Ronald McDonald House Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana

Analysis

Ronald McDonald House Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is a registered charity in United States, based in Hines, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ronald McDonald House Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana reported income of $13.3m and spending of $16.2m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $13.5m to $13.3m (-1.4%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ronald McDonald House Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Sisters of the Poor of the State of Pennsylvania ($13.3m), Partners for Kids and Families Inc ($13.3m) and Washington City Mission Inc ($13.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 2.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $516k (3.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.4m. It paid $805k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $66.9m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $64.8m. It reported 123 employees.