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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Gretchen Hollstein Named to 2019 List of Top Wealth Advisor Moms

We are pleased to share that our very own Gretchen Hollstein, CFP® was recently recognized as one the 2019 Top Wealth Advisor Moms by Working Mother and SHOOK Research.

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Year-End Tax Planning For 2019

As we move closer to year-end, there are numerous tax planning techniques we consider for our clients, depending on each individual situation. In this post, we provide a description of a few of those tax planning strategies, as well as some of the ways we seek to maximize the tax-efficiency of our client portfolios.

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Investment Key Takeaways—Third Quarter 2019

Out of the current tug of war between U.S. trade policy and global monetary policy, we see two widely divergent, if not binary, possible market outcomes—a recessionary event or a cyclical rebound. Our client portfolios should be resilient in either scenario.