Charity profile · Historical source record

Ronald McDonald House Houston

EIN 74-1984499Health Texas Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Sharing the strength of our home

Since 1981, Ronald McDonald House Houston has been serving families with children undergoing treatment for life-threatening illnesses at Texas Medical Center institutions. We offer loving, home-like environments, where families can find support and share experiences with others, including in-hospital facilities and a freestanding 50-bedroom home for longer term stays. Ronald McDonald House Houston offers a home away from home providing care, compassion and hope to families with seriously ill children being treated in Texas Medical Center member institutions. We are proud to offer a safe and loving environment to all families of children facing a life threatening condition, including those in need of an organ transplant or fighting cancer.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.80Overall score
out of 100

83.01Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & 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$9,274,198

Total expenses · USD$4,489,475

Program expenses

$3,304,253.60 recorded amount

73.6%

Fundraising expenses

$799,126.55 recorded amount

17.8%

Administrative expenses

$381,605.38 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 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: Leslie Bourne
Recorded compensation: $202,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.49%

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

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All 23 original fields for Ronald McDonald House Houston
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Health
`description` Mission & description	Since 1981, Ronald McDonald House Houston has been serving families with children undergoing treatment for life-threatening illnesses at Texas Medical Center institutions. We offer loving, home-like environments, where families can find support and share experiences with others, including in-hospital facilities and a freestanding 50-bedroom home for longer term stays. Ronald McDonald House Houston offers a home away from home providing care, compassion and hope to families with seriously ill children being treated in Texas Medical Center member institutions. We are proud to offer a safe and loving environment to all families of children facing a life threatening condition, including those in need of an organ transplant or fighting cancer.
`ein` EIN	74-1984499
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4489475.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.17800000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.736
`fscore` Financial score	83.01
`leader` Recorded leader	Leslie Bourne
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	202000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0449
`motto` Tagline	Sharing the strength of our home
`name` Charity name	Ronald McDonald House Houston
`tot_rev` Total revenue	9274198.0
`score` Overall score	87.8
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Patient and Family Support
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3304253.6
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	799126.55
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	381605.375

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.