Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada
Public foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119123032RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($19,653,184) as filed with the CRA.
Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada is a public foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $24.4M in revenue and $19.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from donations, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 86 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 77% of that peer group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 12 qualified donees totalling $16.3M in 2024, the largest being $2.5M to Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 18 names.
In its own words
1) happy meal program: a portion of every happy meal sold by mcdonald's restaurants across canada supports capital expansion and operating grants for rmhc programs: rmhc houses (16 across canada): located right inside the hospital extends the comfort of a ronald mcdonald house to the hospital setting serving both out of town families and local families who are caring for their sick child. 2) coin box donation program: coin box donations from mcdonald's guests support rmhc programs and families across canada. All funds are collected by a third party collection agency and are then distribut…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $24.4M | $19.7M | — | $1.4M | $16.3M | $47.9M |
| 2023 | $21.8M | $18.2M | — | $1.5M | $15M | $43.1M |
| 2022 | $13.7M | $15.9M | — | $1.2M | $12.8M | $39.5M |
| 2021 | $20.8M | $16.6M | — | $1.1M | $13.7M | $41.8M |
| 2020 | $17.5M | $14.7M | — | $831K | $12.5M | $37.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Public foundation — endowment and payout, December 31, 2024
- Other gifts$14,697,935
- Investment income$5,779,169
- Receipted donations$2,350,181
- From other charities$1,310,808
This ratio is gifts made divided by total assets at year end. It is not the CRA disbursement quota, which is calculated on the average value of property not used in charitable activities and cannot be derived from these filings.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16.3M to 12 qualified donees:
- Ronald McDonald House Alberta Society$2.5M
- Toronto Children's CARE Inc.$2.4M
- Ronald McDonald House South Central Ontario$1.5M
- Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic Association$1.5M
- The Children's Family House Society of B.C.$1.4M
- Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario$1.3M
- MAISON RONALD McDONALD DU QUÉBEC$1.3M
- Ronald McDonald House Manitoba Inc.$1.3M
- Ronald McDonald House Ottawa / Maison Ronald McDonald Ottawa$1.2M
- Fondation des Amis de l'Enfance (quebec) Inc.$775K
- Ronald McDonald House Saskatchewan Inc.$641K
- Ronald McDonald House Of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$399K
Received $2.7M from 86 charities:
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$752K
- Canadahelps Canadon$426K
- Canadahelps Canadon$426K
- Ronald McDonald House Southwestern Ontario$246K
- RBC Foundation$150K
- Rexall Care Network$150K
- Aqueduct Foundation$73K
- Senators Community Foundation$50K
- The Staal Family Foundation$35K
- BenefAction Foundation$23K
- Congregation Agudas Israel$20K
- Taggart Parkes Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$19K
- Cidel Foundation$17K
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$17K
- Honda Canada Foundation$15K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$13K
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$13K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$12K
- Canada Gives$10K
- The Rand Alexander Lomas Family Foundation$10K
- The Henry White Kinnear Foundation$10K
- Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$10K
- Rosen Family Foundation$7,500
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$7,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rob Dick (board member); David Fuller (board member); Karima Karmali (board member); Michael Malleck (board member); Susan Taves (board member); Richard Pass (board member); Duane Ledgister (board member); Nicole M.e Nakoneshny (board member); Stacy McLean (board member/secretary); Katharine Smart (board member); Francesca Cardarelli (board member); Bill Indzevski (treasurer); Simone Allyene (board member); Robert John Chisholm (board member); Michele Bourdria (board member); Ross Betteridge (vice chair); Gemma Hinksman (board member); Ryan McCullough (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119123032RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.