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ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM

ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM (Minnesota) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,496,923 to it, the largest being BENTSON FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$5.9B
Funders on record
60
Grants received
$9.5M
Net assets
$3.2B
31/60 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Allina Health System does

Mission

Our missionwe serve our communities by providing exceptional care, as we prevent illness, restore health and provide comfort to all who entrust us with their care.our visionwe will: put the patient first; make a difference in peoples lives by providing exceptional care and service; create a healing environment where passionate people thrive and excel; and lead collaborative efforts that solve our community's health care challenges.our valuesintegrity, respect, trust, compassion and stewardship

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Providing medical serviceshospital, medical and other health care servicesallina health delivers high quality hospital, medical and other health care services to patients in minnesota and western wisconsin. As a mission-driven organization, allina health is committed to improving the lifelong health of the communities it serves. Allina health provides these services to the community through its family of hospitals to include:abbott northwestern hospital - minneapolis, minnesotalocated in south minneapolis, abbott northwestern is the largest nonprofit hospital in the twin cities. Abbott northwestern serves more than 200,000 patients and their families from across the twin cities and upper midwest per year. The hospital is known across the united states for its centers of excellence: allina health cancer institute, minneapolis heart institute, the spine institute, neuroscience institute, orthopedic institute, the mother baby center, and the courage kenny rehabilitation institute.buffalo hospital - buffalo, minnesotabuffalo hospital is a non-profit regional medical center committed to providing quality, comprehensive care to patients in and around wright county. Buffalo hospital…

    $3,888,704,446 spentof which $5,558,481 as grants$5,820,964,694 earned by the program
    76% of program spending
  2. Cost of participating in government programsallina health is committed to serving all persons in need, regardless of race, creed, sex, nationality, religion, disability, age, or ability to pay. To promote access to care for all individuals, allina health participates in the following public health care programs: medicare, medicaid, minnesotacare, and general assistance. Payments from these programs frequently do not cover the costs allina health incurs to serve program beneficiaries. In 2024, allina health provided $1,004,525,144 in health care services in excess of the reimbursement received by public programs and surcharges, taxes and fees related to these programs. The following is a breakdown on costs related to these programs, services and additional taxes and fees.costs in excess of medicare and medicaid paymentsallina health provides services to public program enrollees. Such public programs have historically been reimbursed at amounts less than cost. In 2024, allina health expended $662,503,231 beyond reimbursements to provide care for medicare patients and an additional $248,752,037 beyond reimbursements for medicaid patients. Medicaid surchargeallina health is a…

    $1,004,525,144 spent
    20% of program spending
  3. Uncompensated care:charity careallina health provides medical care without charge or at reduced cost to residents of the communities that it serves through the provision of charity care. Our partners care was established to assist patients who do not qualify for medical assistance such as medicaid and whose annual incomes are at or below 275% of the federal poverty level. Charity care does not include bad debt (charges written off as unpaid and uncollectible). Through this program, allina health strives to ensure that all members of the community receive quality medical care; regardless of ability to pay. In 2024, allina health provided $14,617,779 in charity care.uninsured discount programfor uninsured patients who do not qualify for medicaid or meet the financial threshold for charity care, but require some financial assistance, allina health provides a sliding scale discount. All uninsured patients are eligible for a minimum of a 14 percent discount on billed charges and may qualify for discounts up to 77 percent based on eligibility criteria. In 2024, allina health provided $123,008,922 in such discounts to low-income, uninsured individuals. Bad debt - bad debt will be…

    $137,626,701 spent$-91,786,691 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  4. Community services:in 2024, allina health contributed $59,928,520 to community programs and services to advance the health of the broader community. Below are examples of programs and services allina health provides within the communities we serve that offer community benefit.community health improvement servicesaccording to irs reporting categories and the catholic health association (cha/vha) guidelines, community health improvement services include activities to improve community health that are subsidized by the health care organization and do not generate inpatient or outpatient bills. Allina health provides many programs and services that fall under this category. A few examples include: health powered kids (hpk), launched in 2012, is a free community education program designed to empower children ages 3 to 14 years to make healthier choices about eating, exercise, keeping clean and managing stress. In 2024, more than 150,000 people visited the hpk website.change to chill (ctc) is a free, online resource that provides stress reduction tips, life balance techniques and health education services for teens. In 2024, more than 750,000 people visited the change to chill website.…

    $59,928,519 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,090,784,810.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.3B) Expenses 100 ($4.1B) Net assets 100 ($2.7B)2018 Revenue 107 ($4.6B) Expenses 107 ($4.4B) Net assets 102 ($2.7B)2019 Revenue 109 ($4.7B) Expenses 111 ($4.5B) Net assets 113 ($3.1B)2020 Revenue 108 ($4.6B) Expenses 110 ($4.5B) Net assets 117 ($3.2B)2021 Revenue 119 ($5.1B) Expenses 118 ($4.8B) Net assets 132 ($3.6B)2022 Revenue 121 ($5.2B) Expenses 126 ($5.2B) Net assets 117 ($3.2B)2023 Revenue 126 ($5.4B) Expenses 136 ($5.6B) Net assets 111 ($3.0B)2024 Revenue 139 ($5.9B) Expenses 142 ($5.8B) Net assets 117 ($3.2B)
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Revenue (139)Expenses (142)Net assets (117)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $4.5B to $5.3B (+17%).

$4.5B
$4.5B
$5.3B
$5.9B
$6.5B
$5.8B
$6.0B
$6.0B
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

1% of ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,211 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$173M
’17
$168M
’18
$117M
’19
$118M
’20
$234M
’21
−$29M
’22
−$195M
’23
$94M
’24
0.1
months of
reserve

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

Board chair

Debbra Schoneman

Director/chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed4846505251525456
Joined·+3+8+11+8+9+10+9
No longer listed·5499887
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $593k.

16 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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: $193M from 16 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Allina Health Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM raised.

From the IRS filings of ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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 SYSTEM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

57% 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 SYSTEM.

26%
largest funder
55%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 58% · 2019 50% · 2020 17% · 2021 41% · 2022 21% · 2023 46% — 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

32% of ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

91% of ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
WI
NY
NJ
CT
MO
MD
KS
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM's revenue grew 39% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,075 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024

Government funding ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.2M on record — $6.2M federal, $24k state.

Federal$6.2M
grants $6.0Mcontracts $166k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$6.0M
  • Department of Justice$166k
State$24k
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By state
  • MA$13k
  • FL$5k
  • DE$5k
  • VT$1k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 13%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

MN
WI

Part of a family of 36 related entities

  • Accounts Receivable Services LLC · disregarded
  • Axis Healthcare LLC · disregarded
  • Ah Franchising LLC · disregarded
  • Allina Health Clinics LLC · disregarded
  • Allina Health Surgery Center Partners LLC · disregarded

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM?
ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM (Minnesota) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,496,923 to it, the largest being BENTSON FOUNDATION ($2,500,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM have?
IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $9,496,923 in grants to ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM?
BENTSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM 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 60 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing