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Name:	Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin, Inc.
Address:	8948 Watertown Plank Road
	Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone:	414-475-5333
Web Address:	www.rmhcmilwaukee.com

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Since our doors opened in 1984, more than 31,000 families from around the world have called the RMHC of Eastern Wisconsin home. In 2009 alone, we served more than 1,300 families. We are open every day of the year and are nearly always at maximum capacity with our 38 guest rooms filled-often with a wait list of anywhere from five to 20 families each day. We offer parents and children a warm and loving environment that includes nightly home-cooked dinners, a happy playroom, a beautiful backyard garden (complete with playground), art and animal therapy programs, laundry facilities, a computer lab, and comfortable beds in rooms equipped with private baths and hand-made quilts. A pantry of food is stocked daily, and the quiet solitude of our chapel is always available. Importantly, we also offer the camaraderie and community of other families who can relate to the turmoil of having an ill or injured child.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin, Inc.'s program expenses were:

House operating costs	873,702
Depreciation	187,813
Miscellaneous	62,818
Grants	60,000
Newsletter & public relations	27,226
Total Program Expenses:	$1,211,559

Chief Executive : Lynda Kohler, President

Compensation*:

$79,886

Chair of the Board: Dennis Buchan
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Executive Account Manager

Board Size: 21

Paid Staff Size: 19

Please note: President started in early 2009 and was not compensated for a complete year in 2009. *Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements, cause-related marketing

Fund raising costs were 19% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,825,222, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

This organization 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 Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin, Inc.'s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

Source of Funds
Contributions	1,764,475
Net Realized/Unrealized Gain on Investments	929,244
Investment Income	141,664
Lodging donations and other	60,747
Total Income	$2,896,130

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 73%  Fund Raising: 21%  Administrative: 6%

Total income				$2,896,130
	Program expenses			$1,211,559
	Fund raising expenses			346,152
	Administrative expenses			104,351
Total expenses				$1,662,062
Income in Excess of Expenses				1,234,068
Beginning net assets				10,179,276
Ending net assets				11,413,344
Total liabilities				293,464
Total assets				$11,706,808