Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$6,092,018

Total expenses

$4,237,301

Contributions and grants received

$5,025,891

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,208,385

Other revenue

-$142,258

Total assets, end of year

$45,872,744

Total liabilities, end of year

$376,969

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$45,495,775

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,435,493

Management and general expenses

$400,056

Fundraising expenses

$401,752

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,435,493

Program services were 81.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• HOUSE PROGRAM - RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN, INC. PROVIDES GUEST ROOMS AND OFFERS SUPPORTIVE FAMILY PROGRAMS. SINCE 1984, MORE THAN 54,000 FAMILIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CALLED THIS RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE "HOME". LAST YEAR, WE SERVED 2,400 FAMILIES. WHILE OVER 69% OF OUR FAMILIES COME FROM WISCONSIN, MANY FAMILIES TRAVELED FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO SEEK THE LIFE-GIVING MEDICAL CARE AT CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN, ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OTHER AREA HOSPITALS. WE SERVE UP TO 70 FAMILIES EACH DAY AND WERE ABLE TO SERVE ALMOST EVERY FAMILY WHO NEEDED OUR HOUSE DURING 2023. ON AVERAGE, OUR FAMILIES STAY WITH US FOR JUST OVER 9 DAYS; HOWEVER OVER 52% OF FAMILIES STAY WERE FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. EACH FAMILY WHO STAYS AT THE RMHC CAN STAY FOR AS LONG AS THEIR CHILD IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE SUGGEST A DONATION OF $20 A NIGHT FROM OUR FAMILIES, WHEN THE COST IS OVER $110 PER NIGHT. LAST YEAR, ONLY 18% OF OUR FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THE SUGGESTED $20 A NIGHT, HOWEVER, NO ONE IS EVER TURNED AWAY FOR THEIR INABILITY TO PAY. THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUPPORT COMES FROM PRIVATE FUNDING THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND DONORS. ALTHOUGH THE MCDONALD'S CORPORATION DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE MCDONALD'S OWNER/OPERATORS AND ITS CUSTOMERS IN SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN GENEROUSLY PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DONATION BOXES AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS. LAST YEAR, THESE IMPORTANT EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 5% OF THE ANNUAL REVENUE. OUR PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR COMMUNITY OF OVER 400 VOLUNTEERS. EVERY SINGLE DAY, OUR VOLUNTEERS HELP KEEP THE HOUSE RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND EFFICIENTLY THROUGH A HOST OF RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING ORIENTING OUR FAMILIES WHEN THEY CHECK IN, CLEANING THE ROOMS AFTER THEY CHECK-OUT, DRIVING THE SHUTTLE VAN TO AND FROM THE HOSPITAL, SMALL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND SHARING OUR STORY IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR DOORS OPEN WITHOUT OUR CARING AND LOVING VOLUNTEERS.THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OFFERS MORE THAN A PLACE TO STAY. PARENTS AND CHILDREN FIND A WARM AND COMPASSIONATE ENVIRONMENT WITH MANY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT THEM DURING A VERY STRESSFUL TIME IN THEIR LIVES. IN ADDITION TO COMFORTABLE ROOMS, WE HAVE KITCHENS, A COMPUTER LAB, LAUNDRY FACILITIES, PLAY AREAS AND A REFLECTION ROOM. WE ARE ALSO PROUD OF OUR PROGRAMS AND A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR INCLUDE: FAMILY DINNER PROGRAM - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A WONDERFUL WAY FOR FAMILIES TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS WELL AS FURTHER REDUCE THEIR FINANCIAL BURDEN. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 347 MEALS TO OUR FAMILIES IN 2023, INCLUDING VOLUNTEER-PREPARED LUNCHES-2-GO AND MAKE-AHEAD MEALS.EXPRESSIVE THERAPY - OUR ART THERAPISTS USE A CREATIVE PROCESS TO GUIDE FAMILIES TOWARDS A PLACE OF HEALING, RECONCILIATION AND HOPE. THERAPISTS PROVIDE SUPPORT AND A SAFE PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO REFLECT ON THE INTENSE FEELINGS SURROUNDING A CHILD'S ILLNESS OR INJURY AND ITS AFFECT ON THE ENTIRE FAMILY USING CREATIVITY AS THE PRIMARY METHOD OF COMMUNICATION. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN INSPIRING. OUR FAMILIES HAVE OPENED UP THEIR HEARTS, EXPLORED THEIR FEARS AND SADNESS AND ALLOWED THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS TO BE HEARD WHILE REBUILDING A SENSE OF WELL-BEING AND HOPE. PET THERAPY - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAL THROUGH ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY. IT PROMOTES SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY SPECIALLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. DOGS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HANDLERS VISIT THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MULTIPLE TIMES EACH WEEK. IN 2023, WE HAD 165 SUCH VISITS.ABOVE ALL, THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OFFERS THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND COMMON FRIENDSHIP OF OTHER FAMILIES IN VERY SIMILAR SITUATIONS OF HAVING AN ILL OR INJURED CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL.

  Expenses $3,311,070

• HOSPITALITY CART - OUR BIG, BRIGHT, HAPPY WHEELS HOSPITALITY CART BRINGS CHEER TO CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN (CW) FAMILIES. IN 2023, THE HAPPY WHEELS CART MADE 169 TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL, DELIVERING SNACKS, TOYS, BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS TO 5,200 PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.

  Expenses $18,868

• FAMILY ROOM PROGRAM - IN AUGUST OF 2021, THE ORGANIZATION'S FIRST FAMILY ROOM PROGRAM OPENED. LOCATED WITHIN THE ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH'S LADISH FAMILY CENTER ON ITS OCONOMOWOC CAMPUS, THIS 2,500 SQUARE FOOT SPACE OFFERS FAMILIES RESPITE, SNACKS, BEVERAGES, GAMES AND OTHER AMENITIES AS THEY SUPPORT THEIR CHILD IN THEIR HEALTH JOURNEY. DURING 2023, 433 FAMILIES MADE A TOTAL OF 5,347 VISITS TO THE FAMILY ROOM.

  Expenses $105,555

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 May 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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