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THRIVE

THRIVE (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,683 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($57,714). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$585k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$138k
Net assets
$335k
6/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Thrive does

Mission

THRIVE ensures children don't go to school hungry. We deliver daily nutritious, culturally familiar meals to students living in the poorest communities of Bangladesh and the Philippines. Founded by 3 mothers who refused to walk past hungry children, THRIVE is a women led, community driven movement feeding thousands of children with daily school meals through a trusted network of local schools and partners who understand the needs of their communities. Our approach is deeply local. We build longterm partnerships with schools, families, and local governments to ensure every meal is dietician approved, affordable, and loved by kids. We source ingredients locally and work with community leaders to strengthen child nutrition while supporting the resilience in the communities we serve. THRIVE focuses on what changes a child's life: a reliable, healthy school meal. With every plate served, children stay in school, learning improves, and entire communities begin to thrive.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In FY 2024, THRIVE strengthened its mission to ensure children in extreme poverty have reliable access to nutritious daily school meals. Through our hyper local partnerships with schools, families, and community leaders, THRIVE delivered 383,150 school meals to 2,425 students across underserved communities in Bangladesh and the Philippines. These school meals directly improved children's ability to learn and stay in school. Partner schools reported an average attendance rate of 94 percent, reflecting the stabilizing impact of consistent nutrition on student participation. Enrollment across THRIVE supported schools increased by 10 percent, as families recognized the value of a dependable daily meal in supporting their children's education, health, and long term opportunities. By focusing on school meals as a proven, high impact intervention, THRIVE continues to reduce child hunger, strengthen educational outcomes, and help children thrive in the world's most vulnerable communities.

    $293,137 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $293,137.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($81k) Expenses 100 ($98k) Net assets 100 ($64k)2019 Revenue 118 ($95k) Expenses 141 ($138k) Net assets 35 ($22k)2020 Revenue 338 ($274k) Expenses 192 ($189k) Net assets 168 ($108k)2021 Revenue 286 ($232k) Expenses 265 ($260k) Net assets 124 ($79k)2022 Revenue 377 ($305k) Expenses 268 ($263k) Net assets 189 ($121k)2023 Revenue 391 ($316k) Expenses 335 ($329k) Net assets 169 ($109k)2024 Revenue 723 ($585k) Expenses 365 ($359k) Net assets 523 ($335k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (723)Expenses (365)Net assets (523)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $134k to $356k (+166%).

$67k
$26k
$116k
$104k
$137k
$134k
$356k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THRIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$17k
’18
−$43k
’19
$85k
’20
−$28k
’21
$42k
’22
−$13k
’23
$226k
’24
11
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Priscilla Heffelfinger

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed45111214
Joined·+1+7+2+5
No longer listed·0113
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $9k → $40k.

6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THRIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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

THRIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

90% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THRIVE.

42%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2019 71% · 2020 69% · 2021 59% · 2023 47% — 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.

How long its funders stay

29% of THRIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

THRIVE draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 4 states in all.

MI
NY
RI
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
’20
’21
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THRIVE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin39% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)39% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 11%Fundraising 7%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

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Questions and answers

Who funds THRIVE?
THRIVE (Michigan) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,683 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($57,714). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THRIVE have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $137,683 in grants to THRIVE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THRIVE?
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $57,714 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 12 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