Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth

A nonprofit organization

$53,321 raised by 138 donors

100% complete

$50,000 Goal

Our home is filled with more than help; it is filled with love and hope. Heart

Often, when faced with a child's illness, life stops overnight, and parents enter a world of fear, and worry. 

When you make a gift to the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, you can help relieve worried families of some of their burdens by sharing the cost of their stay at the House. 

Help us Light Up Their World - donate today! 

For families of critically ill children, the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth (RMHFW) is a place to stay, grab a hot meal prepared by volunteers, and catch a few hours of sleep after an all-night bedside vigil. It's a place for refuge and solace with comfortable beds, private bathrooms, laundry and dining facilities, well-equipped game rooms, and outside play areas. RMHFW provides a "home-away-from-home" for families. It allows parents and siblings to stay together while remaining close to a child receiving life-saving medical care in area hospitals. Most of all, RMHFW is where families can find comfort and compassion from volunteers, staff, and other families faced with similar challenges.

We ask families to contribute just $20 per night's stay - a fraction of the actual $161 per night. Many families that stay at RMHFW are financially devastated and cannot contribute toward their stay. Thanks to generous donors, no family is ever turned away due to their inability to contribute.

The following RMHFW core programs keep families near each other and the care they need:

  1. Ronald McDonald House - A 57-bedroom House on 8th Avenue in Fort Worth, is a “home-away-from-home” for families with ill children at the hospital or needing to be near their medical care.
  2. Ronald McDonald Family Room - A friendly place for families to rest and refresh at Cook Children's Medical Center.
  3. Day Program - A restful place away from the hospital for families not staying at the House.
  4. Hospitality Carts - Located inside Cook Children's Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White All Saints, the RMHFW Hospitality Carts offer complimentary items to visitors.

Light Up Their World! We invite you to light up the hearts of families staying at Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth and donate today to help families facing childhood illness!

Mission

The Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth offers a supportive, home-like community that eases burdens for seriously ill children and their families.

Needs

$20 - A guest family's per night contribution. (No family is ever turned away from RMHFW due to their inability to make this contribution.)

$57 - In honor of the number of guest family rooms at RMHFW.

$161 - The Share-A-Night Program can support one night of lodging for a family at RMHFW.

$500 - Meals from the Heart provides dinner for all families at RMHFW.

$2,500 - A Room Sponsorship can support the maintenance of an entire room throughout the year by underwriting the cost of utilities, linens, cleaning, annual repairs and all the needs of the room. Includes name recognition on a room at RMHFW.

Equity Statement

We believe it is the diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences that each member of our global organization brings to the table every day that allow us to provide the care and support that children and their families need.

We know we are stronger together because of our diversity.

We will never waver in our commitment to this core value.

STANDARDS

It is the policy of RMHFW to treat guest families and other program beneficiaries, employees, volunteers, donors, applicants for employment or volunteer positions, and all others fairly and with compassion, without regard to income or ability to pay, race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, religion, political affiliation, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification, disability or handicap, housing status, marital status, veteran status or any other group, status or characteristic protected by locally applicable laws and regulations.

RMHFW does not condone any form of harassment, joking remarks, bullying or other abusive conduct (including verbal, non-verbal and physical conduct) that demeans or shows hostility directed at another individual's actual or perceived protected class as defined by the anti-discrimination policy.

RMHFW does not condone any form of conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment for families, staff or volunteers or that otherwise unreasonably interferes with the RMHFW program environments.

Services at RMHFW programs are provided without preference based upon affiliation with any individual or group, including members of the RMHFW board of directors, RMHFW staff, RMHFW volunteers, McDonald's personnel, Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth representatives, or their friends or families.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The non-discrimination policy is based upon the RMHFW core values and our commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and cultural safety.

RMHFW celebrates diversity of thought, experience and culture.

RMHFW strives to create an environment where every person feels valued, comfortable and supported.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth

Tax id (EIN)

75-1754490

Guidestar

Causes

Youth & Children, Social Services, Health Care

Operating Budget

$3,000,000 - $9,999,999

Counties Served

Tarrant

BIPOC Serving

Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

1001 8th Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104

Phone

817-870-4942