AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Minnesota / Minneapolis / Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Minneapolis, MNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 115785

Filed as THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Minneapolis, MN, registered since 2001, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2001
$128,728,427,712
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans located?

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' principal office is in Minneapolis, MN, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Thrivent Financial for Lutherans registered with the SEC or a state?

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 115785.

How much does Thrivent Financial for Lutherans manage?

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans reports $128,728,427,712 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans: Regulatory assets under management: $109,297,299,378 in the October 2021 data and $128,728,427,712 in the October 2026 data, up 18%. Total employees: 3,911 in October 2021 and 4,220 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Thrivent Financial for Lutherans serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (31); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1).

Which custodians does Thrivent Financial for Lutherans use?

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Bank and Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Thrivent Financial for Lutherans report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/115785

What changed in Thrivent Financial for Lutherans' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 152 to 155. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$128,728,427,712

$128,728,427,712 as of October 2026, filing dated June 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $128,728,427,712.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Investment companies
Clients 31 Assets $45,595,534,315 (35%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $111,185,162 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $1,240,145,182 (1%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $81,781,563,053 (64%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
THRIVENT, THRIVENT FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 4,220. Performing investment advisory functions: 155.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
Appleton, WI
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
DEMNWI

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$109B 2021 $123B 2022 $118B 2023 $122B 2024 $141B 2025 $129B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$128,728,427,7124,220June 17, 2026
October 2025$141,110,380,3834,274July 24, 2025
October 2024$121,600,874,1524,167July 26, 2024
October 2023$117,569,820,3493,940August 1, 2023
October 2022$122,633,144,0033,981July 19, 2022
October 2021$109,297,299,3783,911August 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $109,297,299,378 in the October 2021 data and $128,728,427,712 in the October 2026 data, up 18%.

Total employees: 3,911 in October 2021 and 4,220 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 152 to 155.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
livegenerously.comthrivent.comthriventportfolios.comthriventprivateinvestments.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (CRD 115785): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/thrivent-financial-for-lutherans-minneapolis-mn-115785