Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador

150 Clinch Crescent
St. John's, NL A1B 1X0
Executive Director: Annette Godsell
Board Chair: Theresa Rahal

Charitable Reg. #:85050 2865 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 1/5]

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements available only upon request.

A

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Low

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

67%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 67 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador:

Ronald McDonald House of Newfoundland and Labrador is a one-star charity with low demonstrated impact. It has a high results reporting grade, but is not financially transparent. For every dollar donated to the charity, 67 cents are available to go to the cause, which is just within Ci's reasonable range. The charity has reserve funds that can cover over seven years of its annual program costs. Read Ci's report before making a donation to this charity.

Founded in 2012, Ronald McDonald House of Newfoundland and Labrador (RMHNL) provides accommodation for sick children and their families who travel to receive pediatric treatment at Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John’s. RMHNL is one of the 365 international Ronald McDonald Houses and one of the 16 within Canada. RMHNL’s house has 15 family suites, each equipped with two queen beds. Families have access to a resource centre, laundry facilities, children play areas, and a family movie theatre. The charity asks families to contribute $15 per night, but no family is turned away if they are unable to pay.

In F2022 RMHNL spent $796k on its program, including $292k in donated goods and services in kind. The charity’s only program is its Ronald McDonald House. RMHNL’s F2022 annual report was not available at the time of this review. Ci used the F2021 annual report instead.

RMHNL provided 3,370 nights of accommodation to 141 sick children in F2021. The average length of stay was 16 nights. 27% of families come from eastern Newfoundland, 26% from central Newfoundland, 22% from both western Newfoundland and Labrador-Grenfell area. The remaining 3% is from out of province.

The charity runs eight subprograms within its Ronald McDonald House. Some include the Home for Dinner program, where the charity cooks a meal for a family after a stressful day; a Baked Goods program; a Recreation Room program; and a Magic Room program. In F2021, RMHNL received 277 visits to its magic room, provided 89 baked goods, 227 meals through home for dinner, and prepared 7,945 meals.

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Results and Impact

Ronald McDonald House of Newfoundland and Labrador estimates it saved families $690,850 in accommodation costs. Costs include housing, parking, meals, access to kitchen, and laundry.

Charity Intelligence has given Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland a Low impact rating for demonstrated impact per dollar.

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

RMHNL's audited financial statements are not available on its website. Ci received the financial statements after requesting them from the charity. 

Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador received $1.8m in donations and special events revenue in F2022. The charity also received $292k in donated goods and services in kind. Administrative costs are 9% of revenue (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 25% of donations. This results in total overhead spending of 33%. For every dollar donated to the charity, 67 cents are available to go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

RMHNL has $3.8m in reserve funds, which can cover 758%, or seven years and seven months of its annual program costs.

The charity misfiled its number of full time employees on its F2022 T3010 compensation. Ci reported eight based on the compensation breakdown provided, but acknowledges that it might be incorrect.

This report is an update that has been sent to Ronald McDonald House Newfoundland and Labrador for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated August 3, 2023 by Liam Chapleau.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 8.7%9.0%7.0%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 24.5%22.4%29.3%
Total overhead spending 33.2%31.4%36.3%
Program cost coverage (%) 758.0%708.7%613.6%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202220212020
Donations 1,230,805761,273670,824
Goods in kind 291,704216,720207,247
Government funding 032,637113,629
Fees for service 39,50830,28528,900
Special events 565,023684,401445,483
Investment income 35,30623,33139,032
Other income 8,9708,856112,027
Total revenues 2,171,3161,757,5031,617,142
Program costs 503,950520,420510,801
Donated goods exp 291,704216,720207,247
Administrative costs 185,805155,967109,951
Fundraising costs 439,547323,492327,368
Total spending 1,421,0061,216,5991,155,366
Cash flow from operations 750,310540,904461,776
Capital spending 737,67390,9981,147,180
Funding reserves 3,819,7633,687,9993,134,487

Note: Ci removed amortization from expenses on a pro-rata basis. Ci included donated goods in the amount of $292k in F2022, $217k in F2021, and $207k in F2020, and removed it from donations and program expenses. Ci included investment income, impacting expenses by $35k in F2022, $23k in F2021, and $39k in F2020.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 8

Avg. compensation: $60,092

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
1
$40k - $80k
3
< $40k
4

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2022

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www:rmhcnl.ca
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