Thrivent Financial Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
label: Creator
content: Lutheran Brotherhood
label: Creator
content: Aid Association for Lutherans
topic: label: Topic
content: Charities
label: Topic
content: Fund raising
label: Topic
content: Religious institutions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Thrivent Financial in 2017.
creator: label: Donor
content: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
label: Creator
content: Lutheran Brotherhood
label: Creator
content: Aid Association for Lutherans
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content: Thrivent Financial Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the faith-based philanthropic organization, the Aid for Association for Lutherans, the Lutheran Brotherhood, and later Thrivent Financial.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Aid for Association of Lutherans (AAL) was organized in 1902 by members of the Lutheran Church in Appleton, Wisconsin for the purposes of giving to its members, aid for their wives and children in case of death and to provide assistance to themselves in case of sickness, accident and old age. The Luthern Union was founded in 1917 and later changed its name to the Luthern Brotherhood (LB) in 1920. The AAL and LB merged to form Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in 2002 and would grown to become on of the largest fraternal benefits societies in the United States. 
Today, the company is known as Thrivent, a not-for-profit financial services organization. It offers financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, credit union products, money management, brokerage services, retirement planning and more. Additionally, Thrivent provides volunteer services to charitable organizations, schools, congregations and individuals in need.  In 2014, Thrivent allowed non-Lutheran Christians to join.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1902 - 2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1418
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes early founding documents of Thrivent's predecessors, Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL) and Lutheran Brotherhood (LB), including articles of incorporation, by-laws, magazines published by both organizations; magazines published by Thrivent; ballots; song books (for AAL or LB gatherings); placemats; contracts; photographs; brochures, and recruitment brochures.