Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester NY Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161271311
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5854425437
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,956,002
Expenses
$3,646,889
Assets
$13,673,282
Liabilities
$344,546

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JoAnne Ryan (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JoAnne Ryan (President & CEO): $184,636 total reported compensation
  • Carolyn Birrittella (SVP Business Strategy & Philanthropy): $123,600 total reported compensation
  • Caitlyn Stoffle (VP Programs & Strategic Initiatives): $107,501 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Create and support programs that improve the health and well-being of children. RMHCR accomplishes its mission by caring for families and keeping them close to their children at a 24-bedroom facility; (Continued on Schedule O)Caring for the parents of the most critically ill and injured children at the House Within the Hospital in Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong; Providing a family room on the pediatric floor at the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong to provide brief respite for families whose children are receiving care at the hospital.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Ronald McDonald House (the House) is a 24-bedroom facility that provides temporary lodging to families of seriously ill children and is the cornerstone program of the Organization. The Organization also operates a 7-bedroom House Within the Hospital at the Golisano Children's Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). In 2015, the Organization opened the Ronald McDonald Family Room on the first floor of the Golisano Children's Hospital of URMC to provide a respite for pediatric patients and their families looking for a break from the traditional hospital setting. In December 2017, the Pediatric Family Lounge was opened at Rochester General Hospital (RGH) adjacent to the Special Care Nursery to provide families a place to rest and recharge during hospital visits. (Continued on Schedule O)This was closed due to hospital renovations and a new space is in discussion. During 2018, the Organization opened a Mental Health and Wellness Lounge and Hospitality Cart at URMC. In April 2021, the Organization opened a Family Room at Unity Hospital along with two sleeping rooms. In 2024, the Organization launched a Hospital Cart at RGH. In May 2025, House to Home a mobile medical unit launched, offering enhanced telehealth services and comprehensive support for medically complex children and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 64.6%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: 7.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.75; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 64.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $185K · 32 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $175K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.