Ronald Mcdonald House of Scranton Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Ronald mcdonald house scranton provides essential services, free of charge, that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. When a child requires medical care, families often face challenges that extend far beyond a diagnosis. Travel, lodging, meals, financial pressures, and the daily demands of caring for a hospitalized child can create significant hardship and stress. Ronald mcdonald house scranton responds by providing a continuum of support that helps families remain together and focused on their childs care. At ronald mcdonald house scranton, families traveling for treatment have access to overnight accomodations, meals, laundry facilities, transportation assistance, pyschosocial support, and everyday necessities in a welcoming and supportive environment. Within healthcare settings, the organization operates ronald mcdonald house family rooms and hospitality programs at allied services scranton, moses taylor hospital, and geisinger Wyoming valley medical center. Through family rooms, hospitality care carts, hospitality to go bags, and other supportive services, families receive comfort, resources, and practical assistance while remaining close to their child during treatment. As families prepare to return home, ronald mcdonald house scranton continues its support through home to home programming and other family assistance initiatives that provide essential items and resources needed following hospitalization. Through these progams and services, the organization helps families navigate the challenges of childhood illness while reducing barriers to care and strengthening family stability. Services provided by ronald mcdonald house scranton are designed to address the practical and emotional needs families experience throughout a childs healthcare journey. Support may include emergency assistance, transportation assistance, meals, laundy services, everyday necessities, family support resources, and alternative lodging arrangements when accomodations at the house are unavailable. Hospital based programs provide families with respite, hospitality services, comfort items, meals, and access to resources that help ease the burden of extended medical treatment. Home to home programming further supports families by providing essential items needed as children transition from hospital to home. By delivering these services free of charge, ronald mcdonald house scranton helps families remain present, engaged, and supported while their child receives critical care.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 61.6%; rating input score 62
• Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 50.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.88; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings