Charity profile · Historical source record

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana

EIN 36-3532553Health Illinois Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

We believe when a child is sick, a family is sick.

We exist so families can get better together

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.23Overall score
out of 100

79.51Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$9,862,350

Total expenses · USD$9,572,947

Program expenses

$6,959,532.47 recorded amount

72.7%

Fundraising expenses

$1,330,639.63 recorded amount

13.9%

Administrative expenses

$1,263,629.00 recorded amount

13.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Holly Buckendahl
Recorded compensation: $228,748.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.38%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	We exist so families can get better together
`ein` EIN	36-3532553
`tot_exp` Total expenses	9572947.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.132
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.15
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.139
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.727
`fscore` Financial score	79.51
`leader` Recorded leader	Holly Buckendahl
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	228748.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.023799999999999998
`motto` Tagline	We believe when a child is sick, a family is sick.
`name` Charity name	Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9862350.0
`score` Overall score	85.23
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	6959532.469
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1330639.6330000001
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1263629.004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3532553
Source category: Health
Source subcategory: Patient and Family Support
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.