Ronald Mcdonald House Charities- Philadelphia Region Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232705170
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
8565826843
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,803,050
Expenses
$1,614,410
Assets
$1,408,486
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA PILLA-ABBONIZIO (PRESIDENT)
  • JOE PANY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONNA PILLA-ABBONIZIO (PRESIDENT)
  • JOE PANY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT TRAA (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ronald mcdonald's house charities(r)(rmhc(r)) of the philadelphia region, inc. Is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation that creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children in the community. The charity helps "keep families" closely each night at its four local ronald mcdonald houses in philadelphia, southern New Jersey and Delaware. The charity also operates a mobile dental care unit for underserved children via the st. Christropher's foundation for children ronald mcdonald care mobile, as well as areas of respite in 17 area hospitals with ronald mcdonald family rooms. For the past nine years, the charity has partnered with cbs3, philadelphia's local cbs affiliate, to host the "change the luck of a child" telethon benefitting the local charity.

What it reported doing in 2018

Rmhc grant program awards hundreds of thousands of dollars to various ronald mcdonald houses throughout the greater philadelphia region in support of the health and well-being of children in the community. Grants are funded through support from mcdonald's owner/operators, corporate donors, mcdonald's corporation, as well as mcdonald's customers every time they drop change in an rmhc canister or purcahse a happy meal at a mcdonald's restaurant. The rmhc board reviews and votes to approve grant applications during two cycles (fall & spring) during each calendar year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.6%; rating input score 99; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.