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Name:	Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati
Address:	350 Erkenbrecher Avenue
	Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone:	(513) 636-7642
Web Address:	www.rmhcincinnati.org

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati (RMHC) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati (RMHC) provides a supportive “home away from home” for families of serious ill children who are receiving treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and other area hospitals. Currently RHMC houses approximately 1,000 families per year with an average stay of 27 days. Families can contribute a minimal donation of $25 per night, but no one is turned away due to the inability to contribute. (The actual cost to operate a room is $97 per day, but guests donate only an average of $10.79 per day.) Since 1982, Ronald McDonald House has offered support and relief to over 19,000 children and their families through providing a comfortable place to sleep, home-cooked meals, exercise and indoor and outdoor play areas, on-site teachers, and regularly programmed family activities, as well as the chance to relax with and support other families of ill children. The House serves all ages, socioeconomic levels and races, welcoming all families who need a place to rest and support their seriously ill children. In addition to paid personnel, the House is staffed by over 400 guest services volunteers. These individuals work daily to answer phones, prepare guest rooms, give House tours, perform light housekeeping tasks, and provide support to guest families and their children. Additionally, the charity has over 1,000 volunteer groups who come to the House to prepare home-cooked meals and snacks for the families nearly every day of the year. The underlying purpose of the House’s programs is for families of seriously ill children to experience some relief from the emotional, physical, and financial stresses caused by their children’s illnesses and all its rippling effects. Families will then be better able to support their children’s healing.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, RMHC's program expenses were:

Operate Ronald House	1,881,406
Grant Making	27,376
Total Program Expenses:	$1,908,782

Chief Executive : Ms. Jennifer L. Goodin, Executive Director

Compensation*:

$130,481

Chair of the Board: Ms. Felicia Williams
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Senior Vice President, Risk and Financial Services, Macy's Inc.

Board Size: 28

Paid Staff Size: 31

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail appeals, invitations to fundraising events, grant proposals, Internet, planned giving arrangements

Fundraising costs were 18% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $2,310,594, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This charity is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on RMHC's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions - Corporate and Individual	1,094,827
Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments	717,274
Special Events (Net of Expenses of $335,684)	355,002
Contributions - Community / Foundation	323,565
Donated Goods and Services	313,454
Room Donations - Guest Families	268,137
McDonald's Store Donation Boxes	223,746
Interest and Dividends	172,889
Parking Rental and Vending Income	12,196
Loss on Abandonment of Program Furniture	-1,601
Realized Loss on Sale of Investments	-236,837
Total Income	$3,242,652

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 71%  Fund Raising: 16%  Administrative: 11%  Other Expenses: 2%

Total income				$3,242,652
	Program expenses			$1,908,782
	Fund raising expenses			416,027
	Administrative expenses			306,971
	Other Expenses			47,611
Total expenses				$2,679,391
Income in Excess of Expenses				563,261
Beginning net assets				23,117,827
Ending net assets				23,681,088
Total liabilities				102,444
Total assets				$23,783,532