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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL.

Totals

Total revenue
$143,967,699
Total expenses
$116,326,959
Contributions and grants received
$143,480,833
Grants paid
$78,277,792
Program service revenue
$308,576
Investment income
$2,947,608
Other revenue
-$2,769,318
Total assets, end of year
$303,246,729
Total liabilities, end of year
$15,387,792
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$287,858,937
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$100,019,150
Management and general expenses
$7,941,143
Fundraising expenses
$8,366,666
Program service expenses (Part III)
$100,019,150

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $179,265

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $6,265,653

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,070,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $133,965,915

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,351,061

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Local Chapter Conference Fees

    total $308,576 · related or exempt $308,576

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,964,771 · excluded $6,964,771

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $76,305,671

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $80,322,834

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,017,163 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,017,163 · excluded -$4,017,163

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $556,791

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $6,265,653

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $3,326,109

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,769,318 · excluded -$2,769,318

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $67,459,709 · program services $67,459,709

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $10,818,083 · program services $10,818,083

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $976,646 · program services $694,545 · management and general $227,531 · fundraising $54,570

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $674,026 · program services $580,095 · management and general $93,931

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $718,223 · fundraising $718,223

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $515,963 · program services $108,732 · management and general $407,231

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,485,144 · program services $11,016,538 · management and general $2,941,205 · fundraising $1,527,401

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,819,649 · program services $162,335 · management and general $2,322,547 · fundraising $1,334,767

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $76,797 · program services $23,680 · management and general $11,139 · fundraising $41,978

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,795,337 · program services $1,591,701 · management and general $1,063,015 · fundraising $3,140,621

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,561,512 · program services $1,180,542 · management and general $273,647 · fundraising $107,323

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,392,230 · program services $3,262,786 · management and general $95,985 · fundraising $33,459

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $366,406 · program services $80,019 · management and general $286,387

  • 24a · Other expenses: Donation box expense

    total $3,872,655 · program services $2,904,491 · fundraising $968,164

  • 24b · Other expenses: Credit Card / Bank Fees

    total $429,911 · management and general $20,119 · fundraising $409,792

  • 24c · Other expenses: Subscriptions

    total $177,262 · program services $97,026 · management and general $69,144 · fundraising $11,092

  • 24d · Other expenses: Acknowledgement

    total $103,841 · program services $38,640 · management and general $46,025 · fundraising $19,176

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $83,565 · program services $228 · management and general $83,237 · fundraising $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $40,891,885 · end of year $51,138,544

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,813,736 · end of year $32,874,703

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $162,161 · end of year $174,283

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $87,821 · end of year $77,675

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,893,664 · end of year $1,650,864

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,540,101

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,540,101

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $173,322,509 · end of year $196,884,651

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,617,054 · end of year $19,551,228

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,376,261 · end of year $894,781

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,812,302 · end of year $3,708,574

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $11,227,237 · end of year $11,508,165

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,768 · end of year $171,053

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $234,017,765 · end of year $268,230,027

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,097,019 · end of year $19,628,910

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

At RMHC, we provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families and promote healing when children need healthcare.

  • Support of RMHC Local Chapters worldwide: Ronald McDonald House Charities is a system of independent, separately registered public benefit organizations, referred to as "Chapters" by RMHC. RMHC ensures delivery of the mission across the globe. As a center of excellence, RMHC builds and sustains a robust infrastructure of support to the network of Chapters, including operations, licensing and compliance, finance, risk management, communications, marketing and development. Following are the activities conducted by RMHC to support the Chapters: (1) Ronald McDonald House: RMHC provided grants totaling $3,850,000 for new and expanding Ronald McDonald House programs. The Ronald McDonald House program provides comfort, support and resources for families with children who are sick. (2) Ronald McDonald Family Room: RMHC provided grants totaling $2,550,000 for new Ronald McDonald Family Room programs, which offer a quiet place within the walls of the hospital. Ronald McDonald Family Room programs provide families with children in the hospital with a place to rest and recharge while remaining near their child's bedside. (3) Ronald McDonald Care Mobile: RMHC developed and funded the capital build for all new Ronald McDonald Care Mobile programs with support totaling $645,607. Ronald McDonald Care Mobile programs bring dental, medical and health care resources to underserved communities around the world. (4) RMHC Local Chapter Support and Grants totaling $71,232,186. RMHC provides expertise in all aspects of the three core program operations, other program development, and nonprofit management for its Chapters worldwide. Support also includes general program support grants. RMHC is committed to strengthening the global system of Chapters, by providing such grants and programmatic support to help each Chapter achieve a high level of excellence in management and operations, and to help them effectively and efficiently fulfill their mission. Activities include, among others: resource development; sharing best practices to improve all aspects of RMHC; strategic planning; technology upgrades; ongoing training and education of board, staff, and volunteers to encourage excellence in delivering programs, fundraising and administrative practices; investment in environmental sustainability activities such as energy audits, water and waste efficiency projects at Ronald McDonald House programs; facilitation of networking opportunities; and developing local fundraising capabilities to grow resources and meet new and expanding program needs.

    Expenses $100,019,150 · Grants $78,277,792 · Revenue $308,576

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Eduardo Sanchez

    Trustee, Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ginger Hardage

    Trustee, Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Dimitrief

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Kempczinski

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David C Herman MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Enrique Hernandez Jr

    Trustee (until 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Grace Fung Oei

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • J Christopher Reyes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James D Watkins

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Fields

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeffrey Davis

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Mann

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Banner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Schumacher

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mats Lederhausen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Thompson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Stephenson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Harper Rawlins

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stuart E Siegel MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Theodore Perlman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Walter A Orenstein MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wayne Stingley

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wendy Davidson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Steele

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Joanna Sabato

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Katie Fitzgerald

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rodney Jordan

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Shannon Duval

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Stacey Bifero

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Ronald McDonald Gyermeksegely Alapitvany Magyar Tagozat

    501(c)(3) · Operate a Ronald McDonald House for families with sick children · HU · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc

  • Ronald McDonald Lastentalosaatio

    501(c)(3) · Operate a Ronald McDonald House for families with sick children · FI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Ronald McDonald House Charities Inc

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • Charitable remainder trust

    Charitable trust · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Ronald McDonald House Charities

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202511329349306696

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