Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society
Charitable organization · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 119157402RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($10,640,972) as filed with the CRA.
Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $23.9M in revenue and $10.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 42% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 58 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $6M.
Compared with 147 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $250,000–299,999 range. The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.5M in 2020 to $23.9M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Ronald mcdonald house charities alberta supports families seeking vital medical treatment for their seriously ill or injured child. Our warm compassionate house provide a home-away-from-home for families who need to travel for medical reasons. When those families are experiencing one of the most difficult times of their lives – we offer them comfort in being able to stay together. Since the first houses were built in alberta in 1985 we have supported tens of thousands of families. Every year thousands will stay at one of alberta’s ronald mcdonald houses. These stays can be a couple of nights…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $23.9M | $10.6M | $5.2M | $3.1M | — | $69.4M |
| 2023 | $14M | $9.6M | $4.9M | $2.7M | — | $56.1M |
| 2022 | $7.2M | $8.9M | $5M | $1.8M | — | $51.7M |
| 2021 | $10.9M | $8.6M | $4.6M | $1.7M | — | $53.5M |
| 2020 | $9.5M | $7.7M | $4.5M | $1.4M | — | $51.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $6M from 58 charities:
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$2.5M
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$643K
- Rose Foundation$530K
- Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation$500K
- Calgary Real Estate Board Charitable Foundation$350K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$217K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$158K
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund$125K
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundation$100K
- Abundance Canada$93K
- Aqueduct Foundation$86K
- Canadahelps Canadon$77K
- Canadahelps Canadon$77K
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$62K
- The Calgary Foundation$62K
- Yuill Family Foundation$47K
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$45K
- The Connor Clark & Lunn Foundation$42K
- The Jack Davis Hope Foundation$33K
- The Stone Creek Charitable Foundation$30K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- RBC Foundation$25K
- Clearwater Charitable Foundation$25K
- BenefAction Foundation$20K
- Centra Cares Foundation$20K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Hugh Erickson (treasurer); Les Gombik (director); Lindsay Cox (director); Jim Kapeluck (chair); Joe Gebran (director); Kristen Smith (director); Margaret Fullerton (director); Jordan Brown (director); Jason Ulmer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119157402RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.