Arizona · Nonprofit
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,402,104 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,186,778). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.5M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern Arizona Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. We have six core programs: the ronald mcdonald house, two ronald mcdonald family room programs (at banner diamond children's and tucson medical center), two ronald mcdonald care mobile programs (one a partnership with chiricahua community health centers, inc. In cochise county and the other with mhc healthcare in marana), and the sibling center at the banner diamond children's play zone.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ronald mcdonald house charities of southern arizona owns and operates a 27-bedroom house in tucson, arizona that provides temporary housing for families of seriously ill children who must leave their communities to seek medical care for their children. The house serves families of children receiving treatment at banner university medical center, tucson medical center, carondelet st. Joseph's hospital, and other clinics in the tucson area. In 2025, 341 families stayed at the ronald mcdonald house for a total of 6,751 "family nights". Families of seriously ill children age 21 and under are eligible to stay at the ronald mcdonald house. They can be referred to the house by a social worker, nurse, doctor, or other medical professionals or can self refer. They are eligible to stay as long as their child is receiving medical care at no charge. The house is also an approved lodging facility for families covered by arizona's medicaid program (ahcccs).
$1,978,196 spent$257,094 earned by the program81% of program spendingThe ronald mcdonald family room programs at banner children's diamond children's medical center and tucson medical center extends of the services of ronald mcdonald house of southern arizona. The family rooms serve all pediatric in-patient families at both hospitals. They are special places within the hospitals, near the neonatal intensive care unit, where families can relax and regroup while still being close to their child. During 2025, we saw 10,270 visits to the family rooms.
$123,484 spent5% of program spendingThe ronald mcdonald care mobile programs, in partnership with chiricahua community health centers, inc. (cchci) and mhc healthcare (mhc), bring dental care to children in cochise county and pima county, respectively. Our clinical service providers reported 1,673 dental visits (most of these are children who would otherwise not be able to see a dentist) and 1,295 health education visits. The program operated by cchci primarily serves schoolchildren at the school site, as there is a severe shortage of dental providers in the county. The program operated by marana health augments their medical clinics and visits other community programs as well.
$206,010 spent8% of program spendingThe ronald mcdonald house charities of southern arizona sibling center is adjacent to the play zone at banner diamond children's medical center. The sibling center offers families a place where their non-patient children can receive creative play and be the center of attention. The sibling center is staffed by child life assistants, who in addition to giving caregivers the opportunity to have focused conversations with their child's medical providers, can also assess the siblings' ability to cope with the medical situation.
$134,440 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,442,130.
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 2024 to 2025, from $15M to $19M (+29%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Scott Matlick
President/CEO
Board chair
Lisa Stutz
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $18k → $506k.
13 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 95% · 2019 39% · 2020 60% · 2021 71% · 2022 56% · 2023 71% — 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
40% of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA 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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $644k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC?
- RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC (Arizona) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,402,104 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,186,778). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $3,402,104 in grants to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC?
- Ronald McDonald House Global is the largest funder on record, with $2,186,778 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 35 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