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Our Priorities

Aligning your passion with our purpose is how we help make a meaningful difference together.

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Your Passion, Our Projects

Your support and generosity empower the Avera Foundation to carry forward the Sisters’ legacy of helping others. Patients experience impactful life events when they are in our care every day. Whether it’s a cancer diagnosis, facing an addiction or the birth of a new life, our health experts are here for it all with compassionate care.

Every gift makes a positive impact. Whether you're an individual, organization or corporate partner, your donation to health care is a great way to express your philanthropic heart while supporting your community. You may direct your gift toward your local hospital or a certain area of care.

Donations cover the costs of services that insurance providers don’t fully cover. Funding is also invested in facility and technology upgrades to give our patients the best care possible.

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Employee Giving

Employees give back to the people and the causes that matter most to them in the communities where they live and work.

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Caring for Life

Donate to help patients in an emergency or life-threatening situation occurring anywhere in our footprint.

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Our Gratitude Report

Philanthropy is a key aspect of our strategic plan for the entire Avera Health system. Our 2025 Gratitude Report features stories of inspiration – stories of impact, hope and healing — all powered by the generosity of donors.

Tomorrow’s Promise Fund

A brand-new, six-story tower addition at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center will house a center of clinical excellence for women’s and children’s health services. As the largest funding campaign in our region, financial support from generous donors made this $50 million initiative possible.

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Support Community Health

Donating to local health services is a wonderful way to help others in your community. Discover where to give in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota. Donating to the Avera Foundation supports medical care and these community health efforts:

  • Careflight and transportation
  • Community health services and screenings
  • In-home and in-center dialysis
  • Food pantries (also known as wellness pantries)
  • Emergency response
  • Hospice and long-term care services
  • Hospitality and lodging
  • Medical research
  • Scholarships and sponsorships
Give Today

21,038

Total benefactors

4,296

Supporters gave for the first time

3,691

Consecutive-year donors (5+ years)

$59.7 Million

Funds raised in 2025 to support patients, residents and caregivers

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Make a Difference

Join us in extending, enriching and enhancing life for patients, residents and their loved ones. Search for a cause or reach out for more information.

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