05 Feb RMHCDC Earns Charity Navigator’s Highest Rating
RMHCDC’s strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency have earned it a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator. This is the third time that Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC has earned this top distinction.
Since 2002, using objective analysis, Charity Navigator has awarded only the most fiscally responsible organizations a 4-star rating. In 2011, Charity Navigator added 17 metrics, focused on governance and ethical practices as well as measures of openness, to its ratings methodology. These Accountability & Transparency metrics, which account for 50 percent of a charity’s overall rating, reveal which charities operate in accordance with industry best practices and whether they are open with their donors and stakeholders. On June 1, 2016, we upgraded our methodology for rating each charity’s’ financial health with CN 2.1. These enhancements further substantiates the financial health of our four star charities.
“Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC’s exceptional 4-star rating sets it apart from its peers and demonstrates its trustworthiness to the public,” according to Michael Thatcher, President & CEO of Charity Navigator. “Only a quarter of charities rated by Charity Navigator receive the distinction of our 4-star rating. This adds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC to a preeminent group of charities working to overcome our world’s most pressing challenges. Based on its 4-star rating, people can trust that their donations are going to a financially responsible and ethical charity when they decide to support Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC.”
“It’s important our donors trust that we’re using their donations wisely to accomplish our mission to ease the hardship of children’s illness on families through programs that directly improve the health and wellbeing of children,” said Karen Torres, Executive Director. “Our 4-star Charity Navigator rating demonstrates to our supporters our good governance and financial accountability.”
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC’s rating and other information about charitable giving are available free of charge on www.charitynavigator.org. More detailed information about Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC’s rating is available to Charity Navigator site visitors who become registered users, another free service.
About Charity Navigator
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About Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Washington, DC
The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Greater Washington, DC (RMHCDC) is to ease the hardship of children’s illness on families through innovative programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children. For 38 years RMHCDC has positively impacted the lives of children and their families through three core programs; two Ronald McDonald Houses®, two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms®, and the KIDS Mobile Medical Clinic/Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® (KMMC/RMCM) operated in partnership with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.