SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

O99

Classification

1000

Street

418 N STATE OF FRANKLIN RD

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Mission and programs · 2025

• THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS HOUSE) IS A PROGRAM OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES, (CHARITIES), GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGED BY AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF HOUSE OPERATIONS AND STAFF WHO OVER-SEE THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. GUEST FAMILIES AND CHILDREN SERVED BY THE HOUSE COME FROM A RADIUS OF 125 MILES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF JOHNSON CITY, TN. (INCLUDES COUNTIES LOCATED IN NE TENNESSEE, SW VIRGINIA, EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA). THE HOUSE IS IN JOHNSON CITY, TN BUT IS A REGIONAL FACILITY. AS OF DECEMBER 2025, FAMILIES FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CONTINUE TO USE THE HOUSE THE MOST. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 50% NORTHEAST TENNESSEE 48% EASTERN KENTUCKY 0% MISC. STATES 2% THE HOUSE IS 14,000 SQ. FEET, HAS 10 BEDROOMS/PRIVATE BATHS WITH A KITCHEN, LAUNDRY ROOM, TV ROOMS AND PLAY AREAS AS COMMON AREAS SHARED BY ALL GUEST FAMILIES. EVENING MEALS ARE PROVIDED BY CHURCH GROUPS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, FRATERNAL GROUPS, FAMILIES/FRIENDS OR RESTAURANTS AT LEAST 25 OUT OF 30 DAYS. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOODS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES TO PREPARE AT THEIR LEISURE. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL SETTING ARE ELIGIBLE TO STAY AS GUESTS AT THE HOUSE. A CHILD MUST BE A DEPENDENT OF THE PARENT(S), 21 YEARS OR YOUNGER. FAMILIES LIVING THE GREATEST DISTANCE FROM THE HOSPITAL PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE FOR THE CHILD ARE GIVEN PRIORITY IN STAYING AT THE HOUSE. A CRITICALLY ILL CHILD OR ONE IN IMMINENT DANGER OF DEATH RECEIVES PRIORITY REGARDLESS OF DISTANCE. A NIGHTLY CONTRIBUTION OF 10 IS REQUESTED. HOWEVER, NO ONE IS EVER TURNED AWAY BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO MAKE THE SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION. IN 2025, THE AVERAGE NIGHTLY CONTRIBUTION WAS .19, AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS 14 DAYS. THE HOUSE PROVIDED 4,244 NIGHTS AND RECEIVED 815.00 THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GUEST FAMILIES. THE SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION OF 10 HELPS TO DEFRAY THE FULL COST OF 80/NIGHT TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES WHO STAY AT THE HOUSE. IF THE HOUSE HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE FOR FAMILIES WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 848,800.00 (MOTEL, FOOD, GAS, LAUNDRY, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS). THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING FUNDS TO MEET THE BUDGETARY NEEDS OF THE HOUSE EACH YEAR. THE CHARITIES IS DEPENDENT ON FUNDRAISING EVENTS AND DONATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN AT THE HOUSE. FUNDRAISING EVENTS INCLUDE: HEARTS FOR THE HOUSE; SHAMROCK SHUFFLE 5K, AND THE ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC. VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS AND MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE AREA HOLD FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO BENEFIT THE HOUSE AS WELL. IN-KIND DONATIONS DONATED BY THE COMMUNITY RANGE FROM CANNED GOODS, PAPER PRODUCTS, FRESH VEGETABLES, HOME-MADE BREADS, MUFFINS TO SOMEONE PROVIDING YARD WORK, PROFESSIONAL CLEANING, CLERICAL ASSISTANCE, CLEANING THE KITCHEN, MOPPING FLOORS, REPLACING SMOKE DETECTORS, REPLACING FILTERS ON HEATING/AC UNITS AND MONTHLY CHECKS OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. THESE GENEROUS IN-KIND DONATIONS HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES AND WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO FIND A SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE AT OUR HOUSE. THERE IS A STAFF OF 4 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AND 5 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSE. VOLUNTEER'S CLEAN ROOMS, WASH LINENS, MOP FLOORS, RUN THE VACUUM, CLEAN WINDOWS, BAKE CAKES/COOKIES, REGISTER/CHECK-OUT FAMILIES, AND HELP WITH FUNDRAISING EVENTS. VOLUNTEERS DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN AND INVITING FOR OUR GUEST FAMILIES. IN 2025, 475 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 3,396 HOURS TO THE HOUSE FOR A VALUE OF 115,464.00. THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CONTINUES TO BE A HAVEN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN. THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE A LOVING, SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL SETTING THAT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO BE MORE RELAXED AND BUILD THEIR RESOURCES. THE GUEST FAMILIES IN THE HOUSE BECOME ONE BIG FAMILY SHARING AND NURTURING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES AS WELL AS THE BAD TIMES. WE CANNOT PROVIDE ALL THE AMENITIES OF HOME, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH AS MUCH NORMALCY AS POSSIBLE DURING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH A SICK CHILD. WHILE WE CANNOT TAKE AWAY THE CRISIS WE CAN GIVE FAMILIES WITH A SICK CHILD THE BEST MEDICINE - EACH OTHER. EVALUATIONS OF THE HOUSE AND STAFF BY FAMILIES WHO STAY AT THE HOUSE CONTINUE TO SHOW WHAT A BLESSING AND A NEED IS MET BY THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE DURING A TIME OF CRISIS WITH A CHILD. WE CONTINUE TO MEET OUR MISSION OF PROVIDING A "TEMPORARY HOME AWAY FROM HOME" FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE IN ANY AREA HOSPITAL. RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GLOBAL, CHICAGO, IL REQUIRES EACH RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES, INC. TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR'S OPERATING EXPENSE IN RESERVE. THESE RESERVE FUNDS WILL HOLD THE CHARITIES RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE PROGRAM IN GOOD STEAD SHOULD THERE BE DIFFICULT TIMES OR DISASTER. OUR CHARITIES HAS REACHED THIS MILESTONE BY CAREFUL APPROPRIATION OF MONIES RAISED THROUGH FUNDRAISING EVENTS, BEING TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDS DONATED BY STAKEHOLDER AND DUE DILIGENCE

  Expenses $520,522

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $1,090,877

  Expenses

  $693,748

  Contributions

  $932,373

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $810,836

  Expenses

  $662,768

  Contributions

  $673,585

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $685,058

  Expenses

  $678,938

  Contributions

  $582,094

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $565,998

  Expenses

  $582,748

  Contributions

  $468,298

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $658,530

  Expenses

  $628,102

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,448,696

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,165,285

  Expenses

  $542,690

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,481,788

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $561,271

  Expenses

  $466,952

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,661,478

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $617,106

  Expenses

  $564,816

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,427,049

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $693,868

  Expenses

  $596,680

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,489,820

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $681,438

  Expenses

  $625,605

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,297,421

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $636,574

  Expenses

  $612,132

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,226,157

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $653,482

  Expenses

  $642,174

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,233,573

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $169,024

  2024 · See Part IV d

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $134,879

  2023 · See part V - d

• RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE GLOBAL

  $87,858

  2022 · See part IV - d

• SPEEDWAY CHILDRENS CHARITIES

  $10,000

  2023 · MEDICAL

• SPEEDWAY CHILDRENS CHARITIES

  $10,000

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE

  $8,000

  2022 · Program support

• SPEEDWAY CHILDRENS CHARITIES

  $7,000

  2022 · MEDICAL

• FOOD CITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

  $6,000

  2023 · SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE CHARITY

• MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE

  $6,000

  2023 · Program Support

• FOOD CITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC

  $6,000

  2025 · SUPPORT THE MISSION

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

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