Our Biggest Year is Yet to Come! Speaking Biblical Truth to Corporate Power in 2026

Over the past several years, Inspire has steadily built a shareholder engagement program to be the voice of the Christian investor in boardrooms around the country. Our work is centered on glorifying God and growing long-term shareholder value.

We strive to earn strong returns for those who entrust us with their capital. As part of that mission, we work to depoliticize corporate America and encourage companies to prioritize excellence, fiduciary discipline, fairness, service to customers, and respect for people of faith.

Coming on the heels of our most impactful engagement season yet, the year ahead is poised to be even bigger. All glory to God!

Engagement Growth

Each year, we are filing more shareholder resolutions as we address growing concerns around politicized corporate policy and protect long-term shareholder value in a way that reflects Christian faith. At the time of this writing, we have already filed more than two dozen shareholder proposals. In addition, nearly a dozen proposals have been withdrawn or opted out following constructive dialogue and negotiations with companies.

Planned Shareholder Resolutions

Last year we directly engaged more than 1,100 companies, representing 34 million employees and approximately 60 trillion dollars in total market capitalization. With God’s blessing, we hope to engage even more this year and address the issues listed below.

Priorities for the 2025–2026 Engagement Season

Protecting Life and Medical Ethics

• Reduce legal and reputational risk in healthcare policy related to puberty blockers and abortion drugs
• Encourage companies not to participate in abortion pill distribution and to protect conscience rights for employees and partner

Stopping Censorship and Protecting Kids Online

• Stop viewpoint-based censorship online
• Ensure meaningful protections for minors online, including deepfakes and AI-generated sexual content

Protecting Freedom and Fairness

• End politicized debanking: banks should not close accounts for lawful clients based on viewpoint
• Prevent discrimination in gift matching: ensure faith-based nonprofits are not excluded from employee charitable programs
• Maintain political neutrality in vendor relations and advertising
• Promote viewpoint-neutral Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that respect all employees

Ending DEI Overreach

• End quota-driven hiring and compensation policies tied to ESG or DEI
• Support equal treatment for all employees, regardless of belief

Protecting Investors from Politicized ESG Policy

• Challenge costly sustainability commitments that do not advance shareholder value

Ensuring Prudent AI and Resource Stewardship

• Encourage responsible AI development that considers data-center water usage and other infrastructure demands to safeguard operations and long-term shareholder value

Protecting Shareholder Value in Global Strategy

• Improve diligence on China risk, including IP exposure and decoupling risk

Regulatory Engagement

Beyond engaging with individual corporations, we also work to improve transparency and proxy voting options that align with shareholder values.

• Executive Order on Proxy Advisors: On December 11, 2025, President Trump issued an order directing increased oversight of ISS and Glass Lewis and review of rules that have enabled politicized voting.
• SEC Engagement: We met shortly after with SEC officials to advocate reforms restoring fiduciary focus in proxy voting amid heightened scrutiny of proxy advisors.

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Investor Choice

• Proxy Advisory Engagement: Continue working to ensure proxy advisors such as ISS and Glass Lewis vote in alignment with shareholder value and offer default policy options for conservative and faith-based investors.
• True Voter Choice for Investors: Advocate for the largest index managers, including BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, to expand investor-directed proxy voting so that faith-based investors can steward their votes in alignment with their values.
• Christian Proxy Voting Guidelines: Inspire Investing was honored to offer our insights to the team at The Catholic University of America to develop a truly Catholic proxy voting option. The guidelines were announced on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal and are now available on ISS, Glass Lewis, and Broadridge platforms. The next priority is adoption.

Investor choice helps ensure that shareholder votes reflect fiduciary duty and investor conviction, not ideology.

Who We Serve Alongside

• Faith-aligned investors and financial advisors
• Coalition partners representing over 250 billion dollars in assets under management, including Alliance Defending Freedom, the preeminent legal organization in the world protecting the sanctity of life, freedom of speech, religious liberty, and parental rights
• Multiple red-state treasurers representing trillions of dollars in public capital

Together, we seek to depoliticize corporate America and strengthen responsible stewardship.

Looking Ahead With Gratitude

We are deeply grateful for the many leaders and organizations who stand with us in this work. We especially want to thank our coalition partners at Alliance Defending Freedom and Bowyer Research for their tireless commitment, strategic insight, and collaboration in supporting faith-driven investors and protecting shareholder value.

The 2025–2026 engagement season is set to be the largest in Inspire’s history. More Christian investors are participating. Corporate leaders are increasingly open to dialogue. And there is growing recognition that faith-driven investing can pursue strong returns while advancing responsible corporate citizenship.

At Inspire, our mission remains clear:

Every Christian investing for the glory of God.

That conviction guides our stewardship on behalf of the investors we serve. Thank you to every advisor, investor, and partner who walks with us in this work.

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