Community Benefit

We are pleased to share with you our 2025 Community Impact report, which celebrates the hard work of our providers and staff who provide compassionate care for our patients and create healthy communities. This past year, we provided $164,515,038 in community benefit across our ministries in Nebraska, North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. We provided care to 55,000 patients with financial assistance and served another 283,000 patients with Medicaid. These significant investments are a reflection of our mission  - serving those who are vulnerable, bringing hope and healing through compassion and kindness, making known God’s healing presence as we provide high-quality care  to all who need it.

We understand that much of what impacts your health happens outside of our hospitals and clinics. Our Community Health Improvement Grant program invested $1,126,841 in local nonprofits that collectively served over 219,000 individuals and addressed critical challenges such as poor mental health, hunger, homelessness and violence. Here are just a few examples of how those dollars are creating healthier communities:

• Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing - Richland-Wilkin Kinship Youth Mentoring (Breckenridge, MN) facilitated Mentor Match, Kinship4Teens, and Lunch Buddies. These individual and group mentorship programs connected 265+ youth to social groups and positive adult influences. They explored topics such as social skills and positive self-esteem.
• Providing Food as Medicine - Third City Community Clinic (Grand Island, NE) provided more than 1,500 low income and/or uninsured community members with free or reduced-cost primary care, dental care, and  prescriptions. The clinic offers an on site pantry and community garden for those in need.
• Preventing Violence - Ministry on the Margins (Bismarck, ND) operated the Coffee House, a low barrier shelter for community members struggling with addiction and mental health challenges.  The Coffee House is manned nightly by staff who are trained to administer Narcan, CPR and basic first aid. The Coffee House provided coffee and snacks, a pillow, blanket and connection to housing support services to more than 20,000 community members.

We invite you to read the full report for more examples of how we are investing in the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve, grounded in faith, driven by mission, and caring for all. 

With gratitude,

David Jones,
CHI Health Critical Access Market President

Julie Goebel,
CHI Health NE/IA Market President

Reed Reyman
CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck Market President

Upper Central Region CHI Health Community Impact Reports

• Community Impact Report 2025
• Community Impact Report 2024
• Community Benefit Report 2023
• Community Benefit Report 2022
• Community Benefit Report 2021