Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa & Western Illinois
Legal name: Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421189783
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Iowa City, IA, USA
- Phone
- (319) 500-RMHC
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,243,387
- Expenses
- $2,232,435
- Assets
- $10,023,735
- Liabilities
- $266,535
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRENT HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
- SETH FRIEDMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHANNON GREENE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- SHANNON GREENE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $134,947 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To keep families near to each other and the care they need, when they need it most, by providing comfort and amenities while their child recovers.
What it reported doing in 2025
The ronald mcdonald family room located at unity point- st. Luke's hospital in cedar rapids provides amenities and a comfortable space for parents of hospitalized children, with the benefit of being only steps away from their child's bedside. The family room area includes a kitchen, dining area, and lounge. Meals, snacks and coffee are available throughout the day. The family room area provides a a quiet place of respite for families to relax, take a break, and take care of themselves. The sleep room area offers three comfortable guest rooms available for checkout by parents who need overnight accommodations. There is cost to use any of the family room services. The ronald mcdonald family room located at university of Iowa stead family children's hospital also provides amenities and a comfortable space, with the benefit of being only steps away from their child's bedside. The family room area includes a kitchen, dining area, and 3 lounges. The family room is located on the pediatric picu floor. Meals, snacks and coffee and available to families throughout the day. The ui stead family children's hospital family room has one sleep room available for checkout for daytime naps and overnight accommodations for parents. There is no cost to use any of the family room services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th 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; 63rd 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: 0.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.49; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.