- Revenue 2023
- $1,712,450,547
- Expenses 2023
- $1,579,131,228
Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- E20
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1325 S CLIFF AVE
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 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 and guided by Christian values.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Promotion of health
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Avera McKennan's mission is to provide healthcare services to Sioux Falls, South Dakota residents and residents of the surrounding area. Avera McKennan is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Avera Health. Avera McKennan consists of a 618-bed hospital, a 53-bed heart hospital and a 126-bed nursing home in Sioux Falls, SD. Major service lines include oncology, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, neonatology, emergency and trauma, critical care including EICU, radiology and diagnostic imaging, psychiatry, pulmonary, orthopedics, neurology, cardiology, and gastroenterology. Transplant services include solid organ (kidney and pancreas) and bone marrow transplant.Avera McKennan owns or leases rural critical hospitals and a nursing home in South Dakota including a 17-bed critical access hospital and a 30-bed nursing home in Gregory, SD, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Milbank, SD, a 23-bed critical access hospital in Dell Rapids, SD, an 18-bed critical access hospital in Flandreau, SD, an 11-bed critical access hospital in Miller, SD (Hand County), and an 11-bed critical access hospital in Rock Rapids, IA. Services offered by the rural critical access hospitals include radiology and imaging, colonoscopy and endoscopy, therapy and rehabilitation, 24-hour emergency care, chemotherapy, orthopedics, cardiovascular testing, surgery, dialysis, and obstetrics.In addition, Avera McKennan provides clinical care, secondary and primary, through physician clinics in South Dakota, Northwest Iowa, Southwest Minnesota, and Northeastern Nebraska. The physician clinics provide primary care and urgent care, and specialties such as cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, internal medicine, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, ob/gyn, oncology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, orthopedics, pain management, psychiatry, pulmonology, general surgery, and vascular services. Following is a breakdown of these statistics by facility:Avera McKennan Hospital 26,244 Acute patient discharges 1,903 Newborn patient discharges 493,038 Outpatient visits 3,615 Newborn patient days 895,624 Clinic visitsAvera Heart Hospital 2,858 Acute patient discharges 19,106 Outpatient visits 78,166 Clinic visitsAvera Prince of Peace 39,891 Long-term care resident days 392 Long-term care patient dischargesAvera Gregory Hospital (CAH) 271 Acute patient discharges 90 Swing-bed patient discharges 11,435 Outpatient visits 645 Swing-bed patient days 15,152 Clinic visitsAvera Rosebud Country Care Center 9,998 Long-term care resident days 25 Long-term care patient dischargesAvera Milbank Hospital (CAH) 294 Acute patient discharges 42 Newborn patient discharges 82 Swing-bed patient discharges 18,433 Outpatient visits 60 Newborn patient days 608 Swing-bed patient days 20,246 Clinic visitsAvera Dell Rapids Hospital (CAH) 135 Acute patient discharges 44 Swing-bed patient discharges 10,671 Outpatient visits 355 Swing-bed patient days 13,699 Clinic visitsAvera Flandreau Hospital (CAH) 145 Acute patient discharges 19 Swing-bed patient discharges 8,157 Outpatient visits 198 Swing-bed patient days 8,235 Clinic visitsAvera Hand County Hospital (CAH) 157 Acute patient discharges 37 Swing-bed patient discharges 10,410 Outpatient visits 242 Swing-bed patient days 7,656 Clinic visitsAvera Merrill Pioneer Hospital (CAH) 74 Acute patient discharges 40 Swing-bed patient discharges 8,884 Outpatient visits 372 Swing-bed patient days 5,737 Clinic visitsAvera McKennan maintains records to identify and monitor the level of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges forgone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy and equivalent service statistics. The amount of charges foregone, based on established rates, were $85,289,932.Avera McKennan also provides community benefit health activities at less than or at no cost to support those in the area serviced, see Schedule H. As a member of the Avera Health Network, Avera McKennan upholds the vision of the Presentation and Benedictine Sisters to work through collaboration to provide quality, effective health ministry, and to improve the healthcare of individuals and our communities through a regionally integrated network of persons and institutions. Avera McKennan engages in activities designed to improve the health of individuals and communities in response to a calling to heal the sick, the elderly, and the oppressed.
