Kentucky · Nonprofit
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,581,454 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,481,418). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass Inc does
Mission
The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities (rmhc) of the bluegrass is to provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families and promote healing when children need healthcare.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
House program - when children must travel long distances to access top medical care, accommodation and support for families can be expensive or not readily available. Rmhc opened in 1984 and helps families stay close to their ill or injured child through the ronald mcdonald house program located in lexington, kentucky. The program provides temporary lodging, meals and other support to children and their families. The program also provides families with emotional and physical comfort and increases the caregivers' ability to spend more time with their child, to interact with their clinical care team, and to participate in critical medical care decisions.
$1,508,426 spent$106,740 earned by the program81% of program spendingFamily room program - when a child is critically ill, parents may be reluctant to leave the hospital. In order to provide comfort and support to their child, it is important that parents have an opportunity to rest, have a meal or have a moment of quiet. Located inside medical care facilities, the ronald mcdonald family room program within uk healthcare's kentucky children's hospital serves as a place of respite, relaxation, and privacy for family members, often just steps away from where their child is being treated. The ronald mcdonald family room program provides parents with an opportunity to remain close to their hospitalized child and to be an active member of their child's health care team. Care carts are a local program operated under the family room umbrella and are stocked with snacks, toys, activity books, and specialty items for children undergoing chemotherapy and other specialized treatments, all at no cost to the children and their family. Care carts also vist patient rooms whose families can not leave their child's bedside even for a moment so they can receive the nourishment and care they need.
$172,213 spent9% of program spendingCare mobile- the care mobile program provides access to pediatric medical and or health education services for children living in underserved communities. The rmcm program is breaking down the barriers to health care, expanding critical health care access and extending the charity's reach to countless underserved children. The rmcm program serves children that are at great risk of developing acute conditions, chronic diseases, and even serious lifelong illnesses. Through partnerships with local healthcare organizations, the rmcm is bringing clinical services and health education directly to those in need, so children can receive high quality and convenient care right in their own hometown.
$109,500 spent6% of program spendingThe organization made a grant of $70,000 to the ronald mcdonald house trust fund to preserve and invest for the future benefit of the ronald mcdonald house of the bluegrass.
$70,000 spentof which $70,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,860,139.
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 $5.3M to $7.3M (+40%).
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.
97% of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% 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
Nathan Graham
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $37k → $528k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 BLUEGRASS INC’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 BLUEGRASS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 BLUEGRASS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 50% · 2019 44% · 2020 58% · 2021 63% · 2022 65% · 2023 73% — growing more concentrated.
“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
55% of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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 THE BLUEGRASS INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $855k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 THE BLUEGRASS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% 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 50 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ronald McDonald House Trust Fund · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC?
- RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,581,454 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,481,418). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $3,581,454 in grants to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC?
- Ronald McDonald House Global is the largest funder on record, with $2,481,418 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE BLUEGRASS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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