How does the expense ratio for TOV compare to other similar funds?

TOV’s 0.18% expense ratio is highly competitive within the values-based ETF landscape, particularly among faith-based investment options.

While TOV’s expense ratio is higher than the ultra-low-cost market index funds offered by Vanguard, State Street, and BlackRock, this difference reflects TOV’s added value proposition. The additional costs support JLens’ ongoing research, analysis, and direct engagement with companies on behalf of Jewish values and priorities.

Unlike these other index funds, TOV’s fees support active shareholder advocacy work including:

Direct dialogues with corporate management on Jewish community concerns
Values-aligned proxy voting and opposition to anti-Israel or harmful shareholder proposals
Strategic shareholder resolutions focused on combating antisemitism, supporting Israel, and advancing Tikkun Olam

These advocacy activities represent a core component of the fund’s value proposition beyond simple investment returns, creating positive impact aligned with Jewish communal interests.

Please see this blog post for a more detailed comparison of TOV to other similar funds.

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Investments involve risk. Principal loss is possible.

Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Large-capitalization companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market. Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better – or worse – than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years.

Jewish Values Investing Risk. The Index considers JLens’ Jewish Value Pillars in its index methodology and may exclude otherwise profitable investments in companies which have been identified as being in conflict with JLens’ Jewish Value Pillars. The Index does not select constituents for inclusion in the Index on the basis of future anticipated performance or capital appreciation, similar to traditional market capitalization-weighted indexes.

Responsible Investing Criteria Risk. Because the methodology of the Index selects securities of issuers using responsible investing considerations, the Fund may underperform the broader equity market or other funds that do not utilize responsible investing criteria when selecting investments.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized management investment company with no operating history. As a result, prospective investors have no track record or history on which to base their investment decision.

The Fund is distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. The Fund’s investment advisor is Empowered Funds, LLC which is doing business as ETF Architect.