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Avera Health

Avera Health is a health ministry rooted in the Gospel. Our mission is to make a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services guided by Christian values.

$25M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
109
Itemized grants FY2025
107
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$6.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$17,737
Largest grant, FY2025
$850,000
Organizations funded a year
95 to 119
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$2.6B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Avera Health funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving102$6.0M8%
FY2024107$7.1M7%
FY2023108$7.5M11%
FY2022104$4.3M15%
FY2021108$6.4M15%
FY202097$5.6M9%
FY201995$5.1M18%
FY2018119$11M56%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$31MPhilanthropy$15MHealth$10MCommunity Improvement$3.0MHuman Services$2.8MArts & Culture$1.8MYouth Development$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MN
WI
NY
SD
IA
OH
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sioux Falls Catholic Schools$9,150,0008n/a
Avera McKennan$4,280,00720%
South Dakota State University$4,036,0799n/a
University of Sioux Falls$3,480,00092%
Northern State University Foundation$2,803,000810%
University of South Dakota Research Park Inc$1,917,612249%
Forward Sioux Falls$1,830,7137n/a
Presentation College$1,752,30074%
Mount Marty University$1,679,76391%
Southeast Technical College$1,229,2734n/a
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All grantees of Avera Health by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sioux Falls Catholic Schools$9,150,0008n/a
Avera McKennan$4,280,00720%
South Dakota State University$4,036,0799n/a
University of Sioux Falls$3,480,00092%
Northern State University Foundation$2,803,000810%
University of South Dakota Research Park Inc$1,917,612249%
Forward Sioux Falls$1,830,7137n/a
Presentation College$1,752,30074%
Mount Marty University$1,679,76391%
Southeast Technical College$1,229,2734n/a
Sioux Falls School District #49-5$927,0019n/a
Catholic Chancery Office$895,0009n/a
Sioux Empire United Way Inc$853,74791%
Eureka Community Benevolent Hospital Association$833,813123%
University of South Dakota Foundation$741,10061%
Aberdeen Catholic School Systems$645,9349n/a
Washington Pavilion Management Inc$606,04381%
Avera Queen of Peace$528,92810%
Feeding South Dakota$520,83081%
South Dakota State University Foundation$520,01070%
Yankton Thrive Inc$480,00077%
Mitchell Technical College Foundation$465,97679%
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra$437,75093%
Embe$436,59391%
City of Aberdeen Parks and Recreation Department$390,9609n/a
City of Yankton$390,5863n/a
Brookings School District 5-1$330,9178n/a
Capital Area Counseling Serviceinc$302,00062%
Mitchell Area Development Corporation$298,155420%
American Cancer Society Inc$268,57580%
Nami South Dakota$259,500816%
Floyd Valley Hospital$255,2891n/a
South Dakotans Decide Healthcare$250,000123%
Volunteers of America Inc$248,0009n/a
Dakota Wesleyan University$239,50080%
Helpline Center Inc$239,00081%
Avera Holy Family$238,25311%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc$236,50093%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$233,0003n/a
Sioux Empire Baseball Association$220,30093%
Coalition to Strengthen America's Health Care$219,10021%
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains Inc$218,55051%
Mitchell School District 17-2 Dba Mitchell Technical College$218,0957n/a
Dakota Resources$217,50081%
Sculpturewalk Inc$213,50096%
Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation$212,50052%
Boys & Girls Club of Aberdeen Area Inc$208,00095%
Avera Health$204,00010%
Junior Achievement of South Dakota$193,33082%
Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce$183,81871%
Avera St Mary's$183,47460%
Delta Dental of South Dakota Foundation$173,00081%
Furniture Mission of South Dakota$172,25096%
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen Sd$171,7758n/a
The Banquet$168,06373%
Avera at Home$166,52510%
South Dakota Hall of Fame$166,00056%
Community Coordinated Transportation Sys DBA River Cities Public Transit$162,50071%
Bishop Dudley Hospitality House$162,0006n/a
Dakotabilities Inc$156,00090%
Special Olympics South Dakota Inc$147,00093%
Friends of Levitt Shell Sioux Falls$145,000620%
Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium$145,00031%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$138,50080%
St Francis House of Sioux Falls$135,00033%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire$128,50090%
Senior Citizen Services Inc Dba Active Generations$128,50041%
McCrossan Boys Ranch$127,00080%
Downtown Sioux Falls$127,00083%
Dow Rummel Village$125,00030%
National Kidney Foundation Inc$124,00080%
United Way and Volunteer Services of Greater Yankt$120,16892%
Citizens Involvement Council$116,00087%
Beresford School District 61-2$113,4745n/a
Mitchell Area Safehouse Inc$113,00053%
Pride in the Tiger Foundation$110,00095%
Blood Cancer United Inc$106,50060%
Lifescape Foundation$102,50050%
Lewis and Clark Behavioral$100,87611%
Yankton Area Ice Association$100,000129%
Xyz Corporation$100,0001n/a
Safe Harbor$97,00092%
Avera Marshall$96,62020%
Teammates Mentoring Program$93,35212%
Central Lyon Csd$93,3006n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana$92,50081%
Family Visitation Center$90,50046%
Destiny Healthcare International Inc$90,000562%
Children's Home Society of South Dakota$90,00080%
South Dakota Agriculture and Rural Leadership Foundation$90,00093%
Veterans Community Project$90,00030%
The Compass Center$88,50081%
City of Pierre$87,5002n/a
Face It Together Inc$87,50051%
Pathways Shelter for the Homeless$87,00054%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota$85,35080%
