Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Southwest Virginia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
541244769
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Roanoke, VA, USA
Phone
5408570770
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,613,752
Expenses
$1,037,376
Assets
$3,626,320
Liabilities
$26,826

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALEX BRENDEL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHANNON BOOTHE (EXECUTIVE DI): $100,150 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary exempt purpose is to provide comfort and care for families of children who must travel outside their own community to seek medical treatment in roanoke valley hospitals. The organization keeps families close by providing a house that offers families a respite area close to the hospital - a room of their own with a bath, kitchen, laundry facilities and toys for the children.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ronald mcdonald house provides temporary lodging for the families of critically ill children who must leave their home communities to undergo specialized medical treatment in the roanoke valley. The eighteen-bedroom house provided 4,297 nights for families needing lodging. Each family is provided a private bedroom and bathroom which can accommodate at least four adults. The house provided breakfast, lunch and dinner for guests using food purchased by donations or food provided through in-kind or monetary donations made by hundreds of individual groups and community members. The house also provides free laundry facilities, a toy room, a playground, and library equipped with a computer with internet access for families. The house accepts room donations from families; however, no family has a financial obligation to donate. The average house stay is approximately 21 nights. In addition to lodging, the house provided food boxes and gifts for all major holidays throughout the year to over 255 families and children. Almost 362 volunteers worked to help fulfill the mission of rmhc sw-va.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.9%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.3%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.5; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.9% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $651K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 25/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.