Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431190760
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone
8168428321
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,547,150
Expenses
$7,625,278
Assets
$27,421,561
Liabilities
$660,279

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAMI GREENBERG (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TAMI GREENBERG (CEO): $287,796 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL JEFFRIES (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $195,216 total reported compensation
  • JESSI KNOBBE COPPESS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE (UNTIL OCT 2024)/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $146,853 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of Kansas city is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ronald mcdonald house charities of Kansas city, inc. (rmhc-kc) also provides respite in a home-like environment inside two (2) local hospitals. The family room inside children's mercy hospital (cmh) opened in 1997 with seven (7) overnight rooms for families whose children are receiving care in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units. In august of 2024, after a full renovation of our family room program inside cmh, we renamed and opened a house inside the hospital. This program now serves 10 families overnight. In 2024 the house inside the hospital saw 6,762 visitors and provided 537 overnight stays in the sleeping rooms. All in-patient, intensive care unit families at cmh are eligible to use the house inside the hospital during the day and can also request one of the ten (10) overnight sleeping rooms. The family room inside overland park regional medical center (opr) opened in february 2022 and provides four (4) overnight rooms for families whose children are receiving care in the intensive care units. In 2024 there were 2,627 visits to the family room and 413 overnight stays in the four (4) sleeping rooms. The organization also hosted 1,797 visitors through its day pass program, in which families have access to food, respite, laundry, and activities during the day. Rmhc-kc would not be able to carry out its' mission without the support of volunteers. In 2024 rmhc-kc welcomed 988 total community groups such as schools, businesses and churches to provide a lunch or dinner meal for 50 guests. The meal program alone hosted 9,016 meal volunteers in 2024! The core volunteer program utilized 147 individual volunteers with a total of 4,675 hours as a campus or hosptial program volunteer in 2024. Our fundraising efforts (red friday, trent green golf classic, spark of hope gala, etc.) utilized 858 event volunteers to help with setup, cleanup and various event day tasks last year. 743 community members provided various care and supply kits for families. Lastly, rmhc-kc had approximately 150 active committee and board members who served in leadership roles in 2024. In total rmhc-kc utilized 10,878 volunteers in 2024 t0 carry out its' mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.2%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.2% of revenue deployed · 71.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $288K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.