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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,128,951 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,094,353). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$639k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$0
1/4 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Wisconsin & Southeastern Mn Inc does

Mission

Ronald mcdonald house charities (rmhc) was established in 1994 in memory of mcdonald's corporation founder ray a. Kroc for the purpose of providing grants to not-for-profit organizations which benefit children, thereby helping children reach their fullest potential. Rmhc provides grants that address real problems in a definitive manner and have a measurable impact in four primary areas: health and medical research, including ronald mcdonald house; education and the arts; and civic and social services.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 10 grants provided to area not-for-profit organizations that benefit children. Officers of rmhc determine through a variety of methods the recipient charitable organizations that further rmhc's goals as defined in its mission statement.

    $652,929 spentof which $652,929 as grants
    99% of program spending
  2. 4 scholarships provided to area college students meeting specific criteria.

    $8,000 spentof which $8,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $660,929.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($487k) Expenses 100 ($331k) Net assets 100 ($516k)2018 Revenue 79 ($383k) Expenses 136 ($450k) Net assets 87 ($448k)2019 Revenue 79 ($386k) Expenses 103 ($341k) Net assets 96 ($494k)2020 Revenue 143 ($698k) Expenses 96 ($316k) Net assets 170 ($876k)2021 Revenue 214 ($1.0M) Expenses 206 ($682k) Net assets 239 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 131 ($639k) Expenses 566 ($1.9M) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (131)Expenses (566)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $0 (−100%).

$688k
$499k
$582k
$891k
$1.3M
$0
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$157k
’17
−$67k
’18
$46k
’19
$382k
’20
$358k
’21
−$1.2M
’22
21
months of
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.

Board chair

Richard T Lommen Jr

Chairman

As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.

201720182019202020212022
Listed888888
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $553k → $644k.

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN 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 WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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

100% 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 WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% — 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.

Where its funders are

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state in all.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN 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 Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

62% of spending goes to programs.

Program 62%Management 37%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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 2 states

MN
WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC?
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,128,951 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House Global ($2,094,353). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,128,951 in grants to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC?
Ronald McDonald House Global is the largest funder on record, with $2,094,353 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN & SOUTHEASTERN MN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 4 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