Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala

What Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala does

Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala is a Guatemalan non-profit organization founded in 2005, operating as the national affiliate of Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) — the global network that supports the health and well-being of children and their families, typically through programs such as Ronald McDonald Houses (family lodging near pediatric hospitals), Family Rooms, Care Mobiles, and related pediatric-care initiatives. The organization is headquartered in Guatemala City and operates with a 15-person staff; its primary beneficiaries are families of children receiving medical treatment in Guatemala, while its "revenue" derives from charitable donations, corporate partnerships, and McDonald's ecosystem-based fundraising mechanisms (in-restaurant collections, round-up programs, special promotions).

The entity does not sell products or commercial services; its operating model is a donation-funded non-profit with program delivery dependent on partner hospitals, volunteer networks, and McDonald's corporate and franchisee support across Guatemala. No product or technology stack, pricing, customer segmentation, marketing channels, distribution channels, certifications, patents, or partnerships beyond the RMHC affiliation are documented in the available sources, and the organization's website (firmguatemala.org) returned only a loading/verification page during data collection, materially limiting primary-source visibility into programs, financials, leadership, and impact metrics. The organization should be treated as a small, established (20+ years operating) chapter within a globally branded charity network, with operational scale and financial detail largely undisclosed.

Name

Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala

Legal name

Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala

Website

https://firmguatemala.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala is a Guatemalan non-profit founded in 2005 and affiliated with Ronald McDonald House Charities, supporting pediatric patients' families through health-related programs with a 15-person staff based in Guatemala City.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Pediatric Healthcare Support Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health & Prevention Program Funding (HLAJALAF), Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (MNCAH) NGOs (HLAJAKAG)

Keywords

• Children's healthcare support
• Family lodging services
• Nonprofit pediatric programs
• Medical family housing
• Ill child support services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala is a non-profit foundation that supports families with children receiving medical treatment in Guatemala. As part of the Ronald McDonald House Charities network, it provides lodging and family-support services to families of pediatric patients, allowing them to stay close to their children during hospitalization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ronald McDonald House family lodging program Provides accommodation and family-support services to families with children receiving medical treatment in Guatemala, allowing them to stay close to their child during hospitalization.
• Pediatric family support services Support services for families of pediatric patients in Guatemala, including on-site assistance during a child's medical treatment, consistent with the Ronald McDonald House Charities model.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Ronald McDonald House Charities (Global): The global parent organization that licenses and supports the Guatemalan foundation. Operates the worldwide network and sets programmatic standards; the foundation is effectively a country-level chapter within this broader umbrella.
• Make-A-Wish Foundation: Global nonprofit serving children with critical illnesses through wish-granting and family support services. Comparable mission (pediatric critical-illness support), fundraising structure (corporate partnerships, individual donations), and global-affiliate operating model.
• World Vision Guatemala: International NGO operating large-scale child welfare, health, and nutrition programs across Guatemala. Comparable funding sources (institutional donors, child sponsorship), beneficiary focus, and reliance on country-level operational teams.
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC): Major pediatric medical and research nonprofit. While U.S.-centric, it shapes the global funding landscape for childhood disease and represents a comparable peer in scale, brand, and donor-development sophistication within the children's-health nonprofit category.
• UNICEF Guatemala: Country office of a major UN agency focused on child welfare, health, and nutrition in Guatemala. Competes for a share of the same institutional donor pool and policy attention, though with a far broader mandate.

Direct peers

• Aldeas Infantiles SOS Guatemala: A long-established Guatemalan nonprofit providing residential and family-support services for vulnerable children. Comparable in mission (child and family welfare), geography (Guatemala), and reliance on institutional donors and volunteers.
• Ronald McDonald House Charities México: The Mexican affiliate of the same Ronald McDonald House Charities network. Operates family housing and family rooms for pediatric patients in Mexico under the same brand, programmatic model, and donor framework as the Guatemalan foundation, making it the closest direct comparable.

Emerging players

• Fundación Pizarra: Guatemalan foundation focused on pediatric health and family support for children with complex medical conditions. Direct overlap with the subject foundation's target beneficiary population and hospital-adjacent service model.

Regional players

• Casa de la Niña y el Niño (Guatemala): Guatemalan residential and family-support organization serving at-risk children. Comparable beneficiary population, geography, and nonprofit funding model, though oriented more toward residential care than hospital-adjacent family lodging.
• Asociación Hermano Pedro: Guatemalan nonprofit delivering social services, shelter, and health-related support to vulnerable populations including children. Comparable as a domestic nonprofit dependent on donations and operating a multi-program service model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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