Mutual fund
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
TickerBAWAXsocially responsible
Fund manager
Brown Advisory Funds
Prison industrial complex grade: One or more holdings were flagged by our prison industrial complex screen, but there were no higher risk companies in the portfolio. Assigned a grade of B.
B
$1.02 BILLION
Prison industrial complex
4
flagged holdings
16%
of assets flagged
Data as of 1/31/23
Flagged investments:
$1.02 BILLION, 16% of assets
Higher risk:
$0, 0% of assets
 Private prison operators:
$0, 0% of assets
For each prison industrial complex category, click to see the breakdown of flagged holdings.
Prison industry
Prison industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring
2
holdings
$525.53M
invested
8.41%
of portfolio
Border industry
Border industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border
4
holdings
$1.02B
invested
16%
of portfolio
All flagged holdings
4 holdings
4 holdings
  • 1.  Microsoft Corp
    Prison industryBorder industry
    $275.59M
    4.41%
  • 2.  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
    Border industry
    $253.96M
    4.06%
  • 3.  Amazon.com Inc
    Prison industryBorder industry
    $249.94M
    4%
  • 4.  Alphabet Inc Class A
    Border industry
    $244.87M
    3.92%
Higher risk
Private prison operator
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund $BAWAX has $1.02 BILLION invested in 4 companies involved in the prison industrial complex, amounting to 16% of fund assets
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Financial performance
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Current fund
BAWAX
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Family
Brown Advisory Funds
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.97% more in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.19% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
6.93% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
2.66% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
6.19% less invested
Current fund
BAWAX
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Family
Brown Advisory Funds
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.97% more in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.19% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
6.93% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
2.66% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
6.19% less invested
Current fund
BAWAX
Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
Family
Brown Advisory Funds
Category
Large Growth
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: S&P 500
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
1.97% more in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.19% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.58% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
6.93% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
2.66% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
6.19% less invested
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Flagged investments
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Private prison operators
This fund
BAWAX - Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth Fund
-11.69%
11%
12%
14%
0% 
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
-7.72%
12%
9.79%
12%
0% 
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-3.97%
-0.63%
2.39%
1.97%
Same
Find more financial data on BAWAX at Morningstar.com
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