“Will the next 40 years of building wealth quietly contradict what I’ve spent 40 years teaching my kids?”
That question is becoming harder for Christian investors to ignore.
The companies inside a portfolio are not just neutral ticker symbols on a screen. They shape culture. They employ people. They influence communities. They lobby, advertise, innovate, donate, produce, and profit.
For decades, society taught us to avoid politics, religion, and finance at the dinner table.
But that divide is breaking down.
More Christian investors are beginning to see the walls between the secular and sacred come down. To be a new creation in Christ means every part of life is connected and sacred before God.
Jesus taught in Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” In other words, what we do with our money does not simply reveal what we love. It also has the power to shape what we love.
When we pair that with Proverbs 4:23, which tells us to guard our hearts because everything we do flows from them, we are counseled to as the question:
“How can my investments reflect the same faith that shapes the rest of my life?”
Faith-based investing often starts where this article began: with avoiding companies or practices that harm people, exploit creation, or contradict the values we teach our children.
That matters.
But biblical stewardship should not end with what we avoid. It should also look forward to what we want to help build.
That is why Inspire created the Give50 initiative.
Through Give50, Inspire commits to donating 50% of our lifetime net profits from management fees to gospel-centered Christian ministries that help transform lives and communities for the glory of God.
That means every account managed, every portfolio built, and every dollar invested through Inspire funds is connected to something bigger than a financial transaction. It is connected to advancing the Kingdom of God.
Through Give50-supported partnerships, Inspire investors have helped fund efforts such as:
In 2026 alone, this initiative helped provide:
Those are real people, real ministries, and real needs.
The money we invest is doing more than sitting in an account. It is moving, building, influencing, and shaping. Through Inspire’s Give50 commitment, investors are helping fund Gospel-centered work through the ordinary, often overlooked mechanism of investment management fees.
Daniel Mastrolonardo is the Vice President of Sales for Inspire Investing and Chairman of the Give50 Committee, overseeing Inspire’s missional giving strategy and partnerships. Daniel is a Certified ETF Advisor with a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management from The Master’s University and a Series 65 license. Outside of work, Daniel enjoys hosting a theological podcast, testing his limits with extreme sports, adventuring in nature, and spending time with his wife and four children.
Impact statistics referenced are based on information provided by supported ministry partners and have not been independently verified.
“Will the next 40 years of building wealth quietly contradict what I’ve spent 40 years teaching my kids?”
That question is becoming harder for Christian investors to ignore.
The companies inside a portfolio are not just neutral ticker symbols on a screen. They shape culture. They employ people. They influence communities. They lobby, advertise, innovate, donate, produce, and profit.
For decades, society taught us to avoid politics, religion, and finance at the dinner table.
But that divide is breaking down.
More Christian investors are beginning to see the walls between the secular and sacred come down. To be a new creation in Christ means every part of life is connected and sacred before God.
Jesus taught in Matthew 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” In other words, what we do with our money does not simply reveal what we love. It also has the power to shape what we love.
When we pair that with Proverbs 4:23, which tells us to guard our hearts because everything we do flows from them, we are counseled to as the question:
“How can my investments reflect the same faith that shapes the rest of my life?”
Faith-based investing often starts where this article began: with avoiding companies or practices that harm people, exploit creation, or contradict the values we teach our children.
That matters.
But biblical stewardship should not end with what we avoid. It should also look forward to what we want to help build.
That is why Inspire created the Give50 initiative.
Through Give50, Inspire commits to donating 50% of our lifetime net profits from management fees to gospel-centered Christian ministries that help transform lives and communities for the glory of God.
That means every account managed, every portfolio built, and every dollar invested through Inspire funds is connected to something bigger than a financial transaction. It is connected to advancing the Kingdom of God.
Through Give50-supported partnerships, Inspire investors have helped fund efforts such as:
In 2026 alone, this initiative helped provide:
Those are real people, real ministries, and real needs.
The money we invest is doing more than sitting in an account. It is moving, building, influencing, and shaping. Through Inspire’s Give50 commitment, investors are helping fund Gospel-centered work through the ordinary, often overlooked mechanism of investment management fees.
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