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Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing

To illuminate new paths to personalized impact through visionary models, tailored service and deep expertise.continued on schedule othrivent charitable brings hope to the world by empowering people to create the change that matters most to them.

$111M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3,145
Grants FY2025still arriving
49
States reached
$9.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$158MEducation$60MPhilanthropy$31MInternational$23MHuman Services$19MHealth$18MPublic Safety & Disaster$11MFood & Nutrition$10MOther$0
02FY2025 · 3145 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3,145 grants below total $99,190,342, the rows itemized in this filing. The $111,350,637 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $12,160,295 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1088 grants · $7.7M
  • $10k–50k1690 grants · $32M
  • $50k–250k317 grants · $29M
  • $250k+50 grants · $31M
$12,000
Median grant
49
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$9,592,404
THE JOURNEY INC$1,200,000
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF$1,087,853
PASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$1,031,300
BETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$889,024
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY NEBRASKA$871,437
CRESTWOOD CHRISTIAN CHURCH$848,023
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND$639,867
PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH$577,882
CROSS OF CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH$531,630
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH$525,059
SAMARITANS PURSE$519,205
THE MISSION CHURCH$515,000
LCMS FOUNDATION$493,446
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$442,075
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $7.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OWATONNA HOPE CENTER INC: $300k → 9%COMPASSIONATE HANDS INC: $80k → 9%SALEM LUTHERAN HOMES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $94k → 9%GRACE KLEIN COMMUNITY INC: $91k → 16%WATERED GARDENS: $68k → 18%ABLELIGHT INC: $195k → 8%HOMES FOR YOUTH INC: $100k → 12%BRETHREN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $200k → 11%GRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES: $226k → 14%TRICITY UNION GOSPEL MISSION: $100k → 11%THE VILLAGE AT ROCKVILLE - A NATIONAL LUTHERAN COMMUNITY: $67k → 8%KINGDOM SERVANTS INC: $135k → 14%ABLELIGHT INC: $188k → 8%Graceworks Lutheran Services: $150k → 14%POBLO INTERNATIONAL: $139k → 10%ABLELIGHT INC: $154k → 8%CASCADE CONNECTIONS: $89k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER CHICAGO: $502k → 14%UPBRING: $507k → 10%SERVE 68: $156k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER CHICAGO: $353k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $89k → 14%ABLELIGHT INC: $132k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER CHICAGO: $164k → 14%ABLELIGHT INC: $116k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $107k → 12%BETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES: $105k → 8%FRIENDS OF THE PORTAGE SENIOR CENTER INC: $107k → 12%BETHESDA LUTHERAN COMMUNITIES: $87k → 8%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $63k → 12%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $84k → 13%SERVE 68: $65k → 11%ELEVATIONS A CHILDRENS THERAPY RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $159k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $181k → 14%ELEVATIONS A CHILDRENS THERAPY RESOURCE FOUNDATION: $109k → 12%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $78k → 13%Bethesda Lutheran Communities: $60k → 8%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $356k → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $251k → 10%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $75k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $79k → 14%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $105k → 10%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $77k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $62k → 14%LUTHERAN HOME AND SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $183k → 14%LUTHERAN HOME AND SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $128k → 14%LUTHERAN HOME AND SERVICES FOR THE AGED: $59k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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CO
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MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investinglessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313M · 1672 repeat orgs$37M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

1672 repeat relationships: 1259 still active in FY2025, 413 since wound down; 101 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1672
180

Total granted

$313M
$27M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+14%

Still filing today

40%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LW
    LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.2M · revenue +33%
  • FV
    FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +45% · 54% of their budget
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • SC
    Stillwater Christian Schoolgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5.0M · revenue +171%
  • AL
    AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $3.5M
  • PO
    PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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2
Christianity Today International

Equipping Christians to renew their minds, serve the church, and create culture to the glory of God

Religion
3
Christian Mission for the United Nations

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Luther House of Study

Strengthening lutheran leadership and ministries.

Education
6
Mid-America Christian University Inc

Mid-america christian university prepares students through a wesleyan perspective to create, collaborate, and innovate to solve local and global problems for the glory of god through jesus christ and the good of society.

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7
Trinity Health

Meeting the needs of the whole person through quality health care and health-related services.

Health
8
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries

To provide healthcare for the elderly.

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9
PrayerMentor

Empowering Christian leaders to pray for the harvest

Religion
10
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks partners with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
11
Peacemaker Ministries

To equip and assist christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically.

