Key dates in Denny Sanford's giving to Sanford Health:
A timeline of Denny Sanford's donations to namesake Sanford Health
Minnesotan-turned-South Dakotan has given more than $1 billion to Sioux Falls-based health system.
By Star Tribune
February 13, 2023 at 11:52PM
2004 — $16 million to Sioux Valley Hospitals to build a children's hospital in Sioux Falls.
2006 — $20 million to University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
2007 — $400 million to Sioux Valley Hospitals, which then renamed itself Sanford Health and opened a children's health research center, a diabetes research project, pediatric clinics in the U.S. and nine other countries.
2011 — $100 million to build the Edith Sanford Breast Center in Sioux Falls, for treatment and research of breast cancer, named for his mother.
2014 — $125 million to build a genetics research center in Sioux Falls called Sanford Imagenetics.
2018 — $1 million for a hospice facility in Sioux Falls.
2019 — $25 million to support a program that offers free pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing to VA patients.
2021 — $300 million to expand graduate education and wellness programs in communities served by Sanford Health.
2022 — $350 million to create a virtual care center to help people in the rural Midwest.
Source: Sanford Health Foundation
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