Our Mission: Ronald McDonald House provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Our Vision: Ronald McDonald House envisions a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

• Ronald McDonald House cares for families with children who are ill or injured. We provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.
• Ronald McDonald House and Ronald McDonald House Family Room programs around the world offer much more than just a place to stay — they provide meals, family activities, peer support, resources for siblings, respite, laundry facilities and many other services to take care of families when they have a child who is ill or injured.

• The Ronald McDonald House program reduces stress and financial burden for families when they must travel far from home to access medical care for their child.

• Ronald McDonald House is more than a place to physically stay, it’s a place to stay supported, connected and cared for.

• Hospital partners agree that Ronald McDonald House programs reduce stress and financial burden for families and help the hospital deliver the best care possible.

• Ronald McDonald House helps improve health outcomes by allowing families to stay involved in their child’s care.

• Ronald McDonald House helps families cope better and focus on the needs of their child because they have support from family members, program staff, volunteers, and shared experiences with other families.

• Hospital leaders worldwide increasingly understand that nearby purpose-built accommodation and support for families contribute to high quality, family-centered care.

• The Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth serves families locally, nationally, and globally. Families do not have to live a certain distance from the hospital to be eligible to stay; eligibility is determined through a referral from their healthcare team based on medical need and room availability.

• In 2025, Ronald McDonald House programs were supported by 882 volunteers who dedicated their time, talent, and resources to offset costs for programs that support families with children who are ill or injured.

• In 2025, the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth served 3,901 families and provided 17,303 nights of stay. Families stayed at the Ronald McDonald House and average of 32 days.

• Through a global network of 250+ Chapters in 60+ countries and regions, Ronald McDonald House programs and services help families have what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

• Research shows that patients whose families stayed at a Ronald McDonald House were the sickest, traveled the furthest distances, and spent the longest time in the hospital.

• An estimated $1.86 million is saved by Ronald McDonald House families, per day, in lodging and meal costs because of Ronald McDonald House programs around the world. ($678 million annually)