The Timothy Plan is an American mutual fund company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Maitland, Florida that promotes their products as being the first investments of their type to utilize Biblically based screens as the first criteria in the selection of its investment portfolios of companies.
The company was founded by Arthur Ally, formerly of Lehman Brothers, who wanted to cater retirement investments to socially conservative Christian American pastors.
[2] The fund family avoids companies that support or profit from abortion, pornography, gambling, alcohol and tobacco production, violations of child labor laws, supporting terrorist nations as defined by the US Government, or entertainment, lifestyles or marriages the company perceives as contrary to Biblical principles.
Beyond religious principles, Timothy Plan investments are categorized by common investing criteria such as mutual funds or exchange traded funds based on American companies by size (large or small market capitalization), growth stocks or value stocks, investments in companies outside the United States, and fixed income.
In 2019, Ally published the book Invested With Purpose to describe the history and goals of the Timothy Plan.