Inspire Investing

What Inspire Investing does

Inspire Investing is a privately held Registered Investment Adviser organized as an Idaho LLC and headquartered in Meridian, Idaho. Founded in 2015, the firm operates as the world's largest Christian ETF provider by assets under management of U.S.-listed faith-based ETFs (as of 6/30/2025), managing over $4 billion in assets across ETFs, an RIA network, and a screening platform. The company targets faith-based individual investors and registered investment advisors seeking to align investment portfolios with conservative Christian values, differentiating from secular ESG frameworks through its proprietary biblically responsible investing (BRI) approach.

The company's core technology is the Inspire Impact Score, a trademarked scoring system that evaluates public companies and funds on a -100 to +100 scale using 14 negative screening categories (weighted by severity factor) and 26 positive materiality categories drawn from SASB standards. Product architecture is organized into three integrated lines: Inspire ETFs (NYSE-listed funds including PTL, BIBL, FDLS, and eight additional faith-based strategies), Inspire Advisors (a network of independent Christian financial advisors), and Inspire Insight (a self-serve screening platform at inspireinsight.com). The Give50 initiative commits 50% of lifetime net profits from management fees to gospel-centered Christian charities, functioning as both a brand differentiator and an ecosystem anchor.

Revenue is generated through recurring asset-based fees on ETF AUM (e.g., PTL at 0.09% expense ratio) and advisory fees through Inspire Advisors, supplemented by active shareholder advocacy (38 corporate proposals filed in 2026 targeting major issuers including members of the Magnificent Seven). Distribution spans direct-to-consumer through the company website, B2B through the advisor network and NYSE brokerage channels, and institutional via shareholder engagement. The firm is recognized on Inc. 5000 (2020-2021), Financial Times Americas' Fastest Growing Companies (2021), Inc. 2026 fastest-growing private companies in the Rocky Mountain region (#42), and has earned Great Place to Work certification for three consecutive years.

Name

Inspire Investing

Legal name

Inspire Investing, LLC

Website

https://inspireinvesting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Inspire Investing is a private Idaho-based Registered Investment Adviser and the world's largest Christian ETF provider, managing over $4 billion across biblically screened ETFs, an RIA network, and a screening platform serving faith-based individual investors and financial advisors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Faith-based Asset Management

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Open-End Investment Funds (525910)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Impact Investing (Intentional, Measurable Social/Environmental Outcomes) (FSAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Style/Factor Equity ETFs (Value, Growth, Quality, Low Vol, Momentum) (FSAAAFAB), Fixed Income ETFs (Government, Corporate, Munis, TIPS) (FSAAAFAD), Multi-Asset & Allocation ETFs (Balanced, Target Risk) (FSAAAFAF)

Keywords

• Biblically responsible investing
• Faith-based ETFs
• Christian financial advisory
• Values-based screening
• ESG alternative investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Hollister

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. ETF Management Fees: Inspire Investing serves as investment adviser to Inspire ETFs and receives management fees. The firm manages multiple Christian-themed ETFs listed on NYSE including Inspire 500 ETF (PTL), Inspire 100 ETF (BIBL), Inspire Fidelis Multi-Factor ETF (FDLS), and others.
2. Give50 Program: Through Give50, Inspire commits to donating 50% of lifetime net profits from management fees to gospel-centered Christian ministries. This is a charitable initiative funded by corporate profits rather than client accounts.
3. Financial Advisory Services: Inspire Advisors provides Christian financial advisors who help clients align investments with biblical values, generating advisory fees through separate platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Inspire Investing provides biblically responsible investing solutions through three integrated service lines: Inspire Advisors (a network of independent Christian financial advisors), Inspire ETFs (NYSE-listed exchange-traded funds screened for biblical values using the proprietary Inspire Impact Score), and Inspire Insight (an online screening platform for stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs). The firm serves as investment adviser to its ETF suite, which includes funds covering U.S. large-cap, Catholic values, global, small-mid cap, fixed income, and tactical strategies, while managing over $4 billion in assets.

Product overview

Inspire Investing operates as a platform-plus-products architecture offering biblically responsible investing solutions. The core platform consists of three integrated services: Inspire Advisors (a network of independent Christian financial advisors), Inspire ETFs (the world's largest faith-based ETF provider), and Inspire Insight (a screening technology for stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs). Central to all offerings is the proprietary Inspire Impact Score methodology. The ETF suite includes specialized funds such as Inspire 500 ETF (PTL) targeting large-cap U.S. companies, Inspire Fidelis Multi Factor ETF (FDLS) for Catholic values alignment, Inspire 100 ETF (BIBL), Inspire International ETF, Inspire Global Hope ETF, Inspire Small Mid Cap ETF, Inspire Corporate Bond ETF, Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF, and Inspire Tactical Balanced ETF. The Give50 initiative complements the offering by committing 50% of net profits to Christian charities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Inspire Impact Score: Proprietary biblically responsible investing scoring system that analyzes environmental, social, and governance issues from a biblical perspective, ranging from -100 to +100.
• Give50

