INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAMINERS: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAMINERS (EIN 54-1335655)
Tax period: 2021-10-01 to 2022-09-30
Filed: 2023-08-14
IRS object ID: 202332269349301323
Schema version: 2021v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2023-08-14T10:57:26-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2022-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	582676261	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Rogers & Company PLLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600	AddressLine1Txt
City	Vienna	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22182	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	541335655	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	International Board of Lactation	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	Consultant Examiners	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	INTE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7035607330	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10301 Democracy Lane Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Sara Blair Lake	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7035607330	PhoneNum
Signature	2023-08-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	Sara	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Blair Lake	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jie Chen CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01049760	PTIN
Phone	7038930300	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2023-04-26 12:10:37Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Sara Blair Lake	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10301 Democracy Lane Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,574,580	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	https://iblce.org/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1985	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	VA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Serving the global public interest by advancing professional practice in lactation consultation and support through credentialing.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	23	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	47	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$750	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$0	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$0	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$5,433,350	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$5,003,357	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$569,026	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$593,983	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$12,809	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	-$22,760	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$6,015,185	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,574,580	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$3,000	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$6,300	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,748,087	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,883,908	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$2,953,242	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$3,162,505	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$4,704,329	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$5,052,713	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,310,856	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$521,867	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$10,017,059	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$8,748,964	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$940,589	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$793,764	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$9,076,470	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$7,955,200	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Serving the global public interest by advancing professional practice in lactation consultation and support through credentialing.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Desc	Examination Fees:IBCLC Exam - Together with meeting eligibility requirements, the IBLCE certification exam determines who earns or retains the International Board Lactation Consultant credential.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Recertification Fees: IBLCE encourages IBCLCS to remain current in their knowledge and skills. For this reason, recertification by continuing education is permitted five years after passing the exam. Every 10 years, IBCLCS are required to recertify by exam.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Continuing Education: Recertification by continuing education is an option at five-year intervals.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Described In Section501c3	0	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	0	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (1)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	0	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	23	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	AS	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	AU	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	JA	ForeignCountryCd
Foreign Country	PE	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (1)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Sara Blair Lake	PersonNm
Phone	7035607330	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10301 Democracy Lane Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
Annabelle Mackenzie
Chair	3.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mona Sakr
Chair-Elect	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	1.00
Annabelle Mackenzie
Immediate Past Chair	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Kristi Salisbury
Treasurer	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Agnes Wangui Kamau
Senior Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marin Skariah
Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bayyinah Muhammad
Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Emily Walden
Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christy Porucznik
Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Day
Board Member	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sara Blair Lake
Chief Executive Officer	55.00		Yes (X)	$195,869	$0	$18,632	2.00
Zerrin Sayar
Chief Administration Offic	50.00			$144,932	$0	$15,836		Yes (X)
Pamela Weber
Chief Operating Officer	45.00			$115,434	$0	$6,152		Yes (X)
Cecilia Saray Hill
Dir of Promotion & Advancement	45.00			$103,270	$0	$14,174		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$559,505	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$54,794	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (3 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Prometric LLC
1501 S Clinton Street	Baltimore	MD	21224	Examination publication and administrati	$200,538
Whiteford Taylor & Preston
7 St Paul Street Suite 1500	Baltimore	MD	21202	Legal Services	$143,972
Language Innovations LLC
1725 I Street NW Suite 300	Washington	DC	20006	Translating	$110,952

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Examination fees	900099	$3,090,844	$3,090,844
Recertification fees	900099	$1,772,192	$1,772,192
Continuing education	900099	$75,596	$75,596
Other program fees	900099	$62,075	$62,075
IBLCE Care award	900099	$2,650	$2,650

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$5,003,357	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$168,534	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$168,534	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$425,449	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$425,449	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$425,449	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$425,449	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Other income	900099	$25,249	$25,249
Mailing list fee	900099	$550		$550
Website Advertising	900099	$200		$200

