United Methodist Frontier Foundation

Church Programs - Assitance for Institutions

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The goal of the United Methodist Frontier foundation is to educate, empower and provide the resource tools for United Methodists to faithfully fund the ministry of the Church. We put FEET on your $$$ by offering programs for annual giving, planned giving, investment management and develop endowments or other funds whose income will provide opportunities for continuing and new ministry. The following forms and / or brochures are available for download*. These forms and/or brochures describe assistance available to institutions:

UNITED METHODIST FRONTIER FOUNDATION
PERFORMANCE HISTORY

UNITED METHODIST FRONTIER FOUNDATION 10 YEAR PERFORMANCE HISTORY

The United Methodist Frontier Foundation, Inc. – UMFF -- invests its own funds and those of its clients in various strategies through SEC-registered investment advisers. Each fund is invested in high-quality equities and/or fixed income securities that comply with the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church and the specific requirements of the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits. Investments in companies involved in beverage alcohol, tobacco, gambling and warfare are avoided. Companies are further screened to meet our investment advisor’’ selective financial and investment performance requirements. This stringent screening process assures that the investment funds we offer are of the highest financial quality while at the same time demonstrating social responsibility. All investments currently are with John G. Ullman & Associates.

Specific Fund objectives are as follows:

BOND FUND: The bond portfolio invests only in investment-grade fixed income securities. It holds both US government and agency and corporate bonds. Average credit quality is AA; average maturity is 3.5 years.

BALANCED INCOME FUND: Established in 1994, this fund seeks income that exceeds bank interest, with some growth of principle. Its investment target is 70% bonds, 30% stocks.

GROWTH AND INCOME FUND: Established in July 2000, this fund is invested half in stocks and half in bonds and is rebalanced whenever either allocation exceeds 60% of the portfolio.

CORE EQUITY FUND: This fund invests only in equity of large companies with excellent financial records that offer a high potential for continuing performance.

EXTENDED MARKET EQUITY FUND: Established in January 1994, this fund invests primarily in domestic stocks of various capitalization levels. Its target allocation is half “blue chip” and half special situation stocks.

	Annual Rate of Return, Gross of Fees
Year End Return	Core Bonds	Balanced Income	Growth & Income	Core Equity	Extended Mkt Equity
2009	7.1%	10.9%	13.7%	30.4%	22.6%
2008	2.7	-6.2	-17.3	-36.8	-28.4
2007	6.7	7.4	7.3	8.3	13.2
2006	4.5	7.5	9.4	11.5	13.1
2005	1.9	3.4	5.0	6.1	6.1
Annualized 5-yr to 2009	*4.5%*	*4.4%*	2.8%	-0.8%	3.5%

2004	3.2	4.0	7.3	6.2	6.8
2003	2.6	8.8	6.5	23.0	42.8
2002	9.8	0.2	-6.8	-18.7	-19.5
2001	7.4	3.9	-1.0	-15.1	-4.5
2000	10.7	8.2	n.a.	-2.5	7.4
Annualized 10-yr to 2009	*5.6%*	4.7%	n.a.	-0.7%	4.1%

1999	1.4	13.2	n.a.	20.3	32.4

Since Inception, Annualized 2	*5.5*	6.6	*2.1*	*6.9*	*9.2*

1 Each fund's performance history is the performance record of the entire fund portfolio, including invested funds and cash, less the transactions costs but before the 1% per year (1/12 of 1% per month) management fee is charged. Index performance, which is presented in italics below each fund's performance, is reported without consideration of transaction costs or management/administrative fees.
2 Comparison of since-inception rates of return between funds is not appropriate as inception dates differ. The inception dates: Balanced Income Fund (real inception - 1994) - Performance from 12/31/2002; Bond Fund - August 1992; Growth and Income Fund - August 2000; Core Equity Fund - August 1992; Extended Market Equity Fund (real inception- 1/1/94) -performance from 12/31/2002. As the result of a change performance calculation methodology dated to 2003, since inception data for the Balanced Income Fund and the Extended Market Equity Fund should be considered estimated returns. Beginning June 30, 2009, historical returns for the Bond Fund, the Core Equity Fund and the Growth & Income Fund are a linked history of returns generated by US Trust, the UMFF, and John G. Ullman & Assoc.