St Mary's Medical Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Duluth, MN EIN: 41-0695604

Throughout essentia health, we are called to make a healthy difference in people's lives. As a member of the essentia health family, st. Mary's medical center's mission as a catholic, benedictine sponsored facility is to promote christ's ministry of holistic healing for all human life with special concern for the poor and powerless.

St Mary's Medical Center at a glance

In short: St Mary's Medical Center gave $3.5M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $1.7M), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$3,458,137
+5.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,729,069
+5.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,729,069
Total assets
$980,579,505
-2.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Minnesota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to St Mary's Medical Center

Next open deadline
March 31, 2027 (Sister Anne Scholarship - Detroit Lakes)

Who St Mary's Medical Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Duluth Graduate Medical Education Council Inc: $2.4MDuluth Graduate MedicalEducation Council Inc$2.4MEssentia Health Foundation: $1.0MEssentia Health Foundation$1.0M

The largest 2025 recipient was Duluth Graduate Medical Education Council Inc ($2.4M). Together the top 2 received $3.5M.

Grant Size Distribution

25 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K3$500K–1M7$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 25 (56%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

DuluthSt. PaulPlanoWashington

How St Mary's Medical Center gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+2%). 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$1M$2M$3M$4M6 grants2019 4 grants2020 5 grants2021 6 grants2022 10 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.5M (2019) to $3.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $3.5M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Duluth Graduate Medical Education Council Inc Duluth, MNProgram Support$2,435,004
Essentia Health Foundation Duluth, MNProgram Support$1,023,133
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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$980,579,505$611,421,843$642,140,330$3,458,1372$15,781,451
2024$1,006,908,042$563,778,154$609,876,952$3,267,8912$8,382,361
2023$1,020,320,837$506,418,791$510,786,332$3,261,62710$10,318,839
2022$1,031,067,857$520,112,686$479,578,945$3,384,8576$38,346,940
2021$1,124,389,791$523,229,522$456,219,149$3,153,9425$32,762,736
2020$1,283,053,326$475,874,429$445,429,255$2,596,0784$22,147,909
2019$1,209,006,621$485,925,976$439,502,980$2,540,5826$20,523,042

About St Mary's Medical Center

Based on IRS filings

St Mary's Medical Center is a public charity focused on Health, based in Duluth, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $980.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $3.5M. Net investment income was $15.8M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

St Mary's Medical Center is led by Joseph Mihalek, Board Chair on every filing since 2019; 5 of 32 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Joseph Mihalek

    Board Chair

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Sertich

    Board Chair

    Board Director → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Troy Duininck MD

    Board Director, Rel Org Phys & Div Chair

    Board Director → Board Director, Rel Org Phys & Div Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Siebert

    Operations Senior Director

    Operations Administrator → Operations Senior Director, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $173K (2019) → $244K (2025)

  • Stacy Lund

    Operations Senior Director

    Operations Administrator → Operations Senior Director, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    60 hrs/week

    $185K (2021) → $238K (2025)

  • Alan Rock

    Board Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jan Baldwin MD

    Board Director & Related Org Physician

    Board Director → Board Director & Related Org Physician, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Beverly Raway

    Board Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Jeanne Ann Weber

    Board Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Therese Carson

    Board Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Bergstrom

    Board Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Loban

    Board Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Bachand

    Board Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anthony Yung

    Board Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Becky Urbanski

    Board Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Aronson Norr

    Board Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greta Johnson

    Perfusionist Supervisor

    On filings since 2019

    60 hrs/week

    $214K (2019) → $279K (2025)

  • Joseph Thompson

    Registered Nurse

    On filings since 2023

    60 hrs/week

    $206K (2023) → $235K (2025)

  • Nicole Marr

    Physician Assistant

    New on the 2025 filing

    60 hrs/week

    $229K (2025)

  • Anne Stephen MD

    Chief Medical Officer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bradley Beard

    Chief Operating Officer

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janice Schade

    Former Administrator

    Interim Administrator & Senior Vice President Operations → Administrator, 2021

    Administrator → Former Administrator, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Boren

    Vice President & Finance

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rhonda Kazik

    Chief Nurse Executive

    Chief Nursing Officer → Chief Nurse Executive, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Jamar

    Board Vice Chair

    Board Director → Board Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Watters

    Secretary & Rel Org Chief Legal Officer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tammy Kritzer

    Administrator

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Traci Morris

    Treasurer & Rel Org Chief Fincl Officer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Nelson

    Senior Vice President & Operations

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Schultz MD

    Chief Medical Officer

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Posinski

    Interim Administrator

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trent Nobles

    Senior Vice President & Operations

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: Cynthia Kent (2019–2024) — Former Snr Vice President & Nursing Excellence
  • Former: Matthew Davis (2019–2024) — Perfusionist
  • Former: Renee Wachter (2019–2024) — Board Vice Chair
  • Former: Hara Charlier (2023–2024) — Board Director
  • Former: Tony Yung (2023–2024) — Board Director
  • Former: Howard Klatzky (2019–2023) — Board Director
  • Former: Joseph Leoni (2019–2023) — Board Director
  • Former: Laura Trombino MD (2019–2023) — Board Director
  • Former: Thomas Renier (2019–2023) — Board Vice Chair
  • Former: Hugh Renier MD (2019–2022) — Vice President & Medical Affairs
  • Former: Mark Hayward (2019–2022) — Frmr Snr Vice President & Operations
  • Former: Amber Soukkala (2021–2022) — Pharmacist
  • Former: James Garvey (2019–2021) — Former Administrator
  • Former: Jeff Corey (2019–2021) — Board Director
  • Former: Jeffrey Korsmo (2019–2021) — Frmr Interim Chief Operating Officer
  • Former: Eva Cleet MD (2019–2020) — Former Chief Medical Officer
  • Former: Jeffrey Lyon MD (2019–2020) — Former Chief Patient Safety Officer
  • Former: Julie Pearce (2019–2020) — Nurse Practitioner
  • Former: Michael Mollerus MD (2019–2020) — Former Section Chair
  • Former: Scott Johnson MD (2019–2020) — Former Clinical Chief
  • Former: Chuck Walt (2019) — Board Chair
  • Former: Robert Norman (2019) — Former Chief Financial Officer
  • Former: Steven Jorgensen (2019) — Former Chief Operating Officer
  • Former: Timothy Zager MD (2019) — Former Duluth Clinic President
  • Former: Wilson Ginete MD (2019) — Former Section Chair

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

Greta Johnson — Perfusionist Supervisor: $279KGreta JohnsonPerfusionist Supervisor$279KRonald Siebert — Operations Senior Director: $244KRonald SiebertOperations Senior Director$244KStacy Lund — Operations Senior Director: $238KStacy LundOperations Senior Director$238KJoseph Thompson — Registered Nurse: $235KJoseph ThompsonRegistered Nurse$235KNicole Marr — Physician Assistant: $229KNicole MarrPhysician Assistant$229K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $279K, to Greta Johnson (Perfusionist Supervisor). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about St Mary's Medical Center

How much does St Mary's Medical Center give each year?

St Mary's Medical Center gave $3.5M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $3.3M across 2 grants.

How large is St Mary's Medical Center?

St Mary's Medical Center reported $980.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $611.4M.

What is St Mary's Medical Center?

St Mary's Medical Center is a public charity focused on Health, based in Duluth, MN. It holds $980.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does St Mary's Medical Center operate?

St Mary's Medical Center has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Minnesota, Texas.

What is St Mary's Medical Center's EIN?

St Mary's Medical Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-0695604. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 8, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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