North Carolina · Nonprofit
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,948,531 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,343,141). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $4.9M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc does
Mission
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination for pediatric care and research; however, many families face increasing financial, geographic, and emotional challenges when seeking treatment for their children.RMHC of GC offers three core programs that keep families close to the care their children need. The Ronald McDonald House, a 28-bedroom facility, provides private accommodation, daily meals, kitchen access, laundry facilities, play areas, and shared spaces for families traveling to Charlotte for pediatric treatment. The Family Room at Carolines Corner, located inside Hemby Childrens Hospital, offers on-site support including meals, shower and laundry facilities, essential supplies, and a quiet space for respite. The Happy Wheels hospitality carts deliver refreshments, activities, and comfort it
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The presence of family is an essential part of the healing process for children battling illness or recovering from injury. When families must travel to Charlotte for medical care, they often face significant emotional, financial, and logistical challenges in finding affordable accommodation. The Ronald McDonald House provides a safe, affordable, and caring home-away-from-home that allows families to remain close to their child and their care team. All services, supplies, and support are provided free of charge. In 2024, guest families saved an estimated $1.7 million in expenses by staying at the Ronald McDonald House for nearly 8,600 total nights. Hospital-based programs, including the Family Room at Carolines Corner and Happy Wheels Hospitality Carts, also experienced significant growth. By expanding operating hours, adding a new service location, and increasing staff and volunteer engagement, these programs served more than 5,600 families in 2024 a 42% increase over the prior year. New initiatives, including meal services and community activity programming, continue to strengthen the organizations hospital impact and enhance the support provided to families during their childs…
$1,953,054 spent$649,176 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,953,054.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $16M (+19%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
67% of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Denise Cubbedge
CEO
Board chair
Christopher Sellitti
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $194k → $540k.
17 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 49% · 2019 29% · 2020 33% · 2021 45% · 2022 40% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $914k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc?
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,948,531 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,343,141). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $4,948,531 in grants to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc?
- Ronald McDonald House Global is the largest funder on record, with $2,343,141 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 72 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing