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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,934 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($80,834). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $87k
- Net assets
- $0
What Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bay Area does
Mission
Make contributions and grants to organizations which engage in educating children, providing for the essential needs of children or carrying on research as to diseases and other disorders of children, or the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment thereof.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Financial support allocations - bay area ronald mcdonald houses in san francisco and palo alto. Through grants to the ronald mcdonald houses, the chapter helps in providing a comfortable, supportive residence for the families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. Ronald mcdonald houses serve as a temporary residence near the medical facility where family members can sleep, eat, relax, and find support from other families in similar situations.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $1k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 THE BAY AREA’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 THE BAY AREA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE BAY AREA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
99% of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA?
- RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,934 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($80,834). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $86,934 in grants to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $80,834 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BAY AREA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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