- Revenue 2023
- $278,424,080
- Expenses 2023
- $280,386,542
Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- E110
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 3900 W AVERA DR
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Group exemption
A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us
The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
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.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Promotion of health
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Avera Health is a nonprofit corporation jointly sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen, South Dakota and the Benedictine Convent of the Sacred Heart of Yankton, South Dakota, together referenced as the "Sisters." Avera Health acts as the leader of the Avera health ministry, serving as an overall parent to support its affiliated tax-exempt health care organizations. These organizations provide services principally in eastern South Dakota and surrounding states. Avera Health provides management consulting, fund raising and other administrative services to the hospitals, long-term health care facilities, clinics, services and programs that are sponsored or otherwise affiliated with the Sisters.
Expenses $238,134,264 · Grants $16,682,844 · Revenue $249,827,079
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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James Dover
President/CEO (Eff 10/2023)
- Total calculated
- $399,782
- From this org
- $396,393
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,389
- Hours/week
- 45 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $388,194
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $8,199
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,389
- Filer's total
- $399,782
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Bob Sutton
President/CEO (End 08/2023)
- Total calculated
- $2,140,896
- From this org
- $2,080,463
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $60,433
- Hours/week
- 45 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $2,068,183
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $12,280
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $43,933
- Filer's total
- $2,140,896
-
Dr Luis Rojas-Espaillat
Chair, Gynecologic Oncology
- Total calculated
- $750,776
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $697,255
- Other
- $53,521
- Hours/week
- 5 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $661,963 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $24,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $11,292 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $24,960 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $28,561 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $750,776 related
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Lori Essig
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sister Candyce Chrystal
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 3 related
-
Sister Pam Donelan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
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Robert Fouberg
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Doneen Hollingsworth
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sister Mary Jaeger
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dr Wayne Kindle
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Sister Debra Kolecka
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 4 related
-
Sister Mary Kay Panowicz
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 1 related
-
Sister Roxanne Seifert
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 2 related
-
Clark Sinclair
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dr Katherine Wang
Board Member, Neonatology
- Total calculated
- $524,613
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $507,178
- Other
- $17,435
- Hours/week
- 5 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $414,028 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $91,886 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,264 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $935 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $524,613 related
-
Dr Jason Wickersham
Board Member, Family Medicine/OBGYN
- Total calculated
- $513,261
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $463,101
- Other
- $50,160
- Hours/week
- 5 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $399,955 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $61,932 related
- Other
- $0 + $1,214 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $33,660 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $513,261 related
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Julie Lautt
CFO, Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $1,223,076
- From this org
- $1,203,675
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,401
- Hours/week
- 45 + 1.4 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $1,197,590
- Bonus
- $480
- Other
- $5,605
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,901
- Filer's total
- $1,223,076
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Richard Korman
Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
- Total calculated
- $858,952
- From this org
- $808,575
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,377
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $798,056
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $10,519
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,877
- Filer's total
- $858,952
-
Daniel Bjerknes
President/CEO, St. Luke's
- Total calculated
- $553,555
- From this org
- $503,084
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,471
- Hours/week
- 0 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $498,188
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $4,896
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,971
- Filer's total
- $553,555
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Doug Ekeren
President/CEO, Sacred Heart
- Total calculated
- $702,995
- From this org
- $652,618
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,377
- Hours/week
- 0 + 41 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $641,698
- Bonus
- $900
- Other
- $10,020
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,877
- Filer's total
- $702,995
-
David Flicek
Chief Operating Officer
- Total calculated
- $1,416,688
- From this org
- $1,371,591
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $45,097
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $1,327,499
- Bonus
- $700
- Other
- $43,392
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,597
- Filer's total
- $1,416,688
-
Shantel Krebs
President/CEO, St. Mary's
- Total calculated
- $287,910
- From this org
- $83,231
- From related orgs
- $186,423
- Other
- $18,256
- Hours/week
- 0 + 42 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $79,808 + $173,373 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $4,000 related
- Other
- $3,423 + $9,050 related
- Deferred
- $8,869 + $8,869 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $259 + $259 related
- Filer's total
- $92,359 + $195,551 related
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Dr Ronald Place
President/CEO, McKennan
- Total calculated
- $743,888
- From this org
- $726,858
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,030
- Hours/week
- 0 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $676,736
- Bonus
- $30,000
- Other
- $20,122
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $530
- Filer's total
- $743,888