Expenses $1,463,044,124 · Grants $1,285,250 · Revenue $1,672,811,645
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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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Ronald Place MD
President & CEO
- Total calculated
- $743,888
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $726,858
- Other
- $17,030
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $676,736 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $30,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $20,122 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $530 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $743,888 related
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Tom Biegler
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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J Pat Costello
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jennifer Bunkers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Sister Candyce Chrystal
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 6 related
-
Sister Mary Carole Curran
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Van Fishback
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jeff Gordon Board Member
Philanthropy Council Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cristina Hill Jensen MD
Board Member/Gastroenterology
- Total calculated
- $1,057,557
- From this org
- $999,555
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $58,002
- Hours/week
- 42
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $782,930
- Bonus
- $213,834
- Other
- $2,791
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $41,502
- Filer's total
- $1,057,557
-
Brenda Kallemeyn MD Board Member
/Chief of Staff/ OB & Gyn
- Total calculated
- $520,293
- From this org
- $487,438
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,855
- Hours/week
- 42
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $368,315
- Bonus
- $118,234
- Other
- $889
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,355
- Filer's total
- $520,293
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Jennifer Kirby
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Randy Knecht
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Laurie Knutson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jawad Nazir MD Board Member
Infectious Disease & Internal Med
- Total calculated
- $713,319
- From this org
- $660,028
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $53,291
- Hours/week
- 42
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $640,866
- Bonus
- $15,588
- Other
- $3,574
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $36,791
- Filer's total
- $713,319
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Alejandro Ramirez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Alisa Reindl MD
Board Member/Family Medicine
- Total calculated
- $255,307
- From this org
- $230,904
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,403
- Hours/week
- 2
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $211,267
- Bonus
- $19,155
- Other
- $482
- Deferred
- $11,676
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,727
- Filer's total
- $255,307
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Sister Roxanne Seifert
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 5 related
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Benjamin Solomon MD
Board Member/Oncology & Hematology
- Total calculated
- $794,419
- From this org
- $733,736
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $60,683
- Hours/week
- 42
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $660,303
- Bonus
- $72,047
- Other
- $1,386
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $44,183
- Filer's total
- $794,419
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Sister Lucille Welbig
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 5 related
-
Harriet Yocum
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julie Lautt
CFO Avera Health;Secretary
- Total calculated
- $1,223,076
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,203,675
- Other
- $19,401
- Hours/week
- 0.1 + 46.3 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $1,197,590 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $480 related
- Other
- $0 + $5,605 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $16,500 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $2,901 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,223,076 related
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Michael Elliott
Sr VP - Chief Medical Officer
- Total calculated
- $356,028
- From this org
- $338,905
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,123
- Hours/week
- 24
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $336,461
- Bonus
- $252
- Other
- $2,192
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $623
- Filer's total
- $356,028
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Curtis Hohman
Sr VP - Network Hospitals
- Total calculated
- $263,877
- From this org
- $235,720
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,157
- Hours/week
- 24 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $232,902
- Bonus
- $390
- Other
- $2,428
- Deferred
- $11,955
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,201
- Filer's total
- $263,876
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Tamera Larsen Engelkes
Chief Nursing Officer
- Total calculated
- $319,139
- From this org
- $301,739
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,400
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $299,371
- Bonus
- $1,675
- Other
- $693
- Deferred
- $15,085
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,315
- Filer's total
- $319,139
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Jonathan Gilhooly MD
Neurosurgery
- Total calculated
- $1,686,383
- From this org
- $1,636,142
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $50,241
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $1,522,448
- Bonus
- $16,200
- Other
- $97,494
- Deferred
- $16,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,741
- Filer's total
- $1,686,383
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
- $1,712,450,547
- Expenses
- $1,579,131,228
- Contributions
- $23,424,006
- Grants paid
- $1,285,250
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,488,868,703
- Expenses
- $1,457,774,738
- Contributions
- $30,014,546
- Grants paid
- $504,592
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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2024 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
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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
- $1,412,729,099
- Expenses
- $1,405,209,002
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,383,813,699
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2021 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,371,059,282
- Expenses
- $1,278,846,398
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,439,516,677
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2020 · 990-T
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- not reported
- Assets (EOY)
- not reported
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,174,762,076
- Expenses
- $1,181,829,141
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,409,144,457
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,128,932,346
- Expenses
- $1,103,161,342
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,220,148,914
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,062,978,607
- Expenses
- $1,014,434,772
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,159,178,030
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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$800,000
2023 Program Support
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State of South Dakota
$15,000
2022 Women's Cancer Network
Grants received
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT, CAMPAIGN SUPPORT, PROGRAMS SUPPORT
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT, CAMPAIGN SUPPORT, CAPITAL PROJECTS, HOSPICE HOUSE, HOSPITAL SUPPORT, PROGRAMS SUPPORT
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2023 HOSPICE HOUSE, CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL SUPPORT
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TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$377,250
2022 Research
-
$270,132
2024 SUB-AWARD
-
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$181,979
2023 RESEARCH
-
$115,000
2022 Patient Support
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SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$100,000
2022 Healthcare
-
2022 Healthcare
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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC
$40,000
2024 stroke programs
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) · Promotion of Health · SD
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501(c)(3) · Home Services · SD
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501(c)(4) · Health Financing and Health Plan Admin · SD
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · MN
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · MN
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · MN
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · NE
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · IA
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Holy Family Hospital Foundation
501(c)(3) · Support Health Related Services · IA
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501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
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Lewis and Clark Health Education and Service Agency
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
-
501(c)(3) · Healthcare Services · SD
Declared as related by
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On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
On its 2024 return
-
Holy Family Hospital Foundation
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 as a controlled entity
-
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.
Disregarded entities on its 2023 return
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Research and development · SD · income -$1,789,472 · assets -$3,956,200
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MRIS LLC
Healthcare Services · SD · income $0 · assets $0
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Sioux Falls Hospital Management LLC
Management company of Heart Hospital · NC · income $4,196,809 · assets $12,490,954
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Holding company · SD · income $4,196,809 · assets $12,490,954
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
Medical Services - Home Medical Equipment · SD
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Caravan Health ACO 15 LLC dba Prairie Vista Care Organization
Accountable Care Organization · TX
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Caravan Health ACO 41 dba Prairie View Care Organization
Accountable Care Organization · TX
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Heart Hospital of South Dakota LLC
Related · Healthcare Services · SD · 66.67% owned · share of income $6,221,732 · share of assets $51,652,820
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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
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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 · Biotechnology · 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
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DakotaCare Administrative Services Inc
C · Insurance · SD
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South Dakota State Medical Holding Company Inc
C · Insurance · SD
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Valley Health Services
C · Rental Real Estate · SD
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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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.