RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE PHILADELPHIA

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

3925 CHESTNUT ST

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Mission and programs · 2024

• TWO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSES, TOGETHER SERVING UP TO 147 FAMILIES EACH NIGHT, OFFER HOLISTIC SUPPORT AND LODGING TO FAMILIES TRAVELING 25 MILES OR FURTHER TO PHILADELPHIA TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR THEIR SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN. FOUNDED AS THE FIRST RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IN THE WORLD, RMHC-PHI IS THE MODEL FOR MORE THAN 375 HOUSES IN 65 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AND HAS SUPPORTED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF OPERATION.SINCE OPENING, THE FLAGSHIP HOUSE LOCATED AT 3925 CHESTNUT STREET GREW TO 72,000 SQUARE FEET TO ACCOMMODATE A TOTAL OF 45 FAMILIES EACH NIGHT IN 1995; IN 2008, RMHC-PHI OPENED A SECOND 27,000-SQUARE-FOOT, THREE-STORY HOME WITH 20 BEDROOMS LOCATED AT 100 E. ERIE AVENUE TO MEET THE EXPANDING NEED FOR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. RMHC-PHI HAS RECENTLY EXPANDED THE CHESTNUT STREET LOCATION BY 98,364 SQUARE FEET WITH 82 ADDITIONAL BEDROOMS TO ADDRESS THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR SERVICES. CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FACILITY BEGAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2017 AND CONCLUDED IN EARLY 2020. THE HOUSES OFFER FAMILIES A COMFORTABLE AND SECURE ROOM, DAILY HOME-COOKED MEALS, A 24-HOUR FOOD PANTRY, COMPLIMENTARY TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE CITY, FREE PARKING, AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES ALL JUST MINUTES FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE HOUSES ALSO OFFER TV LOUNGES, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PLAY SPACES, EXERCISE ROOMS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, LOANER LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND WIFI, AND SOCIAL WORKER ASSISTANCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE HOUSES OFFER THE SUPPORT OF OTHER FAMILIES WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE A SERIOUSLY ILL CHILD. WHILE IT COSTS RMHC-PHI MORE THAN $160 PER NIGHT TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES, FAMILIES ARE ASKED TO PAY $25 PER NIGHT. HOWEVER, MANY OF THE FAMILIES ARE SO FINANCIALLY DEVASTATED BY THEIR CHILD'S ILLNESS (AS A RESULT OF TREATMENT COSTS, JOB LOSS OR LEAVE, TRAVELING, AND PAYING EXPENSES AT HOME) THAT THEIR FEE IS WAIVED OR REDUCED; NO ONE IS EVER TURNED AWAY DUE TO INABILITY TO PAY.FAMILIES TRAVELING FROM 25 MILES AWAY OR FURTHER FOR MEDICAL CARE AT PHILADELPHIA HOSPITALS ARE ELIGIBLE TO STAY AT THE HOUSES, AND CHILDREN MUST BE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 AND IN ACTIVE TREATMENT. IN 2024, RMHC-PHI'S TWO HOUSES COMBINED HAD 2,533 FAMILY STAYS WITH 1,759 UNIQUE FAMILIES TRAVELING FROM 50 STATES AND 30 COUNTRIES; 35.55% OF FAMILIES TRAVELED FROM WITHIN PENNSYLVANIA THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS 17 DAYS, WITH THE LONGEST LENGTH OF STAY FOR ONE FAMILY TOTALING 359 CONSECUTIVE DAYS DURING 2024. WHILE RMHC-PHI SERVES FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE BEING TREATED FOR AN ARRAY OF ILLNESSES, THE TOP DEPARTMENTS IN 2024 WERE ORTHOPEDICS, ONCOLOGY, NEONATOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, AND GASTROENTEROLOGY. EACH YEAR, RMHC-PHI'S HOSPITAL PARTNERS INCLUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA (CHOP), ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, SHRINERS HOSPITAL, WILLS EYE HOSPITAL, THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND OTHERS.VOLUNTEERS ARE TRULY THE HEART OF THE HOUSES AND RMHC-PHI RELIES ON THE DEDICATED SERVICE OF MORE THAN 285 REGULARLY SCHEDULED VOLUNTEERS TO CREATE A HOME FOR THE FAMILIES IT SERVES. VOLUNTEERS STAFF THE FRONT DESK, DRIVE THE SHUTTLE VANS, ASSIST IN PREPARING MEALS, AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN A VARIETY OF OTHER CAPACITIES.

  Expenses $8,492,714 · Grants $476,999 · Revenue $2,988

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $417,196 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $7,525