Yankton School District 63-3$85,0008n/a
Aberdeen Christian School Inc$82,50091%
Call to Freedom$81,00031%
Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society$80,500414%
South Dakota Youth Foundation$80,000814%
Brookings Economic Development Corporation$80,00043%
Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital Corporation$78,96412%
Aberdeen Family YMCA$75,50021%
Mitchell Aquatic Club$75,0003n/a
Women Religious Archives Collaborative$75,00011%
Teddy Bear Den$75,00075%
South Dakota State Medical Association$74,50041%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$73,08840%
University of Minnesota Foundation$72,00030%
Sioux Falls Public Schools Education Foundation$71,80063%
Avera St Luke's$70,04920%
Mitchell Corn Palace$70,0002n/a
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota$70,00030%
Young Men's Christian Association$69,50061%
Weskota Manor Inc$68,78712%
United Way of NE SD Foundation$68,358447%
Mitchell United Way$67,43484%
Ground Works$65,50094%
City of Brookings$65,5002n/a
Abbott House Foundation Inc$65,00022%
Sioux Falls Area Casa Program$65,00072%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$64,0004n/a
United Way of Northeastern South Dakota Inc$61,20952%
Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center$60,65018%
Oahe Young Men's Christian Association$60,00013%
River City Domestic Violence Center$60,00017%
Pierre Board of Education$59,8007n/a
American Heart Association Inc$59,50040%
South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation$57,50021%
Aberdeen Development Corporation$57,50062%
Teach for America Inc$57,50050%
The Lost and Found Association$54,50053%
Goodwill of the Great Plains$53,14110%
Marshall Area Young Mens Christian Association$52,93031%
Saint Mary Parish of Minnehaha County$52,1001n/a
Harrisburg School District 41-2$52,0002n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$52,00040%
GreatLife Cares Foundation$51,50028%
Sioux Empire Fastpitch Softball$50,508637%
South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry$50,50037%
Parkston Area Development Corporation$50,0001n/a
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church$50,0001n/a
Stockyards Plaza Inc$50,00014%
Dakota Counseling Institute Inc$50,00011%
Yankton County Historical Society$50,00017%
Charis Ministry Partners$49,000710%
University of Minnesota$48,0002n/a
GL Management LLC$47,0002n/a
Daktronics Inc$45,0003n/a
Flandreau School District 50-3$45,0003n/a
Capital Area United Way$43,29272%
Sioux Falls Youth Hockey Association$42,50033%
Sales & Marketing Executives Inc of Sioux Falls$42,32154%
Sacred Heart Health Services$42,13110%
Sioux Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$41,00070%
Southeast Technical College Foundation$40,00028%
American Legion Post #8$40,00043%
Platte Community Memorial Hospital Inc$39,86510%
Lifescape$39,00030%
Children's Museum of South Dakota$38,6571n/a
United Way of Southwest Minnesota$38,03971%
Etc for Her$38,0002n/a
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons$36,00060%
Leadership South Dakota$36,0002n/a
Catholic Charities USA$35,5881n/a
Lifelight Communications Inc$35,00023%
Hegg Memorial Hospital D/B/A Hegg Health Center$34,62010%
Harrisburg Baseball Association Inc$34,25036%
Marshall County Healthcare Center$33,49510%
Alzheimer's Association$32,0004n/a
Project Car$31,00028%
Vision Brookings Foundation$30,000126%
Presidents Bowl Committee of Sioux Falls Inc$30,00029%
Aberdeen Library Foundation$30,000180%
The Glory House of Sioux Falls$30,00011%
Philanthropy Promotions Inc$27,500210%
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Inc$26,00030%
National Field Archery Association Foundation$25,00011%
Vote Yes for Schools$25,0001n/a
Open Primaries Inc$25,0001n/a
South Dakota Health Care Association$25,00012%
Yankton Youth Soccer Association$25,00014%
Lakes Regional Healthcare$24,7821n/a
Avera Gettysburg$23,00010%
Pink Gorilla Events$21,5852n/a
Chabad Lubavitch of South Dakota Inc$21,0001n/a
Emilys Hope$20,95022%
Canton Schools$20,0002n/a
Topeka Hy-Vee$16,9802n/a
Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$15,00012%
WGB Management LLC (SF Skedaddle)$15,0001n/a
Leadership South Dakota$15,00014%
Face It Together Sioux Falls Inc$15,00015%
Voices Against Cancer$15,00012%
Pipestone County Medical Center$14,6251n/a
Brandon Valley Booster Club Inc$13,00024%
Life Runners$12,50015%
St Benedict Health Center$11,45810%
McCrossan Foundation Inc$11,00010%
Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls$10,00011%
Sioux Falls Development Foundation Inc$10,00010%
American Telemedicine Association$10,00010%
Brandon Baseball Program$10,00012%
Mitchell Pickleball Association Inc$10,000140%
Sioux Center Health$10,00010%
Avera St Mary's Foundation$10,0001n/a
Brandon Valley Ice and In-Line Hockey Association-Bvha$10,0001n/a
Glacial Lakes Area Development Inc$10,00018%
Kiwanis Club$10,0001n/a
St Patricks Church of Oneill$10,0001n/a
Avera Tyler$9,98110%
Friends for Health in Haiti Inc$9,45012%
Kids Chance of South Dakota$8,0001n/a
Weskota Foundation$7,5691n/a
King of Glory Church$7,5001n/a
South Dakota Discovery Center$7,50011%
Trec LLC$7,5001n/a
Butterfly House & Aquarium Inc$7,00011%
Tempo Soccer Club$7,0001n/a
Marshall Food4kids$7,00018%
Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce$6,70011%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls$6,50010%
Pulso Hispano$6,0001n/a
Isd #2902 - Russell Tyler Ruthton Public Schools$6,0001n/a
Mitchell Baseball Association$6,00013%
Reach Literacy$5,50012%
Yankton Area Arts Association$5,50016%
Crofton Community School$5,1001n/a
South Dakota Golf Association Junior Golf Foundation$5,00012%
Aberdeen Family Y Foundation Inc$5,00015%
