Nonprofit · EIN 39-1433107
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
Tax-exempt · WAUWATOSA, WI 53226
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $7,370,774 | $4,898,623 | $2,472,151 | $52,764,943 | $462,165 | $52,302,778 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $7,524,701 | $4,500,904 | $3,023,797 | $49,266,644 | $489,993 | $48,776,651 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $6,092,018 | $4,237,301 | $1,854,717 | $45,872,744 | $376,969 | $45,495,775 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $5,966,733
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,458,203
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $578,073
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$54,162
- Other revenue
- -$54,162
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $194,727
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,349,458
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,770,997
- Professional fundraising fees
- $175,787
- Occupancy
- $248,863
- Depreciation
- $721,335
- Program services (functional)
- $3,965,642
- Management and general (functional)
- $423,292
- Fundraising (functional)
- $509,689
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $49,266,644
- Total assets, end of year
- $52,764,943
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $462,165
- Net assets, end of year
- $52,302,778
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $26,459,815
- Publicly traded securities
- $23,197,355
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $51,150,508
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,152,270
- Gross receipts
- $19,999,353
- Employees
- 57
- Volunteers
- 400
- Year formed
- 1982
- State of legal domicile
- WI
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAURIE BERTRAND | PRESIDENT/CEO Officer | 55 | $189,056 | $5,672 |
| BRIDGET KESNER | DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY Highest-paid employee | 45 | $117,449 | $3,523 |
| LINDSEY PEARSON | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA CARLSON | VICE CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID FRIEDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB LEHR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE ALBRECHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS BUCHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CINDY MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| RASHI KHOSLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DARNETTA DAIRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| RYAN LARSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| RYAN KASTANEK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY ZIMMERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
12 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNIFER GRAYSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ADAM LIEBL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JEFF RIPPLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JAMIE LOGSDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| STACEY MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LISA JENTSCH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| LAURA PIOTROWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JEFF STEREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MARK WELLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MIKE TIMMERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| ANDREA JONAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| MATT SULLIVAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 26 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAURIE BERTRAND | PRESIDENT / CEO Officer | 55 | $181,328 | $5,437 |
| BRIDGET KESNER | DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY Highest-paid employee | 45 | $112,619 | $6,532 |
| LINDSEY PEARSON | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA CARLSON | VICE CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID FRIEDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB LEHR | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JULIE ALBRECHT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS BUCHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| CINDY MEYER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| RASHI KHOSLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE KILIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| RYAN LARSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT TURNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY ZIMMERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GRAYSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| TODD JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF RIPPLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE LOGSDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| STACEY MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PESCHKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MELANIE RICKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF STEREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK WELLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MIKE TIMMERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREA JONAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 26 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAURIE BERTRAND | PRESIDENT/CEO Officer | 55 | $160,000 | $4,967 |
| BRIDGET KESNER | DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY Highest-paid employee | 45 | $110,507 | $3,851 |
| ANN PETRIE | PRESIDENT/CEO RETIRED 1/31/23 Officer | 55 | $73,229 | $2,563 |
| ANDREA JONAS | CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDSEY PEARSON | VICE-CHAIRPERSON Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID FRIEDER | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOSHUA CARLSON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| PETER BARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS BUCHAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ANNE HORTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA EVANS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SANDSTROM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK WELLE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| RASHI KHOSLA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE KILIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| CHRISTOPHER NICKELS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| TODD JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT TURNER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY ZIMMERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER GRAYSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT LEHR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE LOGSDON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| STACEY MURPHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MATTHEW PESCHKE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF STEREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MELANIE RICKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8948 WATERTOWN PLANK RD, WAUWATOSA, WI 53226-3591
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DAVID FRIEDER, 8948 WATERTOWN PLANK ROAD, WAUWATOSA, WI 53226
- Signed the 990
- DAVID FRIEDER, TREASURER
- Phone
- (414) 475-5333
- Website
- RMHC-EASTERNWI.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SIKICH LLC
Mission
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN, INC. KEEPS FAMILIES TOGETHER AND PROMOTES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A HOME ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILY PROGRAMS.
Program accomplishments
- HOUSE PROGRAM - RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN, INC. PROVIDES GUEST ROOMS AND OFFERS SUPPORTIVE FAMILY PROGRAMS. SINCE 1984 FAMILIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CALLED THIS RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE "HOME". LAST YEAR, WE SERVED OVER 2,836 FAMILIES. WHILE OVER 65% OF OUR FAMILIES COME FROM WISCONSIN, MANY FAMILIES TRAVELED FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO SEEK LIFE-GIVING MEDICAL CARE AT CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN, ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND OTHER AREA HOSPITALS. ON AVERAGE, OUR FAMILIES STAY WITH US FOR JUST OVER 8.7 DAYS; HOWEVER, OVER 6% OF FAMILIES STAY FOR LONGER THAN 30 DAYS. EACH FAMILY WHO STAYS AT THE RMHC CAN STAY FOR AS LONG AS THEIR CHILD IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT. WE SUGGEST A DONATION OF $20 A NIGHT FROM OUR FAMILIES, WHEN THE COST IS OVER $123 PER NIGHT; HOWEVER, NO ONE IS EVER TURNED AWAY FOR THEIR INABILITY TO PAY. THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUPPORT COMES FROM PRIVATE FUNDING THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND DONORS. ALTHOUGH THE MCDONALD'S CORPORATION DOES NOT PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THE MCDONALD'S OWNER/OPERATORS AND ITS CUSTOMERS IN SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN GENEROUSLY PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ROUND UP AND DONATION BOXES AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANTS.Expenses $3,818,333
- HOSPITALITY CART - OUR BIG, BRIGHT, HAPPY WHEELS HOSPITALITY CART BRINGS CHEER TO CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN (CW) FAMILIES. IN 2025 THE HAPPY WHEELS CART MADE TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL, DELIVERING SNACKS, TOYS, BOOKS AND OTHER ITEMS TO 8,600 PATIENTS AND FAMILIES.Expenses $22,170
- FAMILY ROOM PROGRAM - LOCATED WITHIN THE ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH'S LADISH FAMILY CENTER ON ITS OCONOMOWOC CAMPUS, THIS 2,500-SQUARE-FOOT SPACE OFFERS FAMILIES RESPITE, SNACKS, BEVERAGES, GAMES, AND OTHER AMENITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD'S HEALTH JOURNEY. DURING 2025, 772 FAMILIES MADE A TOTAL OF 6,193 VISITS TO THE FAMILY ROOM.Expenses $125,139
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-1433107
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1983
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Health care (E86Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $52,764,943
- Income (IRS master file)
- $19,999,353
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $7,370,774 | $4,898,623 | $52,764,943 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $7,524,701 | $4,500,904 | $49,266,644 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $6,092,018 | $4,237,301 | $45,872,744 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $6,631,152 | $3,689,249 | $44,094,170 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 39-1433107).
Questions about RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
- What is the EIN of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC is 39-1433107.
- Is RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
- Are donations to RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DAVID FRIEDER.
- Who are the officers and directors of RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 27 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $189,056 (LAURIE BERTRAND, PRESIDENT/CEO).
- How much revenue does RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,370,774, expenses of $4,898,623 and total assets of $52,764,943 at year end.
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