International
12
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communitygiving; the most unlike its peers is Westminster University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

843 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 843 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

52
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
152
Early backer (in before they grew)
820/843
Grantees still filing
582/843
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $6,639,206 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICAFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,017,000 · OtherLUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD: $5,768,659 · OtherStillwater Christian School: $5,000,000 · Other+124 more: $93,097,514 · Other+124 moreNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $6,806,122 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTI…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $2,664,247 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FO…CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,040,000 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN CO…THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,744,694 · PhilanthropyTHE INDEPEND…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,625,427 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISE…Greater Horizons: $1,332,327 · PhilanthropyGreater Hori…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,217,103 · PhilanthropyCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,002,549 · PhilanthropyVENN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $966,249 · PhilanthropyRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $815,140 · PhilanthropyMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $807,489 · Philanthropy+2 more: $1,017,704 · PhilanthropySOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,251,704 · EducationSOUTH DAKOT…CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2,246,983 · EducationCONCORDIA U…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $1,735,993 · EducationUNIVERSITY …UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,440,656 · EducationUNIVERSITY …LUTHER COLLEGE: $1,242,648 · EducationLUTHER COLL…WARTBURG COLLEGE: $1,126,316 · EducationWARTBURG CO…WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $875,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $746,483 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $709,500 · Education+18 more: $8,247,712 · Education+18 moreFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $19,392,673 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY I…LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $6,178,268 · InternationalORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC: $1,524,785 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,279,140 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $1,189,433 · InternationalOPERATION BOOTSTRAP-AFRICA: $953,576 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $907,653 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $900,331 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $612,004 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $611,170 · International+4 more: $1,774,745 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,235,845 · ReligionPASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,790,858 · ReligionSHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS: $1,423,531 · ReligionSHEPHERDS CANYON RETREAT INC: $860,650 · ReligionAssociation Of International Mission Services: $619,950 · ReligionTIME OF GRACE MINISTRY: $562,391 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL ORALITY INSTITUTE: $400,000 · ReligionAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,029,656 · Human ServicesABLELIGHT INC: $1,147,978 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $924,589 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $712,300 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH INC: $602,030 · Human ServicesGRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES: $576,107 · Human ServicesUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $451,382 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN HOME AND SERVICES FOR THE AGED INC: $404,859 · Human ServicesDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $396,510 · Human ServicesSERVE 6 8: $357,728 · Human Services
Other$116,522,379Philanthropy$23,039,051Education$20,623,295Community Improvement$19,392,673International$15,931,105Religion$8,893,225Human Services$7,603,139

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $19,392,673 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $6,806,122 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $6,178,268 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,017,000 over 3y, 54% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,235,845 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $3,088,806 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $2,664,247 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $2,289,001 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,251,704 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2,246,983 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,040,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,029,656 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $1,790,858 over 9y, 15% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,773,238 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,744,694 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $1,735,993 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $1,625,427 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC: $1,524,785 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,440,656 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS: $1,423,531 over 4y, 39% of budgetFPC ACTION FOUNDATION: $1,400,000 over 3y, 58% of budgetGreater Horizons: $1,332,327 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,279,140 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $1,242,648 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,217,103 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $1,189,433 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetARTS & LEARNING CORPORATION: $1,150,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetABLELIGHT INC: $1,147,978 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWARTBURG COLLEGE: $1,126,316 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMedical Fitness Education Foundation: $1,090,000 over 5y, 73% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,037,264 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,002,549 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetVENN FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $966,249 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION BOOTSTRAP-AFRICA: $953,576 over 9y, 27% of budgetDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $933,052 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $924,589 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $907,653 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $900,331 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $875,300 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSHEPHERDS CANYON RETREAT INC: $860,650 over 2y, 49% of budgetRAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND: $815,140 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $807,489 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $746,483 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $712,300 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $709,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $688,436 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $687,335 over 7y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds FLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Stillwater Christian School ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds PASTORAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds FPC ACTION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Greater Horizons ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Thrivent Financial fo…Thrivent Financial fo…Lutheran Legacy Found…Siebert Lutheran Foun…Holzhueter FoundationLutheran Educational …Antioch Foundation 10…Theodore W Batterman …Kahr Foundation-ImaCarol A Stuhr Family …Concordia Lutheran Mi…Getsch Charitable Tru…
Thrivent Financial for LutheransMN55× affinity939 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans-Group · Lutheran Legacy Foundation Inc · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Holzhueter Foundation · Lutheran Educational Conference of North America · Antioch Foundation 1015002041 · Theodore W Batterman Family Foundation Inc · Kahr Foundation-Ima · Carol A Stuhr Family Foundation · Concordia Lutheran Ministriesfoundation · Getsch Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home