Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana
Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana reported $17.7 million in revenue and $4.7 million in expenses for calendar year 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $87.21 went to program services, $2.49 to management and general costs and $10.30 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 95.6% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $256,072 (CEO). 1 person received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 543% between 2019 and 2025. Source: Form 990, 2025.
Where $100 of spending went
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $4.7MFor context, the median across 5,669 covered health care charities: $86.19 programs, $13.81 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
Calendar year 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $18MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | 2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 87.2% | 85.6% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 2.5% | 13.7% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 10.3% | 0.0% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.03 | $0.00 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 95.6% | 1.3% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 93.7% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $256,072 | $967,624 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 5.46% | 1.35% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 1 | 27 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 99.5 | 6.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 33 of 33 | 88.9% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseWhen families face a child's illness their lives stop instantly, and parents enter a world of fear and worry. Our Ronald Mcdonald House programs enable families with a hospitalized child to stay together and by their child's side, removing some financial and other concerns so they can focus on their hospitalized child. Our programs provide comprehensive support and ensure no family ever feels isolated.our Ronald Mcdonald houses, located in arkansas (1 in little rock, 1 in ft. Smith, 1 in fayetteville) and louisiana (1 in shreveport) and our Ronald Mcdonald House family rooms located in…
Our Ronald Mcdonald House care mobile provides free dental care and oral health education to children in central arkansas who do not have access to a dentist. Comprehensive dental services are provided on the 40-ft state of the art and fully equipped mobile dental clinic by full-time staff including a dentist, hygienist, and dental assistant. It travels to select elementary schools in pulaski, saline, perry, faulkner, lonoke and grant counties, and in the summer, it operates at a pediatric medical clinic in the lowest-income zip code in little rock. In 2025, 281 children received 6,614…
The Ronald Mcdonald family room at uams serves families on the same floor as the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu), providing them with a place to rest and regroup, steps from their baby's room. It includes four overnight rooms, a tv lounge, dining room, kitchen, and play area for siblings. Families may stay overnight or visit for respite, meals, snacks, showers, laundry, daily essentials, educational programs and activities. It also provides the ability for caregivers to work remotely. In 2025, 562 families stayed in its guest rooms for a total of 1,006 nights, and there were 1,405 visits…
Highest reported compensation
2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here1 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $256K (Part IX, line 5).
7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b33 · 33 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2Yes
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 589
- Volunteers Part I, line 66,872
Private foundation grants it received
20 private foundations reported grants to Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana totaling $414K on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Of every $100 Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana spent in 2025, $87.21 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana's spending goes to programs?
In calendar year 2025, Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana reported that 87.2% of its $4.7 million in expenses went to program services, 2.5% to management and general and 10.3% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana reported for one person in calendar year 2025 was $256,072, for the role of CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana get its money?
Of $17.7 million in revenue in calendar year 2025, 95.6% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is Ronald McDonald House Arkansas & North Louisiana a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 71-0525252 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- 2025: Form 990 for calendar year 2025, object 202642329349300814 · read the filing · XML
- 2024: Form 990 for calendar year 2024, object 202523219349320872 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202442749349300924 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202302729349301755 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202212879349300331 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202142289349302754 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202032859349300403 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 71-0525252: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.