Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Northern California

“The audited financial statements, management letter, and tax information returns are maintained in the permanent files of the corporation. Copies are presented to the audit committee, finance committee, management staff and members of the board. Distribution to others is done at the dicretion of the treasurer.”

“All board members sign the conflict of interest questionnaire and it is reviewed annually.”

“The board evaluates the ceo's performance annually. The executive committee reviews both internal and external compensation data to recommend any merit increase or salary adjustment to be awarded to the ceo. The ceo evaluates all of the other employees' performance annually. The board approves a merit pool for the purpose of awarding merit increases to staff. The pool is set as a percentage of staff salaries (excluding the ceo) and awarded by the ceo based on employee performance.”

“The charity's financial information and conflict of interest policies are available upon request.”

“In 2024, more than 795 families stayed at the ronald mcdonald house. The average length of stay was 19 nights. The average room occumancy rate was 86%, causing us to turn away over 3,552 families. 713 families were from 12 us states including 684 families from california and 82 from other countries. The families are asked to make a nominal donation of $20 per night but no one is turned away for the lack of ability to pay. We serve all five hospitals in the greater sacramento, uc davis medical center (57%); shriners hospitals for children (29%); sutter medical center (12%), kaiser permanente (1%) and mercy general hospital (1%). Rmhc northern california is operated with 9 full time and 8 part-time staff. Also, a volunteer pool of over 619 volunteers assist with the day-to-day operations with over 9,358 hours annually. Ronald mcdonald house revenue and expenses included donated in-kind services of $76,466.92 which are excluded from the total of each category.”

“Rmhc of northern california owns and operates camp ronald mcdonald at eagle lake. Accredited by the american camp association, camp ronald mcdonald at eagle lake is a fully accessible residential summer camp for campers who are 'at-risk' with a variety of special medical needs, economic hardship and/or emotianal, developmental or physical disabilities. In partnership with the lassen national forest, each summer we collaborate with other non-profit groups to bring a week of traditianal camping activities such as arts & crafts, hikes, fishing, canoing, sports, swimming, talent show and campfires. Our campers typically have special challenges that would normally hinder their ability to experience the joys of nature and camp; however, this is not an issue at camp ronald mcdonald at eagle lake. Here all barriers physical and mental, are removed. The mission of camp ronald mcdonald at eagle lake is to provide confidence-building experiences and programs that are designed to support each camper's individuality through the challenges of outdoor group living and teamwork in a supportive environment. Our totally accessible facility sits on 35 acres on the shores of beautiful eagle lake in the middle of lassen national forest. Our site boasts 9 cabins (sleeping 13 each), two shower houses, dining hall, amphitheater, campfire pit, beach volleyball court, sand pit, fully accessible dock and water front, basketball court and a grassy playing field. In addition to our beautiful layout and environment, we offer an array of programs adapted to meet the individual needs of each camper. We staff experience and well trained specialists in the fields of drama, arts & crafts, outdoor education, nutrition education, sports and waterfront activities.”