Skip to main content

Social Index Portfolio

Overview

Unit Price as of 05/01/2025 $16.04
Change $0.11 0.69%
Expense Ratio as of 05/01/2025 0.12%
Inception Date 09/30/2022

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large- and mid-capitalization stocks.

Investment Strategy

The Portfolio invests 100% of its assets in the Vanguard FTSE Social Fund, which employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE4Good US Select Index. The index, which is market-capitalization weighted, is composed of large- and mid-cap stocks of companies that are screened for certain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) criteria by the index sponsor, which is independent of Vanguard. The FTSE4Good US Select Index excludes the stocks of companies that FTSE Russell (FTSE) determines engage in, have a specified level of involvement in, and/or derive threshold amounts of revenue from certain activities or business segments related to the following: adult entertainment, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, gambling, chemical and biological weapons, cluster munitions, anti-personnel landmines, nuclear weapons, conventional military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, and coal, oil, or gas. The level or type of involvement in, or amount of revenue earned from, certain activities or business segments that lead to exclusion by FTSE can vary from one activity or business segment to another. The index methodology also excludes the stocks of companies that, as FTSE determines based on its internal assessment, do not meet certain labor, human rights, environmental, and anti-corruption standards as defined by the United Nations Global Compact Principles, as well as companies that do not meet certain diversity criteria.

Investment Risks

The Portfolio primarily is subject to stock market risk and ESG investing risk.

Average Annual Returns - Updated Monthly as of 04/30/2025

Name 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception 09/30/2022
Name Social Index Portfolio 1 year 12.26% 3 year — 5 year — 10 year — Since Inception 09/30/2022 19.77%
Name Social Index Portfolio Composite**(Benchmark) 1 year 12.45% 3 year — 5 year — 10 year — Since Inception 09/30/2022 21.18%

**Consists of the CRSP US Total Market Index, the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, the Spliced Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Bond Index, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged, FTSE 3-Month Treasury Bill Index and Ryan Labs 3 year GIC Index. The Spliced Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index consists of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index through December 31, 2009; the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index from January 1, 2010 through September 29, 2016; and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index thereafter.

Annual Investment Returns

Year Ended Social Index Portfolio
Year Ended 2024 Social Index Portfolio 26.02%
Year Ended 2023 Social Index Portfolio 31.35%
Year Ended 2022 *** Social Index Portfolio 2.70%
Year Ended 2021 Social Index Portfolio —
Year Ended 2020 Social Index Portfolio —

*** Since inception on 09/30/2022

Historical Prices

05/02/2025 $16.27
05/01/2025 $16.04
04/30/2025 $15.93
04/29/2025 $15.88
04/28/2025 $15.79
04/25/2025 $15.79

Search for more historical price information

* Not available as an Individual Portfolio.

Index performance is provided as a benchmark but is not illustrative of any particular investment. An investment cannot be made in an index.

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance - especially short-term past performance - is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so that investors' units, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data cited. For performance data current to the most recent quarter-end click here.

Investment returns are not guaranteed, and you could lose money by investing in the Direct Plan.

For more information about New York's 529 College Savings Program Direct Plan, download a Disclosure Booklet and Tuition Savings Agreement or request one by calling 877-NYSAVES (877-697-2837). This document includes investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and other information. You should read and consider them carefully before investing.

Before you invest, consider whether your or the beneficiary's home state offers any state tax or other benefits that are only available for investments in that state's 529 plan. Other state benefits may include financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors.

The Comptroller of the State of New York and the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation are the Program Administrators and are responsible for implementing and administering the Direct Plan.

Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, Inc., serves as Program Manager and, in connection with its affiliates, provides recordkeeping and administrative support services and is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Direct Plan. The Vanguard Group, Inc., serves as the Investment Manager. Vanguard Marketing Corporation markets, distributes, and underwrites the Direct Plan.

No guarantee: None of the State of New York, its agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), The Vanguard Group, Inc., Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, Inc., nor any of their applicable affiliates insures accounts or guarantees the principal deposited therein or any investment returns on any account or investment portfolio.