Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker St. Louis, MO EIN: 48-1186704

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc at a glance

In short: Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$25,000
-37.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$25,000
+25.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$25,000
Total assets
$63,891,330
-9.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Kansas (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce: $25KManhattan Area Chamber ofCommerce$25K

The largest 2025 recipient was Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce ($25K).

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

7<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 7 grants of 9 (78%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

ManhattanSpringfiled

How Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc gives

  • Giving fell 82% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K1 grant2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 3 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2019) to $225K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce Manhattan, KSAdvantage Manhattan$25,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$63,891,330$108,090,338$107,247,070$25,0001$-196,188
2024$70,363,214$107,947,393$101,049,934$40,0002—
2023$63,970,356$102,660,268$96,720,784$225,0002$112,156
2022$64,383,904$97,101,128$93,678,513$135,5833$-14,656
2021$74,708,914$108,962,150$89,411,106$25,0001$14,279,237
2020$228,344,603$92,468,699$87,425,538——$-1,836,302
2019$203,885,247$96,830,168$85,621,825$25,0001$721,231

About Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc

Based on IRS filings

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in St. Louis, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $63.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $25K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc is led by Robert C. Copple, Ex-Officio & President on every filing since 2019; 7 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Robert C. Copple

    Ex-Officio & President

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $344K (2019) → $442K (2025)

  • Katie Reeves Seay

    Chair

    Secretary & Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2023

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Avinash Singh MD

    Director & Physician

    Director → Director & Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    7 hrs/week

    $424K (2025)

  • Gregory J. Welle MD

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah F. Barrett

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Merl Page

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Knopp MD

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gene Taylor

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kent Glasscock

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rawley Philpott

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Casey M. Poell MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $455K (2019) → $453K (2025)

  • Dane E. Ditto MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $257K (2019) → $335K (2025)

  • Ian C. Malburg MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2019

    50 hrs/week

    $471K (2019) → $518K (2025)

  • Jennifer M. Goehring RN

    Former Key Employee

    Cno → Chief Nursing Officer, 2022

    Chief Nursing Officer → Former Key Employee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    $167K (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Daniel Joseph Samani MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    50 hrs/week

    $431K (2023) → $318K (2025)

  • Preeti Singh MD

    Physician

    On filings since 2024

    50 hrs/week

    $346K (2024) → $385K (2025)

  • Matthew W. Floersch

    Vice Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael McCullough

    Former Officer

    Assistant Treasurer, CFO & Ministry Market → Former Officer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Don E. King

    Former Officer

    Ex-Officio → Former Officer, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin J. Strecker

    Ex-Officio

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Mike D. Joy

    Former Officer

    Assistant Treasurer, Interim CFO & Ministry Market → Former Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Arthur Wegner

    CFO & Ministry Market

    Assistant Treasurer, CFO & Ministry Market → CFO & Ministry Market, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Dirk E. Daveline (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: John Armbrust (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sue T. Unruh (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sister Janet Leduc Csj (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Akash Jain MD (2023–2024) — Physician
  • Former: Seth Marcus Oliphant MD (2024) — Physician
  • Former: Carla J. Yost RN (2019–2023) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Joy M. Scott (2019–2023) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Jennifer Christina Milner MD (2020–2023) — Physician
  • Former: Suveenkrishna Pothuru MD (2021–2023) — Physician
  • Former: Tarek Salem MD (2023) — Director
  • Former: Claudio J. Ferraro (2019–2022) — Former Officer
  • Former: Edward J. Hett MD (2019–2022) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Kelly Ivester (2021–2022) — Director & Physician
  • Former: Asad Mohmand MD (2022) — Physician
  • Former: Margaret A. Tichacek (2019–2021) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Saurabh D. Chitnis MD (2020–2021) — Physician
  • Former: Dwight D. Faulkner (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
  • Former: Gary Knight (2019–2020) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Robert M. Duff MD (2019–2020) — Chair
  • Former: Todd A. Conklin (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
  • Former: Lan Q. Ly MD (2019) — Physician
  • Former: Lance White (2019) — Director
  • Former: Roberta Johnson (2019) — Former Officer
  • Former: Sherry Hausmann (2019) — Former Officer
  • Former: Sister Janet Leduc (2019) — Director
  • Former: Timothy Minges MD (2019) — Physician

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Ian C Malburg MD — Physician: $518KIan C Malburg MDPhysician$518KCasey M Poell MD — Physician: $453KCasey M Poell MDPhysician$453KRobert C Copple — Ex-Officio/President: $442KRobert C CoppleEx-Officio/President$442KAvinash Singh MD — Director/Physician: $424KAvinash Singh MDDirector/Physician$424KPreeti Singh MD — Physician: $385KPreeti Singh MDPhysician$385KDane E Ditto MD — Physician: $335KDane E Ditto MDPhysician$335KDaniel Joseph Samani MD — Physician (End 6/2024): $318KDaniel Joseph Samani MDPhysician (End 6/2024)$318K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $518K, to Ian C Malburg MD (Physician). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc

How much does Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc give each year?

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $40K across 2 grants.

How large is Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc?

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc reported $63.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $108.1M.

What is Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc?

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in St. Louis, MO. It holds $63.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc operate?

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc has awarded grants in Illinois, Kansas.

What is Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc's EIN?

Ascension via Christi Hospital Manhattan Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-1186704. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 14, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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