Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southern Arizona Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953526934
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5203260060
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,495,683
Expenses
$3,279,687
Assets
$19,030,960
Liabilities
$212,722

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT MATLICK (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT MATLICK (PRESIDENT/CEO): $164,371 total reported compensation
  • YVETTE MIRANDA (BUSINESS MANAGER): $102,183 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. We have six core programs: the ronald mcdonald house, two ronald mcdonald family room programs (at banner diamond children's and tucson medical center), two ronald mcdonald care mobile programs (one a partnership with chiricahua community health centers, inc. In cochise county and the other with mhc healthcare in marana), and the sibling center at the banner diamond children's play zone.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ronald mcdonald house charities of southern Arizona owns and operates a 27-bedroom house in tucson, Arizona that provides temporary housing for families of seriously ill children who must leave their communities to seek medical care for their children. The house serves families of children receiving treatment at banner university medical center, tucson medical center, carondelet st. Joseph's hospital, and other clinics in the tucson area. In 2025, 341 families stayed at the ronald mcdonald house for a total of 6,751 "family nights". Families of seriously ill children age 21 and under are eligible to stay at the ronald mcdonald house. They can be referred to the house by a social worker, nurse, doctor, or other medical professionals or can self refer. They are eligible to stay as long as their child is receiving medical care at no charge. The house is also an approved lodging facility for families covered by Arizona's medicaid program (ahcccs).

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 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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.6%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th 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: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • 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: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 25th 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: 56.2%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.8; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.6% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 21 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 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: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.