Funding search · EIN 411802412 · Appleton, WI

Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing

Name: Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

6,575
grants reported: $204.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $11,333
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

based care community housing parmly senior services spiritual

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Lutheran congregations and their building, mission and endowment funds
Christian K-12 schools, colleges and seminaries (Concordia, Luther, Wartburg)
Disaster relief and international aid through Lutheran and evangelical agencies
Transfers to other donor-advised fund sponsors (Fidelity, Schwab, NPT, Waterstone)
Local human services: food, pregnancy clinics, disability services, camps
Secular university foundations and hospitals where donors have ties

Typical grant

Half of all grants land between $7,603 and $22,908, with a median of $11,333, so the ordinary check is small and donor-directed. The seven-figure outliers ($5M to Stillwater Christian School, $2.3M to Flathead Valley Community College Foundation) are single donors moving a large gift through the fund, not institutional strategy. With 6,575 grants to 3,122 recipients over three years, repeat giving is the norm, roughly two grants per recipient, because individual fundholders recommend to the same church or school annually.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL SUPPORT”
“Lutheran”
“Church”
“Foundation”
“Ministries”

Positioning adjacent work

Treat this as a donor-advised fund sponsor: cultivate individual Thrivent fundholders, not the Appleton office.
Identify board members or supporters who are Lutheran and hold Thrivent charitable accounts; the recommendation comes from them.
Ask in the $10,000 to $25,000 range per donor, matching the median, and expect annual renewal.
Frame work as unrestricted general support tied to congregational, Christian education or relief themes they already fund.

Worth knowing: This is not a grantmaking foundation with priorities; it is a donor-advised fund sponsor whose 990-PF reports what individual Thrivent-affiliated donors chose, which is why every line reads GENERAL SUPPORT. Money concentrates in Minnesota and Wisconsin and skews heavily Lutheran (ELCA, LCMS, WELS congregations, colleges and relief arms), so access runs entirely through relationships with fundholders.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

National Christian Foundation3 grants · $6.3M
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation2 grants · $6.0M
Stillwater Christian School1 grant · $5.0M
Augustana Lutheran Church7 grants · $3.6M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund3 grants · $3.0M
Concordia College3 grants · $2.6M
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region1 grant · $2.6M
South Dakota State University Foundation3 grants · $2.1M
Waterstone2 grants · $2.0M
Lutheran World Relief3 grants · $1.9M

Giving over time

$54.0M

2022

$65.6M

2023

$84.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 6,575 grants.

