Minnesota · Nonprofit
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,211,465 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($4,350,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 99
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $275M
What Allina Health Foundation does
Mission
Allina Health Foundation is dedicated to raising philanthropic support to advance the mission of allina health to serve our communities by providing exceptional care, as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Healing environments and property improvements: Allina Health Foundation funds some costs of constructing and maintaining healing environments, clinics and hospitals. This investment in properties ensures that all locations are maintained so patients have the best care possible. Providing holistic care to patients requires mental and emotional well-being in clinics and hospitals; this state of well-being is impacted by the physical environment of the facilities. Allina Health Foundation is committed to improving patient care locations, including renovations and expansions of clinics, hospitals and specialized facilities. In 2024, Allina Health Foundation funding supported the development of the center for mental health and addiction on the mercy hosppital-unity campus in fridley. This center provides a full range of services for children, teens, adults and seniors. Allina Health Foundation also funded the renovation of the transitional rehabilitation program therapy gym at courage kenny rehabilitation institute in golden valley, combining spaces for a larger and more efficient location that imporves collaboration among staff members.
$10,590,550 spentof which $10,590,550 as grants45% of program spendingPatient care and community services: in support of the nonprofit mission of allina health, Allina Health Foundation funds educational and wellness programs to community members, regardless of their ability to pay for the services. In 2024, the foundation awarded grants to support emergency financial assistance for qualifying cancer patients. This funding helps patients with travel costs, specialized treatment and other everyday expenses supporting their physical, mental and emotional health. The foundation provided funding for adaptive sports and recreation programs so people with disabilities can partake in opportunities that provide friendship, community, and physical movement, all of which are important to maintaining physical, mental and emotional health. Blood pressure cuffs funded by the foundation are provided free-of-charge to patients for monitoring their blood pressure at home and improving their health.
$9,144,680 spentof which $9,144,680 as grants39% of program spendingCapital equipment for improved patient care: ensuring the availability of the latest health technology equipment is essential for providing the best care to patients. Allina Health Foundation awards grants to support the purchase of capital equipment that will ensure patients have easier, more convenient access to care and more precise diagnosis and treatment of health conditions. In 2024, Allina Health Foundation supported the completion of the linear acceleration project, allowing for precise radiation treatment for cancer patients, ensuring better life-saving care. The foundation supported the purchase of new equipment for the renovated transitional rehabilitation program gym, including a bioness vector lift, the second one for courage kenny rehabilitation institute.
$1,857,621 spentof which $1,857,621 as grants8% of program spendingEducation and research: Allina Health Foundation provides funding for education and research projects to promote the health and wellness of current and future patients. Other educational support is awarded in the form of scholarships to employees and community members pursuing careers in health care. In 2024, the foundation supported research on the influence of orthopedic robots, cognitive rehabilitation clinical practice programs, and diabetes screening in pregnancy, and more. These projects all support improved health for patients and expanded understanding of care practices. Allina Health Foundation also supports employees who are facing unexpected and severe financial strain due to a crisis event. The caring for colleagues program is a source of support to ensure employees are cared for when facing financial stress that may be caused by a major health event, the loss of a job, or other crisis event.
$2,004,005 spentof which $2,004,005 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,596,856.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $12M to $229M (+1824%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
74% of ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lisa Shannon
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $32k → $8.8M.
20 of 99 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $9.9M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 99 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
30% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 45% · 2019 46% · 2020 57% · 2021 23% · 2022 70% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
24% of ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,580 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,580 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 29 related entities
- Allina Health System · exempt
- Mbp Facility LLC · exempt
- Allina Health Restorative Suites (Fka Phs Westhealth Inc) · exempt
- Aspen Sleep Centerllc · partnership
- Geriatric Services of Minnesota LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,211,465 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($4,350,000). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 99 organizations giving $22,211,465 in grants to ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $4,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 99 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing