Milk bank finder

Have more breast milk than your baby needs? Find the nearest nonprofit milk bank to donate it to, with a link to sign up as a donor.

How donating works

Nonprofit milk banks screen donors with a phone interview, a health history and a free blood test. Once you're approved, you freeze your milk at home and send it to the bank, usually by overnight shipping they pay for, or drop it off at a depot nearby. The bank pasteurizes and tests the milk, then sends it mostly to hospitals for premature and sick babies.

You don't pay anything to donate, and nonprofit banks don't pay donors. Read how to donate breast milk for the full steps, who can donate and how to store your milk.

Can't donate to a milk bank? You might not meet a bank's minimum or one of its screening rules. You can still share your milk directly with families near you through Share the Drop, a free, commerce-free app that matches donors with families who need milk.

Before you contact a milk bank

Have these ready to make the first call quicker:

• Roughly how much milk you have frozen, or expect to have. Some banks ask for a minimum, such as 100 or 150 oz.
• When you pumped it and how it's been stored.
• Any medications or supplements you take.
• Your baby's age and your doctor's or your baby's pediatrician's contact details.

Track your donation milk in Milk Diary

Milk banks ask when each bag was pumped and how it was stored. Milk Diary keeps track for you:

• Track fridge and freezer milk with the date you pumped and automatic expiration dates.
• See how much is in your freezer, and how many days of milk you have for your own baby before you set extra aside.
• Log every pumping session and see your daily totals at a glance.
• See how much milk you've donated.

Using donor milk for your own baby? Milk Diary shows how much donor milk you have in storage, and you can mark donor milk right in a bottle feed.

Your data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. There's no account to create.

Sources

• Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Find a Milk Bank.
• Human Milk Banking Association of North America. Donate Your Extra Breast Milk.
• Each milk bank's own website, linked in the results.
• Share the Drop. Frequently Asked Questions.