Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Marshfield Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930833012
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Marshfield, WI, USA
- Phone
- 7153875899
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $662,810
- Expenses
- $692,283
- Assets
- $3,186,665
- Liabilities
- $42,139
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEIDI GIESE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN BAUER (EXEUCTIVE DI): $55,189 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ronald mcdonald house charities (rmhc) mission is to keep families with sick children together and near the care and resourses they need. Rmhc of marshfield is dedicated to easing the burden of families whose lives have been disrupted as a result of their children's illness or injury. Rmhc of marshfield operates a house providing temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children while those children are patients at marshfield clinic and/or marshfield children's hospital.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mission at ronald mcdonald house charities (rmhc) of marshfield is to keep families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need. Rmhc of marshfield is committed to easing the burden for families whose lives have been disrupted by a child's illness or injury. We operate a house that provides temporary lodging to families of seriously ill or injured children receiving care at marshfield clinic and marshfield children's hospital. In 2024, the house served 325 families and provided over 3,500 meals. The largest patient population served were nicu families, making up 47% of total stays. Families stayed for an average of 5.5 nights. Guests stay at no cost, removing a major financial burden during a time of uncertainty. The house is staffed 24/7/365 by trained employees, with volunteers supporting daily operations including meals, light housekeeping, and administrative tasks. Rmhc of marshfield also maintains a dedicated family lounge just outside the picu and peds department, and operates a hospitality cart that delivers snacks and refreshments to all pediatric bedsides.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 60.7%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.4 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -4.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.6; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 60.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $420K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.