The Mary Lanning Hospital Trust concentrates almost all of its grantmaking on sustaining Mary Lanning Healthcare and closely affiliated charitable operations in Hastings, Nebraska. Grants are large, operational and capital-oriented awards directed to the hospital and its related service arm (Sunnyside), indicating a primary mission of supporting local hospital operations, property/maintenance, and community health services. The foundation appears highly place-based and tightly focused on a single healthcare system rather than diversified philanthropy.
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants directed to two repeat recipients (Mary Lanning Healthcare and Sunnyside). Funding is place-based, recurrent, and focused on operations/property needs rather than many small or diverse grantees.
Mary Lanning Hospital Trust gives almost entirely to one healthcare system: Mary Lanning Healthcare and its affiliated charitable arm, Sunnyside, in Hastings, Nebraska. The largest recent award was $6,943,432 to Mary Lanning Healthcare for general support, operations of the hospital, and maintaining hospital property, showing a clear emphasis on core institutional needs rather than broad external philanthropy. A second large grant of $3,250,200 went to Sunnyside Inc for the charitable activities of Mary Lanning Healthcare, reinforcing that the trust backs both the hospital’s operating base and its related service work. The pattern is consistent with a place-based hospital trust that uses large grants to keep essential services running, preserve facilities, and support connected community health activity. The trust also shows continuity over time, with grants to the same two recipient organizations appearing in multiple years. Beyond operating support, its active grant programs include scholarships for nursing and radiologic technology students, capital campaign support, community programs support, endowment funding, and equipment support for Mary Lanning Healthcare departments.
A major theme in the trust’s giving is hospital operations. It awarded $2,250,627 to Mary Lanning Healthcare in 2023 for general support, operations of the hospital, and maintaining hospital property. The same organization also received large support in 2024 for those same purposes, indicating sustained backing for core healthcare infrastructure. Another area is affiliated charitable activity: Sunnyside Inc received $165,000 in 2023 and $3,250,200 in 2025 for the charitable activities of Mary Lanning Healthcare. The active program list also shows support for healthcare workforce development through scholarships for nursing and radiologic technology students. In addition, the trust funds capital projects and equipment purchases, including medical office building work and clinical tools such as vein visualizers, baby bassinets, pediatric rehab equipment, and sterilizing tools.
The trust’s recent grants are large by size, with a 25th percentile of $1,729,220, a median of $2,750,414, and a 75th percentile of $4,173,508. The recent record shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, especially Mary Lanning Healthcare and Sunnyside Inc, pointing to recurring institutional funding rather than one-off philanthropy. The foundation is organized around a hospital trust structure, and its grantmaking is operational and capital-oriented. It also does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not part of the listed programs.
$12.6M
$17.8M
$3M
$3.7M
Most grants fall between $1.7M and $4.2M, with a median of $2.8M.
25th Percentile
$1.7M
Median
$2.8M
75th Percentile
$4.2M
MIKE ALLEN
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Notable grantees: Mary Lanning Healthcare, Sunnyside Inc
Giving is highly concentrated in Hastings, Nebraska. Both named recent recipients are tied to that city, and the active programs are also listed for Hastings, NE. The recipient-country distribution is entirely in the US, with 4 grants and 100.0% of grants going to U.S. recipients. The geographic profile is therefore local and institutional rather than multi-state or international.
It mainly supports Mary Lanning Healthcare and its affiliated charitable arm, Sunnyside Inc. Recent grants include $6,943,432 to Mary Lanning Healthcare in 2024 for general support, hospital operations, and property maintenance, plus $3,250,200 to Sunnyside Inc in 2025 for charitable activities tied to Mary Lanning Healthcare.
No. The foundation’s profile states that it does not fund individuals. Its listed programs instead focus on institutional support such as scholarships for nursing and radiologic technology students, capital projects, equipment support, and community programs.
Typical grants are large. The 25th percentile is $1,729,220, the median is $2,750,414, and the 75th percentile is $4,173,508. Recent grants to Mary Lanning Healthcare and Sunnyside Inc fall within that large institutional range.
It appears recurring. The recent grants list shows Mary Lanning Healthcare receiving support in both 2023 and 2024, and Sunnyside Inc receiving support in both 2023 and 2025. That pattern suggests repeated institutional funding to the same related organizations.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNNYSIDE INC | — | $3,250,200 | 2025 | CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE |
| MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE | — | $6,943,432 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT, OPERATIONS OF HOSPITAL & MAINTAIN HOSPITAL PROPERTY |
| MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE | — | $2,250,627 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT, OPERATIONS OF HOSPITAL & MAINTAIN HOSPITAL PROPERTY |
| SUNNYSIDE INC | — | $165,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE |
SUNNYSIDE INC
$3,250,200CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE
MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE
$6,943,432GENERAL SUPPORT, OPERATIONS OF HOSPITAL & MAINTAIN HOSPITAL PROPERTY
MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE
$2,250,627GENERAL SUPPORT, OPERATIONS OF HOSPITAL & MAINTAIN HOSPITAL PROPERTY
SUNNYSIDE INC
$165,000CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF MARY LANNING HEALTHCARE