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Thrivent Money Market Portfolio
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio
Investment Objective
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio (the "Portfolio") seeks to achieve the maximum current income that is consistent with stability of capital and maintenance of liquidity.
Fees and Expenses
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. If you own a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance contract, you will have additional expenses including mortality and expense risk charges. Please refer to the prospectus for your variable contract for additional information about charges for those contracts.
SHAREHOLDER FEES
(fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio
Class A
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed On Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the net asset value at time of purchase or redemption, whichever is lower)
ANNUAL PORTFOLIO OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio
Class A
Management Fees 0.35%
Other Expenses 0.10%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 0.45%
EXAMPLE
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Portfolio is an investment option for variable contracts, and the example does not include charges imposed by variable contracts. If variable contract charges were imposed, your expenses would be higher than those shown. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual cost may be higher or lower, based on the foregoing assumptions, your cost would be:
Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio | Class A | USD ($) 46 144 252 567
Principal Strategies
The Portfolio tries to produce current income while maintaining liquidity by investing at least 99.5% of its total assets in government securities, cash and repurchase agreements collateralized fully by government securities or cash. Government securities are any securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.

The Adviser manages the Portfolio subject to strict rules established by the Securities and Exchange Commission that are designed so that the Portfolio may maintain a stable $1.00 share price. Those rules generally require the Portfolio, among other things, to invest only in high quality securities that are denominated in U.S. dollars and have short remaining maturities. In addition, the rules require the Portfolio to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity (WAM) of not more than 60 days and a dollar-weighted average life (WAL) of not more than 120 days. When calculating its WAM, the Portfolio may shorten its maturity by using the interest rate resets of certain adjustable rate securities. Generally, the Portfolio may not take into account these resets when calculating its WAL.

The Adviser typically uses U.S. Treasury securities, short-term discount notes issued by government-related organizations and government securities payable within seven-days or less to provide liquidity for reasonably foreseeable shareholder redemptions and to comply with regulatory requirements. The Adviser invests in other securities by selecting from the available supply of short-term government securities based on its interest rate outlook and analysis of quantitative and technical factors. Although the Portfolio frequently holds securities until maturity, the Adviser may sell securities to increase liquidity. The Adviser will select securities for such sales based on how close the sale price would be to their amortized costs.
Principal Risks
You could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. Although the Portfolio seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Portfolio is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Portfolio’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Portfolio, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Portfolio at any time. In addition, the Portfolio is subject to the following principal investment risks.

Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that an issuer of a debt security to which the Portfolio is exposed may no longer be able or willing to pay its debt. As a result of such an event, the debt security may decline in price and affect the value of the Portfolio. Credit risk is expected to be low for the Portfolio because of its investments in government securities.

Government Securities Risk. The Portfolio invests in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies and instrumentalities (such as Federal Home Loan Bank Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac securities). Securities issued or guaranteed by Federal Home Loan Bank Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac are not issued directly by the U.S. government. Ginnie Mae is a wholly owned U.S. corporation that is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, the timely payment of principal and interest of its securities. By contrast, securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government-related organizations such as Federal Home Loan Bank Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No assurance can be given that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies and instrumentalities if not required to do so by law. In addition, the value of U.S. government securities may be affected by changes in the credit rating of the U.S. government.

Interest Rate Risk. A weak economy, strong equity markets, or changes by the Federal Reserve in its monetary policies may cause short-term interest rates to increase and affect the Portfolio’s ability to maintain a stable share price.

Redemption Risk. The Portfolio may need to sell portfolio securities to meet redemption requests. The Portfolio could experience a loss when selling portfolio securities to meet redemption requests if there is (i) significant redemption activity by shareholders, including, for example, when a single investor or few large investors make a significant redemption of Portfolio shares, (ii) a disruption in the normal operation of the markets in which the Portfolio buys and sells portfolio securities or (iii) the inability of the Portfolio to sell portfolio securities because such securities are illiquid. In such events, the Portfolio could be forced to sell portfolio securities at unfavorable prices in an effort to generate sufficient cash to pay redeeming shareholders. Although the Portfolio does not have the ability to impose liquidity fees or temporarily suspend redemptions, the Portfolio may deny the payment of redemption proceeds or suspend redemptions during its liquidation when permitted by applicable regulations.
Performance
The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing the Portfolio’s average annual returns for one-, five- and ten-year periods. Call 800-847-4836 or visit Thrivent.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.

The bar chart and table include the effects of Portfolio expenses and assume that you sold your investment at the end of the period. On February 1, 2016, the Portfolio changed its investment strategies from those of a prime money market fund to those of a government money market fund. Because shares of the Portfolio are offered through variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts, you should carefully review the variable contract prospectus for information on applicable charges and expenses. If the charges and deductions against your variable contract were included, returns would be lower than those shown.

How a Portfolio has performed in the past is not necessarily an indication of how it will perform in the future. Performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance over time.
YEAR-BY-YEAR TOTAL RETURN
Annual Return (%)
Bar Chart

1 The Portfolio’s performance was 0.00% for Q1 ’10 through Q3 ‘16.
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
(PERIODS ENDING DECEMBER 29, 2017)
Average Annual Total Returns
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Thrivent Money Market Portfolio | Class A 0.50% 0.10% 0.39%
The 7-day yield for the period ended December 29, 2017 was 0.89%. You may call 800-847-4836 to obtain the Portfolio’s current yield information.