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Dr Hillary Rockwell
President/CEO, Queen of Peace
- Total calculated
- $524,392
- From this org
- $245,314
- From related orgs
- $221,675
- Other
- $57,403
- Hours/week
- 0 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $237,154 + $213,545 related
- Bonus
- $7,500 + $7,500 related
- Other
- $660 + $630 related
- Deferred
- $5,507 + $10,993 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $20,449 + $20,454 related
- Filer's total
- $271,270 + $253,122 related
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Debbie Streier
President/CEO, Marshall
- Total calculated
- $506,835
- From this org
- $489,400
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,435
- Hours/week
- 0 + 44.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $481,234
- Bonus
- $440
- Other
- $7,726
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $935
- Filer's total
- $506,835
The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2023
- Revenue
- $278,424,080
- Expenses
- $280,386,542
- Contributions
- $13,740,538
- Grants paid
- $16,682,844
-
2022
- Revenue
- $285,338,511
- Expenses
- $291,882,361
- Contributions
- $22,270,065
- Grants paid
- $26,892,445
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2023 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2022 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $441,737,044
- Expenses
- $292,380,913
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,756,534,821
-
2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $323,568,990
- Expenses
- $333,143,247
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,761,941,902
-
2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $295,600,192
- Expenses
- $266,728,621
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,513,047,085
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $273,884,389
- Expenses
- $270,833,675
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,324,107,753
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $225,457,103
- Expenses
- $234,897,798
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,282,022,027
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $218,893,740
- Expenses
- $195,715,801
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,067,436,720
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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University of South Dakota Research Park
$1,867,032
2022 Sponsorship
-
Northern State University Foundation
$1,400,000
2023 Donation
-
2023 Donation
-
2022 Sponsorship
-
Forward Sioux Falls
$730,713
2023 Community Development
-
$550,000
2022 Sponsorship
-
Southeast Technical College
$525,638
2022 Scholarship
-
University of South Dakota
$473,000
2023 Scholarship
-
$330,000
2023 Donation
-
University of South Dakota
$273,000
2022 Scholarship
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
-
$264,382
2023 PARTNER AGENCY ALLOC
-
$264,382
2024 PARTNER AGENCY ALLOCATION
-
$264,382
2025 COMMUNITY IMPACT
-
$237,299
2022 PARTNER AGENCY ALLOC
-
SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$176,052
2024 Healthcare
-
$147,092
2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
-
2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
-
$110,000
2024 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
-
$105,000
2022 HEALTH
-
$100,780
2024 HEALTH
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Related organizations
From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
Declared on its 2023 return
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
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501(c)(3) · Home services · SD · controlled entity
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501(c)(4) · Health financing & health plan admin · SD · controlled entity
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · MN · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · MN
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · MN · controlled entity
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · NE · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · IA · controlled entity
-
Holy Family Hospital Foundation
501(c)(3) · Support health related services · IA · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
-
Lewis and Clark Health Education and Service Agency
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare services · SD · controlled entity
Declared as related by
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
Holy Family Hospital Foundation
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
On its 2023 return
-
St Benedict Health Center Foundation
On its 2022 return
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Related partnerships on its 2023 return
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Avera Home Medical Equipment of Floyd Valley Hospital LLC
Medical services - home medical equipment · SD
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Avera Home Medical Equipment of Lakes Regional Healthcare LLC
Medical services - home medical equipment · SD
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Avera Home Medical Equipment of Sioux Center LLC
Medical services - home medical equipment · SD
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Avera Home Medical Equipment of Spencer Hospital LLC
Medical services - home medical equipment · SD
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Brookings Health System - Avera HME LLC
Healthcare Services · SD
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Caravan Health ACO 15 LLC dba Prairie Vista Care Organization
Accountable Care Organization · MO
-
Caravan Health ACO 41 LLC dba Prairie View Care Organization
Accountable Care Organization · MO
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Heart Hospital of South Dakota LLC
Healthcare Services · SD
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Surgical Associates Endoscopy Clinic LLC
Surgical associates · SD
Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return
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Accounts Management Inc
C · Collection Agency · SD · 100% owned · share of income $4,674,347 · share of assets $3,287,985 · controlled entity
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Alucent Australia Pty Ltd
Biotech Research · AS · 70.2% owned · share of income $531,683 · share of assets $247,493 · controlled entity
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Alucent Biomedical Inc
C · Biotech Research · SD · 70.2% owned · share of income -$8,327,603 · share of assets $7,027,725 · controlled entity
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Avera Property Insurance Inc
C · Insurance · SD · 100% owned · share of income -$245,714 · share of assets $1,948,671 · controlled entity
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DakotaCare Administrative Services Inc
C · Insurance · SD · 100% owned · share of income $200,847 · share of assets $366,501 · controlled entity
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South Dakota State Medical Holding Company Inc
C · Insurance · SD · 100% owned · share of income $147,561 · share of assets $2,547,471 · controlled entity
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Valley Health Services
C · Rental Real Estate · SD · 100% owned · share of income $46,648 · share of assets $1,012,788 · controlled entity
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Kore Cares In Home Services LLC
S · In-Home Care Services · SD
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Not present in the most recent drop.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.