$5.0M
Stillwater Christian School · Kalispell, MT · 2024
General support
$3.7M
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2023
General support
$3.5M
Augustana Lutheran Church · West St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$3.2M
National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2023
General support
$3.1M
National Christian Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2022
General support
$2.6M
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region · Appleton, WI · 2022
General support
$2.5M
Concordia College · Moorhead, MN · 2023
General support
$2.4M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General support
$2.3M
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2024
General support
$1.7M
Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Hudson, OH · 2022
General support
$1.3M
South Dakota State University Foundation · Brookings, SD · 2024
General support
$1.1M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Eagle Christian Church · Eagle, ID · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Waterstone · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Waterstone · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Prince of Peace Lutheran School · Carrollton, TX · 2022
General support
$1.0M
Firearms Policy Foundation · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
General support
$922,629
Coastal Community Church · Yorktown, VA · 2024
General support
$840,650
Shepherds Canyon Retreat · Wickenburg, AZ · 2024
General support
$801,463
Lutheran World Relief · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General support
$785,000
Grace Church of Lakeland · Lakeland, FL · 2022
General support
$750,085
Lcms Disaster Response · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$745,054
South Dakota State University Foundation · Brookings, SD · 2023
General support
$693,803
Lutheran Disaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General support
$600,000
Dry Creek Bible Church · Belgrade, MT · 2022
General support
$591,307
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$585,255
Lutheran World Relief · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General support
$569,400
Victory Church & Victory Ministries Holdings Llc · Yorktown, VA · 2023
General support
$549,818
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
General support
$542,371
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust · Purchase, NY · 2023
General support
$533,550
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church · Brookings, SD · 2024
General support
$529,920
Lutheran World Relief · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$510,697
North American Lutheran Church · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$506,237
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$505,514
Adams County Agricultural Land Preservation Program · Gettysburg, PA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Arts and Learning Conservatory · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Lutheran High School Association of Orange County · Orange, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
The King'S Academy · Sunnyvale, CA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Venn Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$453,555
St Michael Evangelical Lutheran Church · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
General support
$451,703
Orphan Grain Train · Norfolk, NE · 2024
General support
$449,984
Journey Church Colorado · Castle Rock, CO · 2023
General support
$446,100
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2024
General support
$441,799
Adventures in Missions · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$441,735
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2024
General support
$438,433
Operation Bootstrap Africa · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$433,990
Immanuel Lutheran Church · Houston, TX · 2024
General support
$425,967
Hope for Haiti'S Children Ministries · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General support
$420,000
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum · Golden, CO · 2024
General support
$400,000
Waldorf University · Forest City, IA · 2023
General support
$396,738
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General support
$389,741
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Merrifield, VA · 2024
General support
$385,312
Endowment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$383,626
St Lukes Lutheran Church · Middleton, WI · 2024
General support
$382,035
Upper Missouri Lutheran Bible Camp · Epping, ND · 2023
General support
$377,540
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
General support
$370,314
Ebenezer Lutheran Church · Leslie, MO · 2024
General support
$361,064
Northfield Retirement Center Foundation · Northfield, MN · 2023
General support
$360,000
St Luke Lutheran Church · Sunnyvale, CA · 2024
General support
$359,864
The Salvation Army of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$356,000
Wayforward Resources · Middleton, WI · 2024
General support
$355,500
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$350,342
Lutherwood Camp and Retreat Center · Bellingham, WA · 2024
General support
$341,914
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General support
$331,172
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
General support
$323,466
Lutheran Disaster Response · Merrifield, VA · 2023
General support
$323,239
Pastoral Leadership Institute · Wheaton, IL · 2024
General support
$320,058
Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2024
General support
$310,655
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$309,365
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General support
$301,247
Lutheran Disaster Response · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$301,019
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General support
$300,600
Acceleration in Mission Strategies · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General support
$300,000
Medical Fitness Education Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2022
General support
$285,950
Campus Crusade for Christ International · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$283,714
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$279,875
Calvary Baptist Temple · Savannah, GA · 2024
General support
$275,000
Uptown Christ Covenant Church · Charlotte, AL · 2024
General support
$271,833
Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2024
General support
$270,163
Our Saviours Lutheran Church · Victoria, TX · 2024
General support
$265,258
Convoy of Hope · Springfield, MO · 2024
General support
$264,400
First Free Church · Onalaska, WI · 2024
General support
$255,000
Cure International · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General support
$254,126
St Timothys Lutheran Church · San Jose, CA · 2024
General support
$254,050
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General support
$253,000
Edgewood College · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$252,514
Bethel Lutheran Church · Hudson, WI · 2024
General support
$252,000
Edgewood High School · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$250,973
Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2022
General support
$250,000
City Seminary of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$250,000
Medical Fitness Education Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2024
General support
$250,000
Grove Community Church · St Anthony, MN · 2023
General support
$250,000
Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church · Lecanto, FL · 2022
General support
$240,000
House of Prayer Lutheran Church · Escondido, CA · 2024
General support
$237,000
Wetsembekile Ministries · Centennial, CO · 2023
General support
$236,427
The American Gift Fund · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General support
$234,516
Concordia Seminary · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General support
$233,545
Operation Bootstrap Africa · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$231,631
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$231,000
St Lukes Lutheran Church of Logan Square · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.