Products and services

• Inspire Advisors A platform of independent Christian financial advisors helping investors align their portfolios with biblical values through biblically responsible investing guidance and portfolio management.
• Inspire ETFs A suite of NYSE-listed exchange-traded funds screened for biblical values using the proprietary Inspire Impact Score methodology, covering U.S. large-cap, Catholic values, global, small-mid cap, fixed income, and tactical strategies. Inspire Investing serves as investment adviser and receives management fees on AUM.
• Inspire Insight An online screening platform that enables users to instantly screen individual stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs for biblical values alignment using the proprietary Inspire Impact Score methodology ranging from -100 to +100.
• Inspire 500 ETF (PTL) A 0.09% expense ratio biblically responsible ETF targeting 500 of the largest U.S. companies by market capitalization as a core equity holding for faith-based investors.
• Inspire Fidelis Multi-Factor ETF (FDLS) An ETF that replicates the Fidelis 100 Index developed by Wallick Investments, combining Catholic values alignment with multi-factor exposure across quality, value, and momentum factors. Over $190 million in AUM with a 5-star Morningstar rating.
• Inspire 100 ETF (BIBL) A faith-based ETF that screens holdings using biblical values criteria.
• Inspire International ETF International equity exposure for faith-based investors using biblical values screening.
• Inspire Global Hope ETF Global equity strategy for faith-based investors using biblical values screening.
• Inspire Small Mid Cap ETF Small and mid-cap equity exposure for faith-based investors.
• Inspire Corporate Bond ETF Corporate fixed income strategy for faith-based investors.
• Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF Mid-cap momentum strategy for faith-based investors.
• Inspire Tactical Balanced ETF Balanced allocation strategy for faith-based investors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Inspire 500 ETF (PTL) delivered 30.55% total return vs S&P 500's 29.95% over two years since launch, growing to $679.5 million AUM
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Wallick InvestmentscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Wallick Investments developed the Fidelis 100 Index, the underlying benchmark for Inspire's Fidelis Multi-Factor ETF (FDLS). The index combines Catholic values alignment with Inspire's proprietary Impact Score and multi-factor exposure across quality, value, and momentum factors. The Fidelis 100 Index received Gold certification from Altum Faithful Investing.
• Altum Faithful InvestingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2026Altum Faithful Investing awarded Gold certification to the Fidelis 100 Index, confirming its alignment with the principles of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church while maintaining a rules-based quantitative investment approach. The certification recognizes the index as a faith-consistent investment solution containing 100 equally-weighted companies meeting Biblically Responsible standards.
• WorldHelpminorOthersGive50 ministry partner providing Bibles to Christians in persecution ($10 provides one Bible). Inspire's giving pledge donates 50% of net profits from management fees to Christian charities including WorldHelp.
• International Justice Mission (IJM)minorOthersGive50 ministry partner providing legal representation for victims of human trafficking ($105 covers trial fees for one case). IJM has launched anti-trafficking initiatives including efforts in Bangladesh supported by Inspire investors.
• LifeWiseminorOthersGive50 ministry partner providing month of Bible-based education to public school students ($30 per month). Inspire's charitable initiative supports this educational outreach through investor fees.
• PreBorn!minorOthersGive50 ministry partner providing free ultrasounds to abortion-minded women ($28 per ultrasound). Supporting pro-life counseling efforts through Inspire's charitable giving program.
• Samaritan's PurseminorOthersInspire Investing partnered with Samaritan's Purse to pack 700 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes with toys, toothbrushes, and the gospel message for children around the globe.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Timothy Plan: Timothy Plan is a faith-based mutual fund and ETF family that screens investments for biblical values, making it the closest direct competitor to Inspire's biblically responsible ETF and mutual fund lineup. Both firms target evangelical Christian investors with exclusionary screens and values-aligned portfolio construction.
• Eventide Funds: Eventide is a faith-based asset manager offering mutual funds and ETFs that invest in companies aligned with Christian values and positive social impact. Eventide competes with Inspire in the values-based fund space, though its approach is more engagement-oriented and less focused on large-cap index replication.
• Ave Maria Mutual Funds: Ave Maria is a Catholic-values mutual fund family that excludes companies involved in activities inconsistent with Catholic moral teaching. While Inspire's FDLS is also Catholic-aligned (Gold-certified by Altum), Ave Maria represents a competing approach to faith-based fund management with similar exclusionary screens.
• Wallick Investments: Wallick Investments developed the Fidelis 100 Index, the underlying benchmark for Inspire's FDLS ETF, and is a strategic index partner. Wallick is directly comparable as a values-aligned index provider that combines faith-based screening with multi-factor investment methodology, making it both a partner and a niche competitor in Catholic-values indexing.

Emerging players

• 2nd Vote Advisers: 2nd Vote Advisers manages faith-based ETFs and provides values-aligned investment research targeting Christian investors. As a smaller faith-based ETF manager, it competes in the same values-based screening niche as Inspire but with a less mature product lineup and lower AUM scale.
• FaithShares: FaithShares launched faith-based ETFs screened for Christian values, directly overlapping with Inspire's faith-screened ETF product category. While FaithShares has had limited recent product activity, it represents the same concept of exchange-traded biblically responsible investing that Inspire has scaled more successfully.

Broad incumbents

• Global X ETFs: Global X is a thematic and specialized ETF sponsor that competes broadly with Inspire in the ETF distribution and product innovation space. While Global X does not focus on faith-based screening, it represents the kind of mid-sized ETF challenger that Inspire must compete with for shelf space and advisor mindshare.
• iShares (BlackRock): iShares is the world's largest ETF provider and competes with Inspire on core U.S. large-cap exposures (where PTL's S&P 500-like portfolio overlaps with IVV). As a broad incumbent, iShares represents the dominant distribution and fee-pressure threat to Inspire's flagship index-tracking ETF.
• Vanguard: Vanguard is the largest U.S. asset manager and operates the lowest-cost ETF and mutual fund platform, with products like VOO and VFIAX directly competing with Inspire's PTL on core large-cap exposure. Vanguard's fee leadership and brand trust set the competitive floor on Inspire's pricing power.
• Virtus Investment Partners: Virtus is a multi-boutique asset manager that distributes actively managed and ETF products through advisor and institutional channels, comparable to Inspire's distribution model. As a broad incumbent, Virtus represents the type of diversified asset manager that Inspire could potentially grow into or partner with at scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/inspireadvisor
• Facebookfacebook.com/inspireinvesting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/12894535

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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M&A

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