Weapon Free Funds sources financial data on equities and mutual funds from Morningstar. Our database contains information on thousands of U.S. open-end and exchange traded mutual funds, some of the most common funds held in 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and other retirement plans.

Search for mutual funds using name, ticker symbol, or asset manager. Use the search page to filter funds by investing style, fund family, and more. When you find a fund you're looking for, click on it to see the full results.

We don't have everything in our database — we only screen mutual funds that own direct stock investments, and can only display up to 3,000. Looking for your favorite fund and can’t find it? With more resources, we could include more funds — make a gift today to make a difference.

For each mutual fund in our database, we examine every holding and determine if it is a stock issued by a weapon company.

We only look for direct stock holdings in weapon companies. That means that holdings that are not stocks, like cash holdings or bonds, are not rated. In the fund's investment profile, we show a "Percent Rated" metric, equivalent to the percent of the fund that is invested in stocks. The higher a fund’s Percent Rated value, the more holdings we were able to examine. A fund with a lower Percent Rated value may have hidden weapon-related investments that our tool cannot account for, in the form of bond holdings or other asset types.

We use five different weapon categories, grouped into two screens, to flag weapon investments. You can choose to screen for all five weapon categories, or you can screen for just military weapons, or just civilian firearms.

Major military contractors — The largest military contractors fuel global warfare through the international arms trade. Between 2012 and 2016, U.S. arms producers were responsible for a full one-third of major global arms exports. Lockheed Martin alone received more than $36 billion in military contracts — an amount higher than the budgets of 22 of the 50 states.

To track major military contractors, we use the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Arms Industry Database. The database contains information on arms-producing and military services, including financial data for arms-producing companies in the OECD and developing countries (except China) based on open sources. The public companies from this top 100 list (last updated 2016) were used to screen for major military contractors on Weapon Free Funds.

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Cluster munitions and landmines — Cluster bombs and landmines have killed and injured thousands of civilians for decades and continue to do so today. Over 100 countries have banned their use. They cause widespread harm on impact and continue to remain dangerous for decades, killing and injuring civilians long after a conflict has ended.

To track manufacturers of cluster munitions and landmines, we use research reports from non-profit organizations PAX and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Public companies identified as banned weapon manufacturers in PAX's Worldwide investments in Cluster Munitions a shared responsibility (2017), the International Campaign to Ban Landmines's Landmine Monitor (2017), or the International Campaign to Ban Landmines's Cluster Munitions Monitor (2017) were used to screen for cluster munition and landmine companies on Weapon Free Funds.

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Nuclear weapons — The financing of companies contributing to the build-up and modernization of nuclear arms undermines efforts to achieve nuclear disarmament. Any use of nuclear weapons would violate fundamental rules of international law and have catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences.

To track nuclear weapon manufacturers or servicers, we use a report from non-profit organization PAX. Public companies identified as nuclear weapon manufacturers or servicers in PAX's Don't Bank on the Bomb (2018) were used to screen for nuclear weapons on Weapon Free Funds.

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Gun manufacturers — On an average day, 93 Americans are killed with guns. Over 90% of the country supports expanding background checks to all gun sales and the majority supports increased safety regulation, but many of these same people are invested in leading firearm manufacturers and don’t even know it.

To track manufacturers of civilian firearms and ammunition, we use data from a number of open-source investment research providers, including GoodbyGunStocks, a fund screener designed to show which funds owned which gun companies that is unfortunately out of date.

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Gun retailers — Gun dealers selling handguns, shotguns, rifles, and ammunition — including high-capacity magazines and semiautomatic weapons known commonly as “assault rifles” — are raking in billions in weapons sales. We don’t need to finance violence in order to invest in our own retirement accounts.

The gun retailers listed below represent the largest public companies that sell firearms or ammunition to the civilian market. We started with the list from GoodbyGunStocks and adjusted as companies have made public commmitments to stop selling firearms.

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Mutual funds can have a varying number of holdings, from less than one hundred to several thousand. We calculate the total number of flagged holdings in the fund, and the total amount and percentage of the fund’s assets that are invested in those companies.

Based on what companies a fund owns, it can earn one of three weapon risk scores for each screen group — military weapons, civilian firearms, and all weapons.

If a fund has a low weapon risk and doesn't own any of the weapon companies you're screening for, you'll see a chart like this:

However, if a fund does own stock in weapon companies, you'll see a chart like this, showing the overall exposure.

Next to the chart, you'll see the exposure breakdown for each of the five weapon categories.

If you click a category that a fund has exposure to, you'll see the breakdown of the individual companies in that category that the fund owns.

We use Morningstar's "socially responsible fund" indicator to determine which funds are displayed as socially responsible. Socially responsible funds make investment decisions based on issues like environmental responsibility, human rights, or religious views. A socially responsible fund may take a proactive stance by selectively investing in, for example, environmentally-friendly companies, or firms with good employee relations. They may also avoid investing in companies involved in promoting alcohol, tobacco, or firearms, or in the defense industry. Look for this symbol to find funds that are designated socially responsible.

The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is a group advancing sustainable, responsible, and impact investing. Asset managers who are members of US-SIF often have policies to exclude or restrict investments in companies involved in the production, licensing, and/or retailing of weapons. Look for this symbol to find funds that are members of US-SIF.

When you're done looking up funds and finding the data you need, what's next? You can learn how to make a change and move your money with our weapon free action toolkit. Whether you’re an individual investor or if your investments are in your employer-sponsored plan at work, our step-by-step toolkit can help. There's an in-depth guide to responsible investing, links to external resources, a sample letter to send to your employer 401(k) manager, and more — everything you need to make a change and get started investing your money weapon free.