Southern Appalachian Ronald

“A draft copy of the annual audit/990 is presented to the audit committee. Audit committee votes to accept or deny draft documents. If accepted the audit/990 are mailed or delivered to each board member a minimum of 5 days before the june meeting, thus giving them an opportunity to review before a board vote.”

“The conflict of interest for the organization is consistently monitored and enforced. The conflict of interest is in place so that all board members, staff and volunteers scrupulously avoid conflict of interest of the house on one hand, and personal, professional and business interests on the other. This includes avoiding potential and actual conflicts in interest, as well as perceptions of conflicts of interest. Before opportunities and issues are presented to the board, board members are asked if a conflict exists or a potential for conflict exists for any one present. If a conflict exists or the potential of a conflict, they are asked to leave the room for the discussion and not permitted to vote in the question. The board minutes reflect the board member names that left the room for the discussion and vote. The minutes reflect we abide by the conflict of interest in place for the charities.”

“The charities has a benefits committee that determines the increases provided to employees. This committee is responsible for benchmarking the chief executive director every 3-5 years to assure that the qualifications and compensation are similar for a comparable position in a similar organization. The chief executive director benchmarks all other employees of the charities and reports the information to the benefits committee. Salary increases are based on input from the finance committee, benefits committee, and results of evaluations of each employee. All employees are evaluated annually on their anniversary date of hire and benchmarked every three years. Director of operations and director of finance were benchmarked in 2022. The director of development was benchmarked in 2022. The last evaluation for the chief executive director was august 2022.”

“SEE NOTE FOR LINE 15A.”

“Form 1023 is available upon request, form 990 is available on the organization's website.”

“Available upon request at the street address”

“The southern appalachian ronald mcdonald house (hereafter referred to as house) is a program of the southern appalachian ronald mcdonald house charities, (charities), governed by a board of directors and managed by an executive director, director of house operations and staff who over-see the day to day operations. Guest families and children served by the house come from a radius of 125 miles outside the city limits of johnson city, tn. (includes counties located in ne tennessee, sw virginia, eastern kentucky and west virginia). The house is in johnson city, tn but is a regional facility. As of december 2024, families from southwest virginia continue to use the house the most. Southwest virginia 49% northeast tennessee 43% eastern kentucky 1% misc. States 7% the house is 14,000 sq. Feet, has 10 bedrooms/private baths with a kitchen, laundry room, tv rooms and play areas as common areas shared by all guest families. Evening meals are provided by church groups, civic organizations, fraternal groups, families/friends or restaurants at least 20 out of 30 days. Breakfast and lunch foods are available for families to prepare at their leisure. Children and families of seriously ill children receiving medical care in a local hospital setting are eligible to stay as guests at the house. A child must be a dependent of the parent(s), 21 years or younger. Families living the greatest distance from the hospital providing medical care for the child are given priority in staying at the house. A critically ill child or one in imminent danger of death receives priority regardless of distance. A nightly contribution of 10 is requested. However, no one is ever turned away because of the inability to make the suggested contribution. In 2024, the average nightly contribution was 1.40, and the average length of stay was 11 days. The house provided 3,178 nights and received 2,277.00 through contributions from guest families. The suggested contribution of 10 helps to defray the full cost of 80/night to provide services for families who stay at the house. If the house had not been available the out of pocket expense for families would have been approximately 701,453.50 (motel, food, gas, laundry, miscellaneous items). The board of directors is responsible for raising funds to meet the budgetary needs of the house each year. The charities is dependent on fundraising events and donations to provide services for children and families of seriously ill children at the house. Fundraising events include: hearts for the house; shamrock shuffle 5k, and the annual golf classic. Various organizations, groups and mcdonald's restaurants throughout the service area hold fundraising events to benefit the house as well. In-kind donations donated by the community range from canned goods, paper products, fresh vegetables, home-made breads, muffins to someone providing yard work, professional cleaning, clerical assistance, cleaning the kitchen, mopping floors, replacing smoke detectors, replacing filters on heating/ac units and monthly checks of the fire extinguishers. These generous in-kind donations help defray the cost of providing services and we are better able to provide for the children and families of children who find a supportive atmosphere at our house. There is a staff of 4 full-time employees and 5 part-time employees. Volunteers are essential to the operations of the house. Volunteer's clean rooms, wash linens, mop floors, run the vacuum, clean windows, bake cakes/cookies, register/check-out families, and help with fundraising events. Volunteers do whatever needs to be done to keep the house clean and inviting for our guest families. In 2024, 877 volunteers contributed 3,014 hours to the house for a value of 111,234.12. The southern appalachian ronald mcdonald house continues to be a haven for children and families of seriously ill children. The staff and volunteers provide a loving, supportive atmosphere away from the hospital setting that allows familie”

“Cost of direct benefit to donors 53,832 cost of direct benefit to donors -53,832”