Thrive

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465188138
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
Phone
3136769938
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nutrition

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$584,921
Expenses
$358,560
Assets
$355,676
Liabilities
$20,754

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Priscilla Heffelfinger (Executive Director)
  • Gina Gabel (President)
  • Cristina Imperial Carl (Vice President)
  • Amna Rahman (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Priscilla Heffelfinger (Executive Director): $80,003 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

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.

What it reported doing in 2024

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.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.2%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.2% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $293K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.