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THRIVE-GULU INC

THRIVE-GULU INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,744 to it, the largest being JOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN ($1,355,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$439k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$2.1M
Net assets
$180k
7/10 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Thrive-Gulu Inc does

Mission

Thrive-gulu, inc. Assists communities in post-conflict northern uganda to heal from the tramatic effects of war, sexual exploitation, extreme poverty and the resulting loss of opportunities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Established in 2010 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to address the unique needs of female survivors, we support communities in northern uganda to recover from the traumatic effects of war, displacement, and/or violence. Over time, thrive's mission has expanded to include humanitarian support for south sudanese refugees who have been forcibly displaced into northern uganda. Thrivegulu's vision is for a northern uganda in which all people are treated with dignity, live in safety, and have the chance to contribute to the good of the community. Thrivegulu understands that survivors of trauma require a range of support services. To this end, thrivegulu offers an array of signature services, including individual and family counseling, psychoeducation, establishment of village savings and loans associations, mentorship and seed money for income-generating activities, literacy, and gender-based violence programming.

    $356,001 spentof which $174,460 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $356,001.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($311k) Expenses 100 ($330k) Net assets 100 ($221k)2018 Revenue 122 ($381k) Expenses 95 ($313k) Net assets 131 ($289k)2019 Revenue 150 ($468k) Expenses 137 ($451k) Net assets 138 ($305k)2020 Revenue 98 ($306k) Expenses 101 ($332k) Net assets 116 ($257k)2021 Revenue 195 ($608k) Expenses 210 ($693k) Net assets 78 ($172k)2022 Revenue 112 ($348k) Expenses 80 ($264k) Net assets 45 ($100k)2023 Revenue 141 ($439k) Expenses 119 ($392k) Net assets 67 ($148k)2024 Revenue 141 ($439k) Expenses 123 ($407k) Net assets 82 ($180k)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (123)Net assets (82)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 2020 to 2021, from $286k to $185k (−35%).

$222k
$290k
$306k
$286k
$185k
$116k
$162k
$189k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 22% · 2021 87% · 2022 72% · 2024 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of THRIVE-GULU INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$18k
’17
$68k
’18
$17k
’19
−$26k
’20
−$85k
’21
$85k
’22
$48k
’23
$32k
’24
5.4
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

Mah-Sere Keita

Executive director

Board chair

Kathleen Sorenson

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed12911910101516
Joined·+1+3+0+1+3+6+2
No longer listed·4120311
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $160k → $187k.

3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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-GULU INC’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

THRIVE-GULU INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

66%
largest funder
92%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 80% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 85% · 2022 84% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.

“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

50% of THRIVE-GULU INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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-GULU INC draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.

MA
CA
UT
TX

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $248k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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-GULU INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve5.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THRIVE-GULU INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 8%Fundraising 4%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THRIVE-GULU INC?
THRIVE-GULU INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,064,744 to it, the largest being JOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN ($1,355,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THRIVE-GULU INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,064,744 in grants to THRIVE-GULU INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THRIVE-GULU INC?
JOSEPH AND KATHLEEN SORENSON LEGACY FOUN is the largest funder on record, with $1,355,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THRIVE-GULU INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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