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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tristate Inc

To provide benefits to local youth in area communities by donating money to various local tax-exempt organizations and programs (I.e.

$961k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$945kEducation$484kYouth Development$20kReligion$10kInternational$10kArts & Culture$7kCrime & Legal$6k
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $898,841, the rows itemized in this filing. The $960,955 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $62,114 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $242k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $174k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF OHIO VALLEY$400,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES ST LOUIS$90,000
MCCRACKEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$83,808
FRANKFORT CUSD 168$38,565
PADUCAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS$28,588
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$26,480
ST MARY SCHOOL SYSTEM$25,035
MOUNT VERNON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 80$24,091
CALDWELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$19,557
MAYFIELD ROTARY CLUB$14,500
KENTUCKY SHERIFF'S RANCH$14,200
CRITTENDEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$10,556
GRACE LIFE CHURCH$10,396
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
STARFISH ORPHAN MINISTRY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%STARFISH ORPHAN MINISTRY: $10k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 8 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
3

Total granted

$1.2M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
-7%

Still filing today

38%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $445k · revenue +76%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +108%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $200k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • BH
    Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue -55%
  • CW
    CHILD WATCH COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Indiana-Michiana Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of indiana - michiana is to provide a "home-away-from-home" for families of seriously ill children.

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2
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of South

At ronald mcdonald house, we provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois (RMHCCI) provides programs to support the well-being of children and provides a home away from home for families with children receiving medical care.

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4
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Tampa Bay Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of tampa bay (rmhctb) is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Ne Kansas Inc

To provide lodging to families of hospitalized children at an affordable cost, or no cost, based on need through operation of the ronald mcdonald house.

Health
6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Columbia Sc

Ronald mcdonald house charities columbia, sc creates, funds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families.

Human Services
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Dayton

Ronald mcdonald house charities of dayton's mission is to provide community, comfort, and hope to families of seriously ill children.

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8
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Indiana Inc

To provide a supportive home-away-from-home for families of children receiving medical care at riley children's health and other area hospitals.

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9
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of eastern wisconsin, inc. keeps families together and promotes the health and well-being of children. the organization provides a home environment and supportive family programs.

Health
10
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Eastern North Carolina Inc

The ronald mcdonald houses of eastern north carolina provide a temporary home, support and access to medical care for families of children who are receiving treatment from area medical facilities.

Health
11
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Maryland Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of maryland, inc. provides a home away from home for seriously ill children and their families.

Human Services
12
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of North Carolina Inc

Through support of ronald mcdonald houses in north carolina, rmhc of nc keeps families close to their sick or injured children while they receive treatment at hospitals in our state. rmhc of nc also provides grants to nc charities that…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Kentuckiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kentucky Sheriffs' Boys & Girls Ranch Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $310,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUISMCCRACKEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $117,942 · OtherMCCRACKEN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTFRANKFORT CUSD 168: $38,565 · OtherCaldwell County Schools: $36,294 · OtherPADUCAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $36,088 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $26,480 · Other+18 more: $215,143 · Other+18 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $445,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $200,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC+1 more: $11,038 · HealthMAYFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 · EducationSTARFISH ORPHAN MINISTRY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHILD WATCH COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $6,440 · Crime & LegalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$780,512Health$656,038Education$14,500Human Services$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Crime & Legal$6,440Youth Development$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $445,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS: $310,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $200,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $26,480 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAYFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetKENTUCKY SHERIFFS' BOYS & GIRLS RANCH TRUST: $14,200 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc: $11,038 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTARFISH ORPHAN MINISTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSouthern Illinois Community Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARKET HOUSE THEATRE OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD WATCH COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $6,440 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KENTUCKIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY SHERIFFS' BOYS & GIRLS RANCH TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Baptist Health Foundation Paducah Inc ↗
  • Who funds STARFISH ORPHAN MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Illinois Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MARKET HOUSE THEATRE OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD WATCH COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation of West KyincKY22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of West Kyinc · Jobs for Kentucky's Graduates Inc · Ray & Kay Eckstein Charitable Trust · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · The Wm M & a Cafaro Family Foundation · Share Our Strength · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tristate Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tristate Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tristate Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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