City of Redwood Falls Parks and Recreation Department$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Avera Health supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 171 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAvera McKennan: $4,280,007 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Sioux Falls: $3,480,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetNorthern State University Foundation: $2,803,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetUniversity of South Dakota Research Park Inc: $1,917,612 over 2y, 49% of budgetPresentation College: $1,752,300 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetMount Marty University: $1,679,763 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetSioux Empire United Way Inc: $853,747 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetEureka Community Benevolent Hospital Association: $833,813 over 1y, 23% of budgetUniversity of South Dakota Foundation: $741,100 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetWashington Pavilion Management Inc: $606,043 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetAvera Queen of Peace: $528,928 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding South Dakota: $520,830 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSouth Dakota State University Foundation: $520,010 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetYankton Thrive Inc: $480,000 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetMitchell Technical College Foundation: $465,976 over 7y, 9.4% of budgetSouth Dakota Symphony Orchestra: $437,750 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetEmbe: $436,593 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetCapital Area Counseling Serviceinc: $302,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetMitchell Area Development Corporation: $298,155 over 4y, 20% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $268,575 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNami South Dakota: $259,500 over 8y, 16% of budgetSouth Dakotans Decide Healthcare: $250,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDakota Wesleyan University: $239,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHelpline Center Inc: $239,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAvera Holy Family: $238,253 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of South Dakota Inc: $236,500 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetSioux Empire Baseball Association: $220,300 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetCoalition to Strengthen America's Health Care: $219,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Northern Plains Inc: $218,550 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetDakota Resources: $217,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSculpturewalk Inc: $213,500 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetSouthwest Minnesota State University Foundation: $212,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Aberdeen Area Inc: $208,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetAvera Health: $204,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of South Dakota: $193,330 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetGreater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce: $183,818 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAvera St Mary's: $183,474 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDelta Dental of South Dakota Foundation: $173,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFurniture Mission of South Dakota: $172,250 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetThe Banquet: $168,063 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetAvera at Home: $166,525 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Dakota Hall of Fame: $166,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetCommunity Coordinated Transportation Sys DBA River Cities Public Transit: $162,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDakotabilities Inc: $156,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics South Dakota Inc: $147,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetFriends of Levitt Shell Sioux Falls: $145,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetSioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium: $145,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $138,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 171.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

South Dakota Community FoundationSD137× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Midcontinent Foundation · The Mike Cindy and Kylie Huether Family Foundation · Sheldon F Reese Foundation · Sioux Empire United Way Inc · Larson Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Levo Cares Foundation · The Robert and Rita Elmen Foundation · Oahe Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Avera Health

How much does Avera Health give?
Avera Health reported 109 itemized grants totaling $6,160,190, out of $24,860,573 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 119 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Avera Health fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Philanthropy (21%), Health (14%).
Who are Avera Health's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sioux Falls Catholic Schools ($9.2M), Avera McKennan ($4.3M), South Dakota State University ($4.0M).
Does Avera Health fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Avera Health?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, Sanford Group Return, Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Avera Health based?
Avera Health is based in SD.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 236 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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