Funding search · EIN 390123480 · Minneapolis, MN

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Name: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 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.

4,379
grants reported: $216.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,584
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.

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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

Thrivent Member Network regional chapters directing member-driven local giving
Lutheran church bodies, seminaries, and Lutheran relief and disaster response
Housing and homebuilding, chiefly Habitat for Humanity affiliates
Children's hospitals, cancer research, and health charities
Appleton, WI and Twin Cities civic, arts, library, and workforce institutions
Disaster relief and hunger response, domestic and international

Typical grant

The overwhelming majority of the 4,379 grants are small: median $8,584, with the middle half between $6,148 and $14,239. These look like member-directed and matching gifts flowing to churches, schools, and local nonprofits. The real money sits in a handful of eight-figure-scale internal allocations to the 23 Thrivent Member Network regions, each $500,000 to $4 million, plus a second tier of $50,000 to $1.2 million institutional grants to St Jude, Habitat for Humanity, Lutheran Disaster Response, and Appleton-area public bodies. Giving repeats heavily year over year to the same names.

Their words

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

“General Support”
“Thrivent Member Network”
“Lutheran Disaster Response”
“Habitat for Humanity”

Positioning adjacent work

Skip the national office. Build relationships with the regional Thrivent Member Network chapter covering your state.
Anchor asks in the $50,000 range unless you are a Habitat, Lutheran, or children's health institution.
Emphasize Lutheran affiliation, congregational partnership, or volunteer engagement by members rather than research novelty.
Appleton, WI and Minneapolis proposals compete best. Local schools, libraries, colleges, and arts groups all appear.

Worth knowing: Roughly 90 percent of dollars are internal transfers to Thrivent's own 23 Member Network regions, so the outside-facing pool is much smaller than the $217 million total suggests. Geography concentrates hard on Minneapolis and Appleton, Wisconsin, Thrivent's two operating hubs, and repeat grantees such as St Jude, Habitat for Humanity, and Lutheran Disaster Response absorb most of the remaining institutional money.

Top recipients

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

Thrivent Member Network - Greater Iowa (365)3 grants · $11.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Northland (435)3 grants · $10.8M
Thrivent Member Network - South Wisconsin (523)3 grants · $10.4M
Thrivent Member Network - East Wi & Upper Mi (33 grants · $9.5M
Thrivent Member Network - Southeast (190)3 grants · $9.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Heartland (528)3 grants · $8.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Twin Cities (283)3 grants · $7.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Great Lakes (240)3 grants · $7.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Kansas & Missouri (4103 grants · $7.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-America (270)3 grants · $6.6M

Giving over time

$68.1M

2022

$74.0M

2023

$74.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,379 grants.

