Ronald McDonald House Ottawa

407 Smyth Rd
Ottawa, ON K1H 8M8
CEO: Christine Hardy
Board Chair: Danny Baldwin

Charitable Reg. #:11905 1480 RR0001

STAR RATING

Ci's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics:

[Charity Rating: 1/5]

FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

Audited financial statements available only through official request for information from Charities Directorate.

D+

RESULTS REPORTING

Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.

Low

DEMONSTRATED IMPACT

The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.

NEED FOR FUNDING

Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.

71%

CENTS TO THE CAUSE

For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 71 cents are available for programs.

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OVERVIEW

About Ronald McDonald House Ottawa:

Ronald McDonald House Ottawa is a 1-star charity with a low results reporting grade. It is not financially transparent and the charity has funding reserves which can cover almost 11 years of annual program costs. 

Founded in 1993, Ronald McDonald House Ottawa (RMHO), formally known as National Capital Children’s Oncology Care, is a home away from home for sick children and their families. RMHO is one of 12 Ronald McDonald house chapters across Canada helping the families of children diagnosed with serious illness or injury when they must travel for their child's treatment.  

Ronald McDonald House Ottawa runs a family room in Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and operates a house near the hospital where families can stay.  

RMHO’s house offers private rooms, a communal kitchen, game rooms, and space to relax outside the hospital. It runs a meal program where volunteers come in to cook for the house guests. RMHO reports that it has 14 guest suites to offer families.  

RMHO’s family room is a place where family members can do laundry, heat up food, shower and rest when they can’t leave the hospital. It also has four bedrooms with private bathrooms.  

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Results and Impact

Charity Intelligence did not find any reported outcomes on the charity’s website. This may not be a complete representation of Ronald McDonald House Ottawa’s results and impact.  

Charity Intelligence has evaluated Ronald McDonald House Ottawa and found the charity to have Low demonstrated impact per dollar.  

Impact Rating: Low

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Finances

Ronald McDonald House Ottawa received donations and special events revenues of $941k in F2020. It also received $115k in government funding. Its administrative costs were 6% of revenues (excluding investment income) and fundraising costs were 23% of donations excluding grants from Ronald McDonald House Charities. This results in total overhead spending of 29%. For every dollar donated, 71 cents go to the cause, which is within Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.  

RMHO has total funding reserves of $6.7m which could cover almost 11 years of annual program costs.  

This report is an update which has been sent to Ronald McDonald House Ottawa for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.  

Updated August 30, 2022 by Emma Saganowich.  

Financial Review


Financial Ratios

Fiscal year ending December
202020192018
Administrative costs as % of revenues 6.2%8.8%4.9%
Fundraising costs as % of donations 23.0%20.5%18.8%
Total overhead spending 29.2%29.3%23.7%
Program cost coverage (%) 1,098.6%1,065.8%873.3%

Summary Financial Statements

All figures in $s
202020192018
Donations 415,739409,431313,565
Government funding 115,32100
Special events 524,831691,074668,852
Investment income 122,383446,929(90,832)
Other income 140,981126,108124,219
Total revenues 1,319,2551,673,5421,015,804
Program costs 612,423613,258664,813
Administrative costs 73,777107,45254,042
Fundraising costs 216,221225,822125,560
Total spending 902,421946,532844,415
Cash flow from operations 416,834727,010171,389
Capital spending 47,34016,282141,436
Funding reserves 6,728,1846,536,1965,805,751

Note: Ci included investment income, affecting revenues by $122k in F2020, $447k in F2019, and ($91k) in F2018.  

Salary Information

Full-time staff: 6

Avg. compensation: $77,312

Top 10 staff salary range:

$350k +
0
$300k - $350k
0
$250k - $300k
0
$200k - $250k
0
$160k - $200k
0
$120k - $160k
0
$80k - $120k
2
$40k - $80k
2
< $40k
2

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2020

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Charity Contact

Website: www.rmhottawa.com
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Charitable Registration Number: 80340 7956 RR0001