Ronald Mcdonald House of Chapel Hill Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561413188
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9192869305
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,067,902
- Expenses
- $1,322,831
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM GOODWIN (PRESIDENT)
- ELIZABETH MAUCH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MATT COWARD (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- OIE OSTERKAMP (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- NANCY MAEDER (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM): $76,155 total reported compensation
- OIE OSTERKAMP (INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $34,391 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide a home-away-from-home for families of seriously ill children who must travel from across nc and beyond for specialized medical treatment at area hospitals. In addition to safe and supportive accommodations in close proximity to unc children's hospital, the ronald mcdonald house of chapell hill provides a comprehensive mix of creative and participatory services designed to activiely engage all family members, create a community of support, and ease everday burdens so families can focus on what matters most - the health and well-being of their children.
What it reported doing in 2023
2023 was an extraordinary year. On july 1, rmh of chapel hill formally merged with rmh of durham & wake to form ronald mcdonald house charities of the triangle, a partnership that had been underway for two years. All of our programs remain open, and growing. We hosted 482 families for 6,810 nights of hospitality at ronald mcdonald house from january thru june 2023. In addition, our ronald mcdonald family room at unc children's hospital hosted 643 respite visits for families of seriously ill children. 2023 also culminated in the organization of a new in-hospital program at unc, the ronald mcdonald hospitality kiosk, designed to support the families of babies in the unc newborn critical care center. All programs are offered to families of seriously ill children at no cost, thanks to the generous partnership of our volunteers and donors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $76K · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2012 to 2023
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.