$4.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Greater Iowa (365) · 2024
General Support
$4.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Greater Iowa (365) · 2023
General Support
$3.7M
Thrivent Member Network - Northland (435) · 2024
General Support
$3.6M
Thrivent Member Network - South Wisconsin (523) · 2024
General Support
$3.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Northland (435) · 2023
General Support
$3.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Northland (435) · 2022
General Support
$3.6M
Thrivent Member Network - South Wisconsin (523) · 2023
General Support
$3.5M
Thrivent Member Network - East Wi & Upper Mi (3 · 2024
General Support
$3.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Southeast (190) · 2024
General Support
$3.3M
Thrivent Member Network - East Wi & Upper Mi (3 · 2023
General Support
$3.2M
Thrivent Member Network - South Wisconsin (523) · 2022
General Support
$3.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Greater Iowa (365) · 2022
General Support
$3.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Southeast (190) · 2023
General Support
$2.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Southeast (190) · 2022
General Support
$2.8M
Thrivent Member Network - East Wi & Upper Mi (3 · 2022
General Support
$2.8M
Thrivent Member Network - Heartland (528) · 2024
General Support
$2.7M
Thrivent Member Network - Heartland (528) · 2023
General Support
$2.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Twin Cities (283) · 2024
General Support
$2.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Heartland (528) · 2022
General Support
$2.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Twin Cities (283) · 2023
General Support
$2.5M
Thrivent Member Network - Great Lakes (240) · 2024
General Support
$2.4M
Thrivent Member Network - Kansas & Missouri (410 · 2024
General Support
$2.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Great Lakes (240) · 2023
General Support
$2.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Kansas & Missouri (410 · 2023
General Support
$2.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-America (270) · 2024
General Support
$2.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Kansas & Missouri (410 · 2022
General Support
$2.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-America (270) · 2023
General Support
$2.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-Atlanic (165) · 2024
General Support
$2.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Great Lakes (240) · 2022
General Support
$2.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Twin Cities (283) · 2022
General Support
$2.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-America (270) · 2022
General Support
$2.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Nebraska (378) · 2023
General Support
$2.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Nebraska (378) · 2024
General Support
$2.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-Atlanic (165) · 2023
General Support
$2.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Southwest (529) · 2023
General Support
$2.0M
Thrivent Member Network - Southwest (529) · 2024
General Support
$1.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Northeast (115) · 2023
General Support
$1.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Southwest (529) · 2022
General Support
$1.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Nebraska (378) · 2022
General Support
$1.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Texas (475) · 2024
General Support
$1.9M
Thrivent Member Network - Northeast (115) · 2024
General Support
$1.8M
Thrivent Member Network - Texas (475) · 2023
General Support
$1.8M
Thrivent Member Network - Two Rivers (375) · 2022
General Support
$1.7M
Thrivent Member Network - Mid-Atlanic (165) · 2022
General Support
$1.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Chicagoland (291) · 2023
General Support
$1.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Texas (475) · 2022
General Support
$1.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Chicagoland (291) · 2024
General Support
$1.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Northeast (115) · 2022
General Support
$1.6M
Thrivent Member Network - Chicagoland (291) · 2022
General Support
$1.5M
Thrivent Member Network - South (384) · 2023
General Support
$1.5M
Thrivent Member Network - South (384) · 2024
General Support
$1.5M
Thrivent Member Network - Ohio Valley (230) · 2024
General Support
$1.5M
Thrivent Member Network - Ohio Valley (230) · 2023
General Support
$1.4M
Thrivent Member Network - Two Rivers (375) · 2024
General Support
$1.4M
Thrivent Member Network - Two Rivers (375) · 2023
General Support
$1.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Rocky Mountain (496) · 2024
General Support
$1.3M
Thrivent Member Network - South (384) · 2022
General Support
$1.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Northwest (525) · 2024
General Support
$1.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Northwest (525) · 2023
General Support
$1.3M
Thrivent Member Network - Ohio Valley (230) · 2022
General Support
$1.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Rocky Mountain (496) · 2023
General Support
$1.2M
Thrivent Member Network - Northwest (525) · 2022
General Support
$1.2M
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · 2024
General Support
$1.1M
Thrivent Member Network - Rocky Mountain (496) · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Junior Achievement North · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
Minnesota Black Collective Foundation · 2023
General Support
$825,360
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · 2023
General Support
$755,753
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · 2022
General Support
$644,607
Habitat for Humanity International · 2024
General Support
$620,269
Lutheran Disaster Response · 2024
General Support
$587,143
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Sierra (540) · 2024
General Support
$552,746
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Cascade (541) · 2024
General Support
$541,207
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Cascade (541) · 2023
General Support
$540,642
Habitat for Humanity International · 2024
General Support
$507,983
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Cascade (541) · 2022
General Support
$489,548
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Sierra (540) · 2022
General Support
$478,815
Thrivent Member Network - Pacific Sierra (540) · 2023
General Support
$475,577
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod · 2024
General Support
$426,769
Lutheran World Relief · 2022
General Support
$388,699
Orphan Grain Train · 2024
General Support
$383,575
Lutheran World Relief · 2024
General Support
$361,462
Lutheran World Relief · 2023
General Support
$360,596
City of Appleton · 2023
General Support
$356,303
Elca Global Church Sponsorship · 2023
General Support
$350,152
International Institute of Minnesota · 2023
General Support
$350,096
Youthprise · 2023
General Support
$338,397
City of Appleton · 2022
General Support
$332,565
Achieve Twin Cities · 2023
General Support
$305,033
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio · 2023
General Support
$271,073
Samaritans Purse · 2024
General Support
$267,598
City of Appleton · 2024
General Support
$267,594
Appleton Area School District · 2024
General Support
$267,594
Appleton Area School District · 2023
General Support
$259,271
Appleton Area School District · 2022
General Support
$253,729
Samaritans Purse · 2022
General Support
$250,172
Prepare & Prosper · 2023
General Support
$250,000
Build Wealth Mn · 2023
General Support
$250,000
Ujamaa Place · 2023
General Support
$244,440
Lutheran Disaster Response · 2022
General Support
$242,011
Lutheran Disaster Response · 2022
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.