Vanguard 500 Index Fund | Prison industrial complex investments

Mutual fund

Vanguard 500 Index Fund

TickerVFIAX

Fund manager

Flagged investments:

$185.12 BILLION, 23% of assets

Higher risk:

$11.99 BILLION, 1.49% 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

Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring

holdings

$124.26B

invested

15%

of portfolio

Border industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border

holdings

$157.43B

invested

20%

of portfolio

All flagged holdings

37 holdings

1. Microsoft Corp
$50.1B
6.23%
2. Amazon.com Inc
$21.5B
2.68%
3. Alphabet Inc Class A
$14.42B
1.79%
4. Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B
$12.99B
1.62%
5. Alphabet Inc Class C
$12.61B
1.57%

Higher risk
Private prison operator

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Vanguard 500 Index Fund $VFIAX has $185.12 BILLION invested in 37 companies involved in the prison industrial complex, amounting to 23% of fund assets

Sustainability report card

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Vanguard 500 Index Fund VFIAX

Environment

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies, and related financial companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Social

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Current fund

VFIAX

Vanguard 500 Index Fund

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Vanguard

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Large Blend

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Benchmark

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Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 10-yr returns

<0.01% more in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.02% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.02% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

0.45% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

0.27% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

0.36% less invested

Current fund

VFIAX

Vanguard 500 Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Large Blend

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vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 10-yr returns

<0.01% more in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.02% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.02% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

0.45% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

0.27% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

0.36% less invested

Current fund

VFIAX

Vanguard 500 Index Fund

Family

Vanguard

Category

Large Blend

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

Change benchmark

Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 4/30/23

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: S&P 500

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Higher 10-yr returns

<0.01% more in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0% less invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.02% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.02% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

0.45% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

0.27% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

0.36% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 4/30/23

Morningstar suggested benchmark: S&P 500 TR USD

Annualized returns

Flagged investments

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
VFIAX - Vanguard 500 Index Fund

2.62%

14%

11%

12%

Benchmark

2.63%

14%

11%

12%

Fund compared to benchmark

-0.02%

-0.01%

<0.01%

Same

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