Sacred Heart Health Services
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Sacred Heart Health Services at a glance
In short: Sacred Heart Health Services reported $55 in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $55 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -99.9% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $475,799,064
- +10.9% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $182,208,327
- +16.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $16,493,463
- +215.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $160,212,840
- +7.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Sacred Heart Health Services funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
8 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 8 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Sacred Heart Health Services gives
- Giving fell 66% from 2021 to 2024. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $55 (2025) to $400K (2019). In 2025 it reported $55 in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Marty University Yankton, SD | Field House | $40,000 |
| South Dakota State University Brookings, SD | Palliative Care Grant | $14,559 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $475,799,064 | $182,208,327 | $160,212,840 | $55 | Total only | $16,493,463 |
| 2024 | $429,209,949 | $156,806,775 | $149,618,576 | $54,559 | 2 | $5,226,375 |
| 2023 | $399,640,005 | $148,423,646 | $144,472,709 | $162,794 | 2 | $2,220,031 |
| 2022 | $382,193,873 | $152,881,704 | $143,284,446 | $40,000 | 1 | $3,884,270 |
| 2021 | $414,934,041 | $160,143,371 | $138,505,534 | $158,403 | 3 | $12,368,103 |
| 2020 | $377,780,672 | $142,545,417 | $131,551,300 | $40,000 | 1 | $5,156,355 |
| 2019 | $347,827,204 | $145,846,368 | $132,838,776 | $400,000 | 1 | $7,363,356 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Sacred Heart Health Services
Based on IRS filings
Sacred Heart Health Services is a public charity focused on Health, based in Yankton, SD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $475.8M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $55 in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $16.5M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Sacred Heart Health Services is led by Douglas Ekeren, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 5 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Douglas Ekeren
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
42 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Victoria Hanson
President & CEO
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Greeneway
Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2022
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew G Winkelbauer MD
Family Medicine
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$546K (2019) → $638K (2025)
Michael Peterson MD
Radiation Oncology & Oncology
Board Member & Physician → Radiation Oncology, 2021
Radiation Oncology → Radiation Oncology & Oncology, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$599K (2019) → $646K (2025)
Steve Gutnik MD FACP
Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology → Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine, 2021
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$797K (2019) → $932K (2025)
Ryan Sieg MD
Orthopedics, Surgery & Sports Med
Orthopedics, Surgery & Sports Medicine → Orthopedics, Surgery & Sports Med, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$782K (2023) → $769K (2025)
Timothy Mikesell MD
Radiology
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$812K (2025)
Brian Steward
Board Member
Vice Chair → Chair, 2022
Chair → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Becker
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Amy M Leon
Vice Chair
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bernie Hunhoff
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beth Mikkelsen MD
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Strom MD
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jack Hurley
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Lautt
CFO Avera Health, Secretary & Treasurer
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Schindler
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Schmeichel
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sr Debra Kolecka
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sr Lucille Welbig
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Anthony Erickson (2019–2024) — Vice President - Senior Services
- Former: Lindsay Flannery (2019–2024) — Vice President - Patient Care Services
- Former: Tom Lorang EdD (2020–2024) — Board Member & Ministerial Jurdic
- Former: Adam Strehle MD (2023–2024) — Family Medicine
- Former: Derrick Doolittle MD (2021–2023) — Diagnostic Radiology & Radiology
- Former: Sr Roxanne Seifert (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jamie SchaeferFormer (2019–2022) — Secretary, Treasurer & Vice President Finance
- Former: Sr Debra Kolecka OSB (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Sr Patrick Leonard Murphy PBVM (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Courtney Elizabeth Merkwan (2020–2022) — Emergency Medicine
- Former: Scott Hiltunen MD (2021–2022) — Board Member & Chief of Staff
- Former: Jim Breckenridge (2019–2021) — Former CFO Avera Health, Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Ryan Loecker (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Bruce Reifenrath MDBoard (2019–2020) — Member & Chief of Staff
- Former: Russ Diedrichsen (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Arthur A Moeller DO (2020) — Ear, Nose, Throat & Otolaryngology
- Former: Jim Breckenridge - Left (2020) — CFO Avera Health, Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Julie Lautt - Joined (2020) — CFO Avera Health, Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Richard Lee Endorf (2020) — Nuclear Medicine & Diag. Radiology
- Former: Sr Patrick Leonard MurphyPBVM (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Gregory Taylor MD (2019) — Diagnostic Radiology
- Former: Kevin Bray (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Lawrence Leon (2019) — Radiology
- Former: Richard Strom MDBoard Member (2019) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Susan Fanta MDBoard (2019) — Member & Physician
- Former: Tim Irwin (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Wayne Kindle (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Wayne Scheidemann MD (2019) — Orthopedic Surgeon
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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $932K, to Steve Gutnik MD FACP (Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Sacred Heart Health Services
How much does Sacred Heart Health Services give each year?
Sacred Heart Health Services reported $55 in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $55K across 2 grants.
How large is Sacred Heart Health Services?
Sacred Heart Health Services reported $475.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $182.2M.
What is Sacred Heart Health Services?
Sacred Heart Health Services is a public charity focused on Health, based in Yankton, SD. It holds $475.8M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Sacred Heart Health Services operate?
Sacred Heart Health Services has awarded grants in South Dakota.
What is Sacred Heart Health Services's EIN?
Sacred Heart Health Services's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 46-0225483. 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
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 26, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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