Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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The entrance sign in Appleton shows the corporate logo

Corporate Center in Minneapolis

Operations Center in Appleton

Appleton entrance

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (pronounced /ˈθraɪvənt/ "THRIVE-int") is a Fortune 500 financial services organization with dual corporate headquarters based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Appleton, Wisconsin. Thrivent Financial and its subsidiaries offer financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more to its nearly 3 million members.

[edit] History

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans was officially formed on January 1, 2002 with the merger of Aid Association for Lutherans and Lutheran Brotherhood. The organizations were established in 1902 and 1917 respectively. The merger formed the largest fraternal benefit society in the United States. ^[1] Thrivent Financial for Lutherans today maintains a network of 1,364 local chapters.^[2] It is also the only not-for-profit organization listed on the Fortune 500.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Outreach programs

Thrivent Financial sponsors national outreach programs, notably its alliance with Habitat for Humanity. ^[3] Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity seeks to increase Habitat's capacity to build more homes and promote donations, volunteerism, neighborhood development as well as worldwide home-building trips by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' members.

They also helped to fund the 2003 film Luther.

[edit] References

• Official Site

[edit] External links

• Google Finance summary for Thrivent

• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is at coordinates 44°58′30″N 93°15′57″W / 44.975007, -93.265831 (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans)Coordinates: 44°58′30″N 93°15′57″W / 44.975007, -93.265831 (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans)