TURN $1
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You can increase the donation of your community!
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans offers grants that could help
grow your ‘green’
into some extra ‘gold’ 
for your local CROP Hunger Walk.
This could reap a lot of reward for only a little effort!
Below is info about the application procedure.
Find the application form at www.thrivent.com or call 800-847-4836. Allow 60-90 days for request processing.
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CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
“CARE ABOUNDS IN COMMUNITIES PROGRAM”
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
“CARE ABOUNDS IN COMMUNITIES PROGRAM”
This document is a guide to help with the process of obtaining a supplemental grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Approval of a supplemental grant is solely up to the discretion of the local Thrivent Financial for Lutherans chapter.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans offers a way for active volunteer chapters to add to their community’s CROP Hunger Walk income through a supplemental grant program called the “CARE ABOUNDS IN COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.”
When a Thrivent Financial chapter service team participates in a local CROP Hunger Walk, whether through providing leadership or actively walking and seeking sponsors, the team can request supplemental dollars from Thrivent Financial.
How it works:
- At least 6 Thrivent Financial members from different households form a service team.
- Prior to the CROP Walk, the team applies to the local Thrivent Financial chapter for a supplemental grant. The application form can be accessed from the Thrivent website and can be submitted by email or U.S. mail to the Chapter board. The grant is a supplement to funds the Thrivent Financial for Lutheran’s service team will raise in the WALK.
- Each service team can apply for a maximum of $1600.00 from their local Thrivent Financial chapter.
- The team should get a grant award letter or some type of written documentation that the grant has been approved.
- Once the CROP Walk funds have been deposited with Church World Service and the local Thrivent Financial chapter has approved the grant application, a member of the service team should :
1.) Notify the local Thrivent Financial Chapter Director that the funds have been raised.
2.) Notify the CWS Matching Gift Program in Elkhart of the anticipated match in order to ensure proper credit to the CROP Walk.
3.) Request from the Elkhart CWS office a letter of acknowledgement of the funds raised to be sent to the Thrivent Chapter. The following information is needed:
CROP Hunger Walk funds should never be sent directly to Thrivent. All Walk funds should be handled following CROP Walk procedures. If required, CWS can send a check in the amount to be matched to the Thrivent Financial chapter.* Thrivent chapter name and number
* Thrivent Chapter Financial Director (Treasurer) Information:
* The name of the CROP Walk (e.g., Delaware Co., Crown Point, Elkhart, etc.)Name, Address, Daytime phone number
* Grant approval documentation from Thrivent Financial local chapter
Contact Information
CWS Matching Gift Program: Susan Coyne, Resource Development Department
PO Box 968; Elkhart, IN 46515-0968
Toll Free: 1-800-297-1516 ext. 404 / FAX: 574/206-7880
E-mail:
CWS/CROP Regional Office: 1-888-297-2767
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Fraternal Service Center: 1-800-236-3736
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CWS Matching Gift Program: Susan Coyne, Resource Development Department
PO Box 968; Elkhart, IN 46515-0968
Toll Free: 1-800-297-1516 ext. 404 / FAX: 574/206-7880
E-mail:
CWS/CROP Regional Office: 1-888-297-2767
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Fraternal Service Center: 1-800-236-3736
Many ‘takes’ improve the outcome.
t in weekly bulletins, on small posters, in newsletters, or direct people to this website to have a look. Remember “We Walk because they Walk” to help alleviate hunger around the world. 
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