Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222760752
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4012744447
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,856,182
Expenses
$3,687,279
Assets
$14,810,440
Liabilities
$263,604

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN HOOPS-SCHMIEG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • SAL NAPOLI (PRESIDENT)
  • SHANNON SULLIVAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAUREN HOOPS-SCHMIEG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $256,447 total reported compensation
  • TINA LEDO (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $153,796 total reported compensation
  • ELLEN SIMMONS (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER): $114,845 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 new england, inc. (rmhc ne) develops supports and provides programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families through ronald mcdonald houses (rmh), ronald mcdonald family rooms (rmfr) and ronald mcdonald care mobiles (rmcm). We fulfill our mission by supporting families of seriously ill children, creating programs that keep families close to one another and the vital healthcare services they need in order to enable children to live happier, healthier lives.

What it reported doing in 2025

The programs rmhc ne offers include two houses: rmh providence and rmh boston harbor, our two rm family rooms (one at hasbro childrens hospital in providence, ri, and one at mass general hospital for children in boston, ma), and our two rm care mobiles (one in Rhode Island and one in worcester, ma). The ronald mcdonald houses provide a home allowing families to eat, sleep and find the emotional support they need to center their energy on their sick child. Families are provided with clean, private and proximate accomodations allowing them to focus on their childs care. We suggest a $10 per night contribution from families; however, no familiy is ever turned away if they are unable to provide that contribution. This lessens the financial burden associated with having a critically ill child. The rmfms replicate a home-like atmosphere when a parent needs a break from the hospital environment. Our family rooms, located within the hospitals are equipped with conveniences such as a kitchen, laundry facilities, internet access, and provide confortable and comforting places of respite for patients families. The rmcm in worcester, ma provides medical and dental care to children with unmet healthcare needs, and the rmcm in Rhode Island (also known as the molar express) provides dental care to children in local communities. Staffed with pediatric specialists, the rmcms provide cost-effective, high-quality medical, dental and health education services to under-served children in rural and urban areas in eastern new england.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 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: 24.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.02; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 62.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $256K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $693K reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 40 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.