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$48,759	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$48,759	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	-$22,760	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,574,580	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,003,357	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$750	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$570,473	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,000	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,300	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$185,120	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,415,673	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$56,517	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$108,800	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$117,798	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$468,242	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$110,962	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$113,154	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$65,813	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$72,310	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,615	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$385,396	TotalAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$365,846	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,171	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$680	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$57,985	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,434	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$63,015	TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt
Exams	$997,399
Honoraria	$142,961
Recruitment	$76,315
Memberships	$9,207

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,052,713	TotalAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,408,573	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,236,470	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,478	BOYAmt
EOY	$539,036	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,154	BOYAmt
EOY	$112,620	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$107,044	BOYAmt
EOY	$77,608	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$99,995	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$57,730	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,080	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,265	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,359,730	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,740,965	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,017,059	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,748,964	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$937,964	BOYAmt
EOY	$785,365	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,365	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,425	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,034	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$940,589	BOYAmt
EOY	$793,764	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,076,470	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,955,200	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,076,470	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,955,200	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,017,059	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,748,964	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$521,867	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$1,643,137	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$43,341	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$500	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$6,818	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$37,023	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$37,430	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$200	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$5,711	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$43,341	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$33,839	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$220	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$3,371	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$37,430	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$32,047	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,792	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$33,839	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$24,350	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$7,697	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$32,047	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.54896	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.45104	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (1)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$99,995	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$57,730	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$42,265	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$42,265	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Deferred rent	$3,243
Due to MILCC	$791

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,034	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part V, Line 4:

The endowment funds held by Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification, a related supporting organization, are for scholarships to a certain category of IBCLC candidates.

Part X, Line 2:

IBLCE is exempt from the payment of income taxes in the United States on its exempt activities under Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). MILCC is exempt from the payment of federal income taxes on its exempt activities pursuant to IRC Section 501(c)(3). MILCC has been classified as an organization that is not a private foundation under the IRC. Contributions made to MILCC are deductible by the donor for federal income tax purposes, subject to statutory limitations on charitable contributions.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	OfficesOfficesCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Asia Pacific & Africa	1	Program Services	Customer service; promotion and marketing; and, some operational activities	$393,669
Europe, Middle East & North Africa	1	Program Services	Customer service; promotion and marketing; and, some operational activities	$280,746

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	2	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office	0	ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee	0	ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	2	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$674,415	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$674,415	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	Yes (1)	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I, line 3:	Foreign expenses are directly tracked and accounted for on the accrual method of accounting used for books.
Part III Accounting Method:

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Discretionary Spending Acct	Yes (X)	DiscretionarySpendingAcctInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Sara Blair Lake
Chief Executive Officer	$195,869	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,794	$0	$8,838	$0	$214,501	$0	$0	$0
Zerrin Sayar
Chief Administration Offic	$144,932	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,247	$0	$8,589	$0	$160,768	$0	$0	$0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3	Delegated promotional and advancement roles as well as regional customer service and limited operational duties to two independent contractors who serve respectively the Asia Pacific and Africa region and Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa region.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4	The IBLCE Bylaws were amended in September 2022, after a call for public comment, with regard to the establishment and autonomy of the IBCLC Commission.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b	The public accounting firm prepares a draft of the form 990 based on information provided by management. The draft 990 is reviewed by the CEO and made available to the Board of Directors prior to filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c	Since COVID, staff has verbally declared conflict of interests. Conflicts are disclosed and handled appropriately. A common management practice vis-a-vis conflict is recusal from discussion sometimes vote as well, depending upon the nature of the conflict.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15	The organization utilizes comparability data of the decision making process when setting the compensation for the top management official.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19	The organization's governing documents, its bylaws, are available on the organization's website. Its financial information is available via its 990.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c:	The organization has a committee that assumes responsibility for oversight of the audit, including selection of an independent accountant. This process has not changed from prior years.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Monetary Investment for Lactation Consultant Certification	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10301 Democracy Lane Suite 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	205216596	EIN
Primary Activities	Supporting organization to provide scholarships	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	VA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(c)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	Line 12b, II	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	IBLCE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	Yes (1)	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (1)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Monetary Investment For Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC)
P	$14,855	Cash
Monetary Investment For Lactation Consultant Certification (MILCC)
Q	$24,629	Cash