Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta

7726 107 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T6E 4K3
President: Tim James
CEO: Martin Dugas

Website: www.rmhcna.org
Charitable Reg. #: 13347 5368 RR0001

Sector: Social Services - Youth

Operating Charity

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Donor Accountability

Grade: B-

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

Financial Transparency

Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity's website [ Audited financial statement for most recent year ]

Need for Funding

Funding Reserves Program Costs

Spending Breakdown

Cents to The Cause

♦	♦	♦
			95¢



			75¢
			avg
			65¢


			50¢

2013	2014	2015

For a dollar donated, cents funding the cause after fundraising and admin costs, excluding surplus.

Full-time staff #28

Avg. Compensation $58,557

Top 10 Staff Salary Range

$350k +	0
$300k - $350k	0
$250k - $300k	0
$200k - $250k	0
$160k - $200k	1
$120k - $160k	0
$80k - $120k	0
$40k - $80k	9
< $40k	0

Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2015

About Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta:

Founded in 1986, Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta (RMHNA) accommodates families with seriously ill children while they receive treatment in local Edmonton hospitals. RMHNA’s House helps families regain a sense of normalcy while dealing with the emotional and financial challenges related to their child’s medical treatment.

RMHNA’s House offers living quarters and meal services for up to 32 families at a time while their children receive treatment at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital, or Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton. In 2015, operating and facilities expenses made up 70% of program costs. RMHNA housed 1,394 people in 2015, equivalent to 10,977 nights of comfort according to the charity’s 2015 annual report. The report also states that over 48% of the families it housed during the year were from Northern Alberta. The charity offers shuttle services to families staying at the House, driving them to and from the hospital at which their child is receiving treatment. The shuttle made 11,566 trips in 2015.

Ronald McDonald House of Northern Alberta runs a nutrition program called Meals that Mend that supplies breakfast, lunch and dinner to families of seriously ill children staying at the House. Meals that Mend served 836 meals in 2015, a 29% increase from the year before. RMHNA also has a Fuel for Families program that delivers lunches to the Stollery Children’s Hospital – the charity delivered 3,300 lunches in 2015 and states that these lunches saved families over $36,000.

Ronald McDonald House of Northern Alberta also runs education and recreation programs for children staying at the House, which made up 16% of program costs in 2015. The Education program taught 21 students in 2015 from grades one to twelve. RMHNA’s Recreation program runs in conjunction with its Education program and includes field trips and hands-on activities for kids and their families. In 2015, the Recreation program took 535 participants on 54 field trips to places such as the Edmonton Zoo and Telus World of Science.

Financial Review:

Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta is a medium-sized charity with total donations, goods-in-kind and special events revenues of $3.5m in F2015. Administrative costs are 13% of revenues and fundraising costs are 32% of donations, excluding goods-in-kind. $0.45 of every donated dollar goes toward overhead costs, which falls outside Ci’s reasonable range for overhead spending.

The charity holds funding reserves of $6.2m, which can cover annual program costs for 3 years.

This charity report is an update that is currently being reviewed by Ronald McDonald House of Northern Alberta. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.

Updated on July 5, 2016 by Katie Khodawandi.

Financial Ratios Fiscal year ending December	2015	2014	2013
Administrative costs as % of revenues	13.1%	12.5%	22.7%
Fundraising costs as % of donations	31.6%	42.3%	32.2%
Program cost coverage (%)	299.6%	507.1%	586.6%

Summary Financial Statements All figures in $s	2015	2014	2013
Donations	1,403,904	1,037,266	870,661
Goods in kind	560,137	484,931	451,718
Government funding	0	20,850	68,969
Business activities (net)	131,784	131,496	129,408
Special events	1,509,604	1,278,435	1,012,481
Investment income	219,383	489,331	610,109
Other income	11,138	8,279	10,410
Total revenues	3,835,950	3,450,588	3,153,756
Program costs	2,055,240	1,421,917	1,118,593
Administrative costs	473,515	369,353	577,377
Fundraising costs	921,690	979,898	606,417
Cash flow from operations	385,505	679,420	851,369
Funding reserves	6,158,203	7,211,149	6,561,530

Note: Ci backed out investment management fees from gross investment income, lowering total revenues and expenses by $28k in F2015, $33k in F2014 and $27k in F2013. Unrealized losses on investments of $50k in F2015 are also included in investment income. Facility rental revenues are included in business activities and reported gross of expenses. Ci backed out donated goods and services of $560k in F2015, $485k in F2014 and $452k in F2013 from donations. Government funding was gathered from the charity’s T3010 CRA filing and backed out of donations.

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