Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Augusta Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581509465
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Augusta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7067245901
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,111,672
- Expenses
- $1,235,029
- Assets
- $6,325,535
- Liabilities
- $288,963
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID JACOBSEN (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID JACOBSEN (CEO): $124,615 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ronald mcdonald house charities of augusta, inc. (the organization) is a Georgia nonprofit charitable corporation formed in 1984. The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities ("rmhc") is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. Collectively, rmhc and the network of local chapters ascribe to five core values: we are focused on the critical needs of children, we lead with compassion, we celebrate the diversity of our people and our programs, we value our heritage and we operate with accountability and transparency. We fulfill our mission through operation of sustainable programs that enable family-centered care, bridge access to quality health care, are a vital part of the health care continuum and strengthen families during difficult times. The following programs, operated by the organization, represent the core functions of ronald mcdonald house charities.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization helps families stay close to their ill or injured children by providing temporary lodging, meals, and other support to children and their families. The program provides families with emotional and physical comfort and increases the caregivers' ability to spend more time with their children, to interact with their clinical care team, and to participate in critical medical care decisions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.12; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $835K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.