Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Maryland Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521184957
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4105281010
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,782,307
Expenses
$4,688,161
Assets
$49,949,945
Liabilities
$430,998

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDRA PAGNOTTI (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • DEBORAH HOOD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN SALT (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SANDRA PAGNOTTI (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $246,670 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERLY FUSCO (CFO): $169,306 total reported compensation
  • DEBORAH HOOD (VICE PRESIDENT): $160,860 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 Maryland, inc. Provides a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ronald mcdonald house charities of Maryland, inc. Owns and operates the ronald mcdonald house. The Maryland ronald mcdonald house is located in the city of baltimore. The five hospitals primarily served by the ronald mcdonald house are university of Maryland medical system, johns hopkins hospital, sinai hospital, mt. Washington pediatric hospital and kennedy krieger institute. There are no specific geographic parameters regarding service, as the house serves families from every part of the state of Maryland as well as all corners of the world. To be eligible to stay at the house, a family must have a child age 21 or younger receiving treatment at any one of the area hospitals. The families must be referred by a social worker from the hospital to stay at the house. The house has 55 rooms, including 9 suites and 46 standard guest rooms. The house also has:- strategically-designed community gathering spaces that promote interaction among guests- accessible kitchen and dining room- meditation room for solitude and respite- teen and young adult room- student classroom space and family business center with computers, printers, and internet accessibility- outdoor playground with an adjacent picnic and dining area for outdoor meals and special events- the magic room - a "kids only" room- laundry and exercise facilities- fully-accessible bathrooms- private kitchen and dining space for immune-suppressed families and those who need a calm area for mealtime- board and community room - roof top terracesmore than 5,500 volunteers assisted during the year by providing meals for the families, clerical support, gardening, and hosting special events for the families. Additionally, donations of items such as paper products and house supplies are received during the year which provides a small reduction in expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 98
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.7%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $63.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.8%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 85.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.65; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.7% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 31 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $247K · 36 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.