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Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $441,141 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc ($362,045). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$153k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$441k
Net assets
$19M
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 38%
01What it does

What Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation does

Mission

The Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation (FAF) supports the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) by owning the home used by RMHD and maintaining an assistance fund for the benefit of residents of such home. The foundation receives, holds, invests, and manages gifts and contributions dedicated to the maintenance, repair, refurbishment and improvement of such home.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation (FAF) supports the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas (RMHD) by owning the RMHD home-away-from-home for seriously ill or injured children and their families. The House has 77 guest bedrooms, 6 long-term stay suites, and 6 transplant apartments. The transplant apartments are used for children who have received bone marrow, stem cell, or organ transplants who, post transplant, must remain close to the hospital and in an isolated environment. In addition to the bedrooms and suites, the House has many common areas including a library, arts and crafts room, play room, game room, community room, teen room, media room, chapel and meditation garden, splash pad and large outdoor play areas. Additionally the FAF maintains an assistance fund for the benefit of the residents of the Ronald McDonald House. Family Assistance to residents of the RMHD who qualify includes scholarships for former patients, their siblings and parents, cab fare to and from the hospital or airport, and when necessary, assistance with funeral expenses. In 2024 the Family Assistance Foundation provided college scholarships totaling $11,948 to seven former…

    $1,416,695 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,416,695.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($191k) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($24M)2021 Revenue 383 ($731k) Expenses 126 ($1.5M) Net assets 97 ($23M)2022 Revenue 62 ($119k) Expenses 114 ($1.3M) Net assets 92 ($22M)2023 Revenue 50 ($94k) Expenses 123 ($1.5M) Net assets 86 ($21M)2024 Revenue 80 ($153k) Expenses 131 ($1.5M) Net assets 80 ($19M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (80)Expenses (131)Net assets (80)Peer revenue range

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 $21M to $20M (−7%).

$24M
$23M
$22M
$21M
$20M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

7% of Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$991k
’20
−$755k
’21
−$1.2M
’22
−$1.4M
’23
−$1.4M
’24
22
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

Nancy Skochdopole

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed55555
Joined·+0+1+0+2
No longer listed·0102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $55k → $43k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation’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 of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% 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 of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation.

82%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 55% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation's grant income comes from Texas funders.

TX

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−912% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve22.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 1%Fundraising 7%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc · exempt
  • continued · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation?
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $441,141 to it, the largest being Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc ($362,045). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $441,141 in grants to Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation?
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc is the largest funder on record, with $362,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Family Assistance Foundation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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