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AVERA ST LUKES

EIN 46-0224598 ABERDEEN, SD

Revenue 2023
$197,141,413
Expenses 2023
$199,815,005

Program services were 93.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E22
Classification
1000
Street
305 S STATE ST

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).

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.

  • Daniel Bjerknes

    President/CEO

    Total calculated
    $553,555
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $503,084
    Other
    $50,471
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $498,188 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $4,896 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,971 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $553,555 related

  • Heidi Golz

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Herman

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sr Kathleen Bierne

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Fauth

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shane Franks

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Fritz MD

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Inman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paula Jensen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sr Marietta Kerkvliet

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam LeFebvre MD

    Board Member/Anesthesiology

    Total calculated
    $568,967
    From this org
    $518,726
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,241
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $487,103
    Bonus
    $30,400
    Other
    $1,223
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,741
    Filer's total
    $568,967

  • Sr Mary Kay Panowicz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Diana Reynen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Seyer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Garrett Wobst MD

    Board Member/Orthopedics/Surgery

    Total calculated
    $670,272
    From this org
    $625,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,459
    Hours/week
    41

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,214
    Bonus
    $172,438
    Other
    $1,161
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,959
    Filer's total
    $670,272

  • Julie Lautt

    CFO Avera Health;Secretary/Treasurer

    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

  • Tom J Snyder

    VP - Strategy Network Ops (End 03/2024)

    Total calculated
    $251,004
    From this org
    $222,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $220,149
    Bonus
    $900
    Other
    $1,406
    Deferred
    $11,291
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,259
    Filer's total
    $251,005

  • Brandon Fites MD

    Sports Medicine, Surgery & Orthopedics

    Total calculated
    $3,052,359
    From this org
    $2,999,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $2,118,832
    Bonus
    $874,360
    Other
    $6,150
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,517
    Filer's total
    $3,052,359

  • Daniel Fritz MD

    Radiology

    Total calculated
    $1,282,291
    From this org
    $1,242,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,997
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $523,626
    Bonus
    $717,591
    Other
    $1,077
    Deferred
    $15,729
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,268
    Filer's total
    $1,282,291

  • Ryan Gnesda MD

    Radiology

    Total calculated
    $1,531,336
    From this org
    $1,477,815
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $842,714
    Bonus
    $633,488
    Other
    $1,613
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,021
    Filer's total
    $1,531,336

  • Susheel Gundewar MD

    Cardiology

    Total calculated
    $1,972,803
    From this org
    $1,913,170
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,633
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $1,580,220
    Bonus
    $330,182
    Other
    $2,768
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,133
    Filer's total
    $1,972,803

  • Leslie Lenter MD

    Interventional Radiology & Radiology

    Total calculated
    $1,591,831
    From this org
    $1,550,096
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,735
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $798,083
    Bonus
    $731,713
    Other
    $20,300
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,235
    Filer's total
    $1,591,831

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 — 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
    $197,141,413
    Expenses
    $199,815,005
    Contributions
    $569,579
    Grants paid
    $11,569
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $200,128,779
    Expenses
    $209,172,426
    Contributions
    $720,538
    Grants paid
    $13,020

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 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

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.