Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta

111 West Campus Place NW
Calgary, AB T3B 2R6
CEO: Jason Evanson
Board Chair: Richard Gil

Charitable Reg. #:11915 7402 RR0001

STAR RATING

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

[Charity Rating: 1/5]

✔+

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.

B+

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.

63%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 63 cents are available for programs.



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OVERVIEW

About Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta:

Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta is a one-star charity with low demonstrated impact. It has a B+ results reporting grade, which is above average. For every dollar donated to the charity, 63 cents are available to go to the cause, which is outside Ci's reasonable range. The charity's reserves can cover over six years of its annual program costs. Read Ci's report before donating. 

Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta merged with Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta in 2018. The merged charity is now called Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta and operates using (the former) Southern Alberta's charitable registration number. Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta (RMHCA) supports families with seriously ill children while they receive treatment in local hospitals. RMHCA reports that every year in Alberta 8,000 seriously ill children need to travel more than 100km round trip to access health care. RMHCA’s Houses help families regain a sense of normalcy while dealing with emotional and financial challenges related to their child’s medical treatment. The charity asks families that stay at its Houses to pay $12 per night, but reports no family will be turned away if they are unable to pay. 

Ronald McDonald House Charities Alberta’s Houses are in Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, and Calgary. In F2022, the charity provided 22,000 nights of comfort to 1,213 families. The average length of stay was 17 nights in Edmonton and Calgary and five nights in Red Deer and Medicine Hat. RMHCA served 311 communities in F2022, of which 288 were within Alberta. The charity has 87 rooms across Alberta: Edmonton has 38, Calgary has 32, Red Deer has 11, and Medicine Hat has six.  

The charity reports that it was only able to meet 14% of the total need for its services and that nine out of ten eligible families must be turned away due to lack of space. Due to this, RMHCA is building new facilities that will triple its capacity in Calgary and Edmonton. Construction will begin in 2023.

RMHCA has operated Canada’s only Ronald McDonald Care Mobile for the past nine years. The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Unit is a 40-foot van that provides free medical, dental, and health education services directly to underserved families. This van was repurposed to support mothers and newborns in an isolated environment during covid-19. The van was retired in February 2021.

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Results and Impact

Charity Intelligence was unable to find any quantified outcomes on the charity’s website or annual report. 

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

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

RMHCA received $8.2m in donations in F2022, of which $1.4m came from Ronald McDonald House Canada and Ronald McDonald House Global Funding. The charity also received $1.0m of donated goods in kind. Administrative costs are 11% of revenue (excluding investment income), and fundraising costs are 26% of donations excluding related-party contributions. This results in total overhead spending of 37%, for every dollar donated to the charity, 63 cents are available to go to the cause, which is outside Ci’s reasonable range.

The charity has $26.1m in reserve funds, which can cover 619%, or six years and two months of its annual program costs.

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

Updated on August 23, 2023 by Liam Chapleau.

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202220212020
Administrative costs as % of revenues 10.8%10.1%9.3%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 25.8%28.8%29.5%
Total overhead spending 36.6%38.9%38.8%
Program cost coverage (%) 618.6%748.9%665.0%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $000s
202220212020
Donations 8,2147,8233,861
Goods in kind 1,0341,341864
Government funding 05381,286
Fees for service 356267266
Special events 002,019
Investment income (2,153)1,2941,154
Other income (187)(530)916
Total revenues 7,26410,73410,367
Program costs 4,2143,7933,914
Donated goods exp 1,0341,341858
Administrative costs 1,015951852
Fundraising costs 1,7601,6611,215
Total spending 8,0237,7466,839
Cash flow from operations (760)2,9873,528
Capital spending 1,663838878
Funding reserves 26,06728,40426,026

Note: To report on a cash basis, Ci included deferred contributions, impacting revenue by ($205k) in F2022, ($540k) in F2021, and $911k in F2020. Deferred contributions were included in other revenue as RMHCA did not disclose the source. Ci included deferred donated goods and services, impacting revenue and expenses by $1.0m in F2022, $1.3m in F2021, and ($nil) in F2020. Ci included investment income, impacting revenue by ($2.2m) in F2022, $1.3m in F2021, and $1.2m in F2020.

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 48

Avg. compensation: $61,795

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
1
$120k - $160k
1
$80k - $120k
3
$40k - $80k
5
< $40k
0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2021

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Comments & Contact

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Charity Contact

Website: www.rmhcalberta.org
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 403-340-2007

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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001