• THREE RONALD MCDONALD FAMILY ROOMS TWO AT CHOP AND ONE AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN EXTEND THE COMFORT AND SUPPORT OF THE HOUSES INTO THE HOSPITAL BY OFFERING A QUIET PLACE TO REST AND RECHARGE AWAY FROM THE BEDSIDE FOR FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING TREATMENT. THE FIRST FAMILY ROOM AT CHOP OPENED IN THE ONCOLOGY UNIT IN 2006. THIS FAMILY ROOM IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK INCLUDING HOLIDAYS; ANY PATIENT AND HIS/HER FAMILY IN ONE OF THE COMBINED TOTAL OF 50 PATIENT BEDS ON THE ONCOLOGY UNIT MAY USE THE FAMILY ROOM. IN MARCH OF 2017, RMHC-PHI OPENED A FAMILY ROOM AT ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN TO SERVE THE CRITICAL CARE TOWER. THIS FAMILY ROOM SERVES UP TO 65 BEDS A NIGHT. IN 2018, RMHC-PHI OPENED A SECOND FAMILY ROOM AT CHOP'S SEASHORE HOUSE.THE FAMILY ROOMS OFFER A RANGE OF COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES AND PROGRAMMING IN A WARM, HOME-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. A CENTRAL PILLAR OF THESE SERVICES IS THE MEAL PROGRAM WHICH, THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS, PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH BREAKFAST AND DINNER AT SCHEDULED TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT THE FAMILY-STYLE DINING TABLES LOCATED IN THE ROOMS. SNACKS, COFFEE AND TEA ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES THROUGH THE PROGRAM. OTHER AMENITIES INCLUDE COMFORTABLE SEATING, KITCHEN FACILITIES, TELEVISIONS, DVD PLAYERS (WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF MOVIES), BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. THE ONCOLOGY FAMILY ROOM ALSO OFFERS LAUNDRY FACILITIES AND A GUEST BATHROOM. PROGRAMMING IN FAMILY ROOMS INCLUDES COMPLIMENTARY HAIRCUTS, YOGA INSTRUCTION, STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, ART THERAPY, CRAFTS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER ACTIVITIES.THE FAMILY ROOMS SERVE FAMILIES TRAVELING FROM BOTH NEAR AND FAR. FAMILIES COMING FROM 25 MILES AWAY OR FARTHER AND STAYING AT PHILADELPHIA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IN THE EVENING ARE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK IN THE ROOMS DURING THE DAY, AND FAMILIES RESIDING CLOSER THAN 25 MILES WHO DO NOT WISH TO LEAVE THEIR CHILD'S SIDE DUE TO AGE OR SEVERITY OF ILLNESS CAN UTILIZE THE ROOMS AS MUCH AS NEEDED.

  Expenses $192,492 · Grants $78,952

• THE RONALD MCDONALD CARE MOBILE (RMCM) PROGRAM PROVIDES ACCESS TO PEDIATRIC MEDICAL, DENTAL AND/OR HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE RMCM PROGRAM IS BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE, EXPANDING CRITICAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND EXTENDING THE CHARITY'S REACH TO COUNTLESS UNDERSERVED CHILDREN. THE RMCM PROGRAM SERVES CHILDREN THAT ARE AT GREAT RISK TO DEVELOP ACUTE CONDITIONS, DENTAL PROBLEMS, CHRONIC DISEASES AND EVEN SERIOUS LIFELONG ILLNESSES. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH ST. CHRISTOPHER'S FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN, RMHC-PHI IS BRINGING CRITICAL DENTAL SERVICES TO UNDER-INSURED OR UN-INSURED CHILDREN RIGHT IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ONSITE VISITS AT SCHOOLS, HEAD START PROGRAMS AND HOMELESS SHELTERS.IN 2024, THE RMCM VISITED 58 UNIQUE SITE LOCATIONS AND PROVIDED DENTAL EDUCATION AND CARE TO 1561 CHILDREN. THE RMCM PROVIDED THIS VITAL CARE AND EDUCATION FOR A TOTAL OF 218 DAYS.

  Expenses $130,000 · Grants $130,000 · Revenue $379,342

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $30,645,793

  Expenses

  $11,935,493

  Contributions

  $10,826,374

  Grants paid

  $705,951

• 2023

  Revenue

  $10,386,928

  Expenses

  $11,367,923

  Contributions

  $9,605,089

  Grants paid

  $751,403

• 2022

  Revenue

  $10,913,264

  Expenses

  $11,443,446

  Contributions

  $10,195,961

  Grants paid

  $2,591,007

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,371,163

  Expenses

  $8,157,351

  Assets (EOY)

  $48,421,260

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,589,963

  Expenses

  $9,726,348

  Assets (EOY)

  $47,290,800

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $19,660,901

  Expenses

  $5,878,570

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,419,803

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,336,834

  Expenses

  $24,638,579

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,935,400

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,386,179

  Expenses

  $4,946,474

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,855,212

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,774,214

  Expenses

  $4,514,466

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,658,142

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,260,705

  Expenses

  $4,155,272

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,922,846

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,155,280

  Expenses

  $3,769,995

  Assets (EOY)

  $24,466,436

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,497,020

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,529,993

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• AC FILM LLC

  $1,670,876

  2022 · FUNDS FOR MOVIE SCENE ASSOCIATED W/RMH 1974 OPENING AND DR. EVANS (FOUNDER) ACTRESS

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF DELAWARE

  $374,429

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

  $372,190

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING

• RMHC OF SOUTH JERSEY

  $208,157

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING

• RMHC OF SOUTH JERSEY

  $140,324

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING

• ST CHRIS FOUNDATION

  $130,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATING

• ST CHRISTOPHER'S FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN

  $100,000

  2022 · CAREMOBILE OPERATING EXPENSES

• ST CHRIS FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING

• AC FILM LLC

  $73,244

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING

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Grants received

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $1,343,898

  2024 · See Part IV d

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $1,087,578

  2023 · See part V - d

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $809,390

  2022 · See part IV - d

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $344,470

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $225,445

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $195,500

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $188,700

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $175,741

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $171,645

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $150,741

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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