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Sacred Heart Health Services

Public charity · Grantmaker Yankton, SD EIN: 46-0225483 Website

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 guided by Christian values.

Key facts about Sacred Heart Health Services

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.

EIN
46-0225483
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Grants paid (2025)
$55 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
Total assets
$475,799,064

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$475.8M

+10.9% YoY

Grants Paid (reported total)

$55

-99.9% YoY

Revenue

$182.2M

+16.2% YoY

Net Investment Income

$16.5M

+215.6% YoY

How Sacred Heart Health Services gives

  • Giving fell 66% from 2021 to 2024. Method

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

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.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

YanktonBrookingsAberdeen

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 3 grants2021 1 grant2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 Total only2025

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.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

4<$50K3$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 8 (50%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for 2025.

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$100M$200M$300M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$475,799,064$429,209,949$399,640,005
Revenue$182,208,327$156,806,775$148,423,646
Expenses$160,212,840$149,618,576$144,472,709
Net Investment Income$16,493,463$5,226,375$2,220,031

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 26, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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

Steve Gutnik MD FACP — Gastroenterology & Internal Medicine: $932KSteve Gutnik MD FACPGastroenterology & Internal…$932KTimothy Mikesell MD — Radiology: $812KTimothy Mikesell MDRadiology$812KRyan Sieg MD — Orthopedics,Surgery & Sports Med: $769KRyan Sieg MDOrthopedics,Surgery & Sports Med$769KMichael Peterson MD — Radiation Oncology & Oncology: $646KMichael Peterson MDRadiation Oncology & Oncology$646KMatthew Winkelbauer MD — Family Medicine/OB: $638KMatthew Winkelbauer MDFamily Medicine/OB$638K

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.

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