THRIVE Santa Ana

THRIVE Santa Ana

THRIVE Santa Ana received its first-ever national CCHD grant in 2020.  It has received a total of four grants, including its most recent grant of $75,000 for the 2023-2024 grant cycle, for a total of $295,000.

At issue is that the leadership of THRIVE is stridently pro-abortion and pro-LGBT.

The President of THRIVE is Ana Urzua.

On 9 March 2021, Urzua posted a two images stating that they were “Some of my favorite posts/images from today.”  The first image sported the message that people should “respect trans people or die!”

The other image (in Spanish) is a celebration of International Women’s Day.  In the body of the text, it reads (in English), “March 8 is a date to … demand that the state comply with its international commitments to women’s human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights …”

That same day, she posted another message indicating “Some of my favorite posts/images from today.”  Embedded in the post was an event celebrating transgenders and highlighting women wearing the green scarves associated with the South American movement to decriminalize abortion.

Conclusion

Had the CCHD performed even a basic background check on the leadership of THRIVE, it would have been immediately obvious that the organization was being run by someone completely opposed to Catholic moral teaching.  As it stands, $295,000 has gone from the Church to an organization led by someone who supports the radical trans-ideology and the decriminalization of abortion.  With a disposition like that, there can be no confidence this organization won’t follow the ideologies of its leadership.