The Power of a Fiduciary Partner

In addition to supporting the actual mission of their organizations, board and committee members of nonprofits face a bewildering cloud of concerns, such as asset allocation, spending rates, portfolio risk, board and committee turnover, fiduciary compliance, mission-aligned investing, and cost efficiency, to name a few.

Our team has more than 30 years experience working with endowments and foundations and we serve on nonprofit boards ourselves, so we understand these concerns. To help meet these challenges, we serve as Fiduciary Partners to our nonprofit clients. That means two things. First, we oversee all aspects of investment portfolios for nonprofits, acting as Outsourced Chief Investment Officer. Second, we provide continuous advice to board members on all the other issues that can impact an organization’s success through what we call fiduciary planning.

Investment Solutions

Outsourced Chief Investment Officer

Our disciplined investment process combines the objectivity of a consultant with the agility and accountability of a discretionary manager. Our services include:

Developing long-term fixed portfolio allocations to meet organizational goals and objectives
Overlaying tactical asset allocation to add returns and manage risk
Portfolio construction and ongoing management using a combination of passive investment ETFs and high-conviction active managers
Incorporating board preferences for Environmental, Social, Governance/Socially Responsible principles
Selectively including private investments based on analysis of time horizon and liquidity needs

Fiduciary Planning

We act as partners to board and investment committee members, and we provide continuous guidance to an organization even as board and committee composition changes. Topics include:

Modeling of long-term spending policies
Board education
Governance issues
Nonprofit best practices
Uniform Prudent Investor Act and other fiduciary requirements
Investment Policy Statement creation or evaluation

Our Services

Contact us to learn more about how we can help your organization achieve its mission.

Helpful Insights

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Capital One Data Breach and Cybersecurity

While the Capital One data breach is not the first of its kind, it is noteworthy in its scale: nearly 106 million of the bank’s customer and applicant accounts were affected. These occurrences remind us of the importance of taking proactive steps to safeguard our personal and financial information. In this post, we outline actions to consider taking to protect your personal data and accounts.

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Investment Key Takeaways—Second Quarter 2019

After global stock markets got a jump start on the year thanks to progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations and a newly “patient” Fed, an abrupt breakdown in the trade talks spurred a sharp market sell-off in May. But stock markets rebounded in June with expectations of Fed rate cuts later in the year and (tentative) signs of re-engagement on the U.S.-China trade front.

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Commentary from our CIO—Second Quarter 2019

The first half of 2019 saw robust gains across most asset classes, but it certainly wasn’t a smooth ride. Chief Investment Officer Jeremy DeGroot discusses our current outlook on the markets, central bank monetary policy, and the global economy in this quarter’s update.