGRY WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE AND ARE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING COMPILICATIONS THAT CAN RESULT IN READMISSION OR EXTENDED HOSPITAL ADMISSION. WE STUDY THE SCIENTIFIC DATA THAT IS PUBLISHED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONSTITUTES SAFE THRESHOLDS IN THE CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANTS AS IT RELATES TO WEIGHT LOSS, BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE AND SODIUM LEVELS. WE ALSO DISCUSS WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT PARENTS WITH A NON-JUDGEMENTAL WAY IN ORDER TO HELP THEM TO REACH THEIR INFANT FEEDING GOALS WHILE ENSURING THE SAFETY AND HUMANE FEEDING OF THEIR INFANTS. THIS YEAR, WE SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR INFANT FEEDING BY WRITING EXTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS ON THE RATES OF INFANT FEEDING COMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY THE CURRENT STANDARD OF CARE AS INFLUENCED BY THE BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE. WE SUBMITTED A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW TO THE USDA HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 GOALS WARNING THEM OF THE DANGERS OF FOCUSING ON REDUCING RATES OF FORMULA SUPLEMENTATION IN THE FIRST 2 DAYS OF LIFE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS THAT ARE BABY-FRIENDLY CERTIFIED. AS A RESULT OF OUR ADVOCACY, THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 COMMITTEE DROPPED THESE TWO GOALS FROM THEIR FINAL 2030 GOALS. IN ADDITION, WE SUBMITTED A SIMILAR REVIEW TO THE USDA DIETARY GUIDELINES COMMITTEE AND FLEW TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE COMMITTEE. DR. CHRISTIE DEL CASTILLO-HEGYI, CO-FOUNDER OF THE FED IS BEST FOUNDATION AND JILLIAN JOHNSON, FOUNDATION SPOKESPERSON AND MOTHER TO LANDON JOHNSON, WHO DIED DUE TO HYPERNATREMIC DEHYDRATION DUE TO THE POLICIES OF THE BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPTIAL INITATIVE, BOTH SPOKE AT THE JULY 11, 2019 MEETING, TO WARN THEM OF THE DANGERS OF PROMOTING POLICIES THAT PRESSURE MOTHERS TO EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFEED WITHOUT ADEQUATE EDUCATION ON THE RISKS OF INSUFFICIENT FEEDING COMPLICATIONS THAT CAN RESULT. THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDATION CO-FOUNDERS CHRISTIE DEL CASTILLO-HEGYI, M.D. AND JODY SEGRAVE-DALY, RN, IBCLC HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH ROWAN AND LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHING TO PUBLISH THEIR INFANT FEEDING MANUAL ENTITLED, "FED IS BEST GUIDE TO SAFE INFANT FEEDING; FEEDING YOUR BABY THROUGH BREASTFEEDING, BOTTLE-FEEDING OR BOTH", WHICH IS DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN LATE 2021. THE GOAL FOR THE BOOK IS TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF INFANT FEEDING AS WELL AS A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR BREASTFEEDING, COMBINATION FEEDING AND BOTTLE-FEEDING PARENTS FROM BIRTH THROUGH THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF LIFE. THE GOAL IS TO PROVDE JUDGEMENT-FREE, SAFE, EVIDENCE-BASED GUIDLINES TO SUPPORT ALL PARENTS EQUALLY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR INFANT FEEDING MODALITY. | $37,142 | - |
| WE BROUGHT THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE FED IS BEST FOUNDATION, THE LEAD AUTHOR OF THE PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE SOCIETY NEONATAL HYPOGLYCEMIA GUIDELINES AND A NEONATOLOGIST REPRESENTING DOZENS OF NEONATOLOGISTS TO MEET VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH THE TOP OFFICIALS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION BREASTFEEDING GUIDELINES COMMITTEE. WE QUERIED THEM REGARDING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM OVER-AGGRESSIVE PROMOTION OF EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING, THE STARVATION-RELATED COMPLICATIONS AND THE NEGATIVE NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THESE COMPLICATIONS. WE DISCOVERED FROM THE MEETING THAT THE BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE HAS NEVER BEEN TESTED OR MONITORED FOR SAFETY AND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE WHO BFHI PROGRAM TO PREVENT BRAIN INJURY IN STARVED BREASTFED NEWBORNS, NAMELY TO TRAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO LOOK OUT FOR DANGER SIGNS LIKE, "LETHARGY, CONVULSIONS AND POOR FEEDING," LATE SIGNS OF BRAIN INJURY, WERE INSUFFICIENT TO PROTECT NEWBORNS FROM SERIOUS AND IRREVERSIBLE COMPLICATIONS. | - | - |
| We have gathered the support and signatures of thousands of parents, newborn and pediatric nurses and physicians asking the CDC, the AAP and the Surgeon General to provide public health education on the dangers of insufficient feeding of newborns. We have recruited many skilled volunteers to help us reach public officials to make national change in infant feeding policy and patient rights protections. | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTIE DEL CASTILLO-HEGYI MD | Science Directo | PT | $0 | - | - |
| JODY SEGRAVE-DALY RN IBCLC | Infant Feeding | FT | $0 | - | - |
| BETH DEL CASTILLO | Secretary | PT | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Fed Is Best Foundation
- EIN
- 81-3316541
- Phone
- 5012913697
- Address
- PO BOX 241736, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72223
Signing Officer
- Name
- Christie Del Castillo-hegyi Md
- Title
- Science Director
- Signed
- 2020-11-12
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Brown Rogers & Co PA
- Address
- 1 Executive Center Court, Little Rock, AR 72211
- Preparer
- Joseph R Colford CPA
- Phone
- 5012253641
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Other Expenses.1001
“Advertising and Promotion $15238”
Other Expenses.1002
“Office Expenses $258”
Other Expenses.1003
“Information Technology $3780”
Other Expenses.1007
“Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $2312”
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| ReturnHeader/ReturnTypeCd | 0 | 990EZ |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2019-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2019-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2019 |
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2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $10,202
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $10,202
- Revenue
- $42,867
- Expenses
- $37,142
- Net income
- $5,725