Ronald McDonald House

Legal name: Ronald McDonald House Global

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362934689
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8557202571
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,535,982
Expenses
$137,938,261
Assets
$328,947,036
Liabilities
$20,694,184

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Katie Fitzgerald (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Alex Dimitrief (Trustee, Chairman)
  • Eduardo Sanchez (Trustee, Vice Chair)
  • Jeffrey Davis (Trustee, 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create, find, and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support of ronald mcdonald house local chapters worldwide: ronald mcdonald house is a system of independent, separately registered public benefit organizations, referred to as "chapters" by ronald mcdonald house global. Ronald mcdonald house global ensures delivery of the mission across the globe by building and sustaining a robust infrastructure of support for chapters. This includes operations, licensing and compliance, finance, risk management, communications, marketing and development. Following are the activities conducted by ronald mcdonald house global to support the chapters: (1) ronald mcdonald house: ronald mcdonald house global provided grants totaling $5,816,000 for new and expanding ronald mcdonald house programs. The ronald mcdonald house program provides comfort, support and resources for families with children who are sick. (continued on schedule o)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -2.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.38; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $119.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 31 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $19.8M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 239 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 125 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.