Organization · Community
Made to Flourish
Made to Flourish is a nonprofit organization based in Overland Park, Kansas, that empowers pastors and churches to integrate faith and work, promoting community flourishing through vocationally informed discipleship.
Overview
What Made to Flourish does
What Made to Flourish is
Made to Flourish is a nonprofit organization based in Overland Park, Kansas, that empowers pastors and churches to integrate faith and work, promoting community flourishing through vocationally informed discipleship.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
Find Made to Flourish elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Made to Flourish as a community
Community overview
Made to Flourish is a nonprofit organization founded in 2015 by Tom Nelson and a team of church, business, and private sector partners. It is based in Overland Park, Kansas. The organization aims to empower pastors and their churches to integrate faith, work, and economic wisdom for the flourishing of their communities.
Community focus
Made to Flourish focuses on equipping church leaders to help their congregants understand the intersection of faith and work. They provide resources and training aimed at integrating a robust theology of faith, work, and economics into church practices. Their initiatives include the Church Practicum, Scatter platform, and Residency Accelerator, which support churches in various aspects of community engagement and pastoral training.
Member value
Members gain access to tailored coaching, resources for integrating faith and work, and support for establishing pastoral residencies. They also receive a quarterly magazine, Common Good, which explores the intersections of faith and daily work.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 11,500
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Tom Nelson - Executive Chairman; Matt Rusten - President; Aaron Cline Hanbury - Editorial Director; Andrew Campbell - Program Manager; Bethany Van Eps - Program Manager; Emily Nelsen - Program Coordinator; Eric Rivier Jimenez - Vice President of Marketing; Janet Washam - Vice President of Finance and Operations; Johnny Daigle - Associate Director of Seminary Partnerships; Justin Mertes - Director of Program Engagement; Kevin Harlan - Vice President of Programs; Kimber Hartmann - Vice President of Development; Matt Luxenberg - Scatter Sales and Partnerships Manager; Paige Wiley - Program Manager; Roni Gonzales Leahy - Director of Development; Sarah Haywood - Managing Editor; Shanna Basden - Operations Manager; Steve Harvey - Executive Assistant to Tom Nelson; Tara Jeroszko - Digital Marketing Specialist; Tim Robertson - Media Partnership Manager; Whitney Pipkin - Senior Editor.
Common questions
What to know about Made to Flourish
Upseed classifies Made to Flourish under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
Known limits
Capability profiles appear only when a structured public profile also contains decision-useful role evidence. Terms and availability can change.
Upseed is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organization described on this page.