Michigan · Nonprofit
Designed To Thrive
Designed To Thrive (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,000 to it, the largest being THE LLOYD AND MABEL JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($173,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $173k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $184k
- Net assets
- $134k
What Designed To Thrive does
Mission
| Explanation:| Designed 2 Thrive focuses on coming alongside couples to help them build a marriage that will not merely survive but thrive. Our organization is guided by the authority of Gods Word and is dedicated to help couples understand His incredible design for marriage between one man and one woman. Our materials were created using Biblical principles and wisdom as a foundation and we have witnessed the power of Gods Word to not only change hearts where needed but also grow and gain intimacy within marriage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
| Explanation:| Designed 2 Thrive provides a two-night getaway weekend hosted by various venues throughout Michigan. Couples are instructed by our highly trained facilitating couples. The facilitating teams deliver sessions to help couples connect and communicate effectively equipping them with tools to help them succeed beyond the retreat weekend. We host 12-15 retreats per year with 4-6 couples per weekend.
$128,291 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $128,291.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $105k to $134k (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of Designed To Thrive’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Leslie Van Hoven
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $54k → $35k.
From the IRS filings of Designed To Thrive’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Designed To Thrive leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Designed To Thrive's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Designed To Thrive runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Designed To Thrive
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Designed To Thrive: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Designed To Thrive?
- Designed To Thrive (Michigan) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $184,000 to it, the largest being THE LLOYD AND MABEL JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($173,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Designed To Thrive have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $184,000 in grants to Designed To Thrive, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Designed To Thrive?
- THE LLOYD AND MABEL JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $173,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Designed To Thrive find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing