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Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund
<b>Emerging Markets Fund</b><br /><br />CLASS A:    TPEMX    |    CLASS C:    TPECX
<b>INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE </b>
The investment objective of this Fund is to provide you with long-term growth of capital.
<b>FEES AND EXPENSES </b>
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Timothy Plan Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in “How to Reduce Your Sales Charge” on page 84 of the prospectus and “Purchase, Redemption, and Pricing of Shares” on page 38 of the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information.
<b>Shareholder Fees </b> <br/>(Fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund
Class A
Class C
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as % of offering price) 5.50% none
Maximum deferred sales charges (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of original purchase price or redemption proceeds) [1] none 1.00%
Redemption fees none none
Exchange fees none none
[1] A one percent (1%) contingent deferred sales charge is imposed on any Class C shares sold within the first thirteen months after purchase. The Trust's Distributor, Timothy Partners, Ltd., will pay a finders' fee of 1% of the proceeds invested to brokers that purchase shares of the Funds in amounts from $1 million to $2 million, 0.75% on the next $1 million, 0.50% on the next $2 million, and 0.25% on all amounts in excess of $5 million. In such cases, those purchases will be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1% for 18 months after the date of purchase.
<b>Annual Fund Operating Expenses </b><br/> (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund
Class A
Class C
Management Fee 1.20% 1.20%
Distribution/Service (12b-1 Fees) 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 1.15% 1.15%
Fees and Expenses of Acquired Funds 0.02% 0.02%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [1] 2.62% 3.37%
[1] Acquired Funds Fees and Expenses are the indirect costs of investing in other investment companies. Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of average net assets in the Financial Highlights Table, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Funds Fees and Expenses.
<b>Example:</b>
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. For each share class offered, the Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and annual Fund operating expenses remain the same for each share class. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example - Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund - USD ($)
Class A
Class C
1 Year $ 801 $ 440
3 Years 1,320 1,036
5 Years 1,864 1,755
10 Years $ 3,341 $ 3,658
Expense Example, No Redemption
Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund
Class C
USD ($)
1 Year $ 340
3 Years 1,036
5 Years 1,755
10 Years $ 3,658
The Example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends and other distributions. If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.
<b>PORTFOLIO TURNOVER </b>
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the fund’s performance. During the Fund’s most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 51% of the average value of its portfolio.
<b>PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES </b>
  • The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by normally investing at least 80% of the Fund’s total assets in equity securities of companies that are either located in emerging markets or that have at least more than 50% of their assets or revenue derived from emerging markets. These companies may have market capitalizations of any size. Equity securities include common and preferred stocks, American Depositary receipts (ADRs), warrants and rights. Emerging markets include some or all of the countries located in each of the following regions: Asia, Europe, Central and South America, Africa and the Middle East. The Investment Manager considers an emerging market country to be any country which is in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index (“MSCI EM Index”) or that, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, is generally considered to be an emerging market country by the international financial community.
  • The Fund uses the principles of value investing to analyze and select equity securities for the Fund’s investment portfolio. When buying equity securities, the Investment Manager assesses the estimated “intrinsic” value of a company based on data such as a company’s earnings power, cash flow generation, and/or asset value of the underlying business. By choosing securities that are selling at a discount to the Investment Manager’s estimates of their share of the company’s intrinsic business value, the Investment Manager seeks to establish an opportunity for long-term capital appreciation. The Investment Manager may sell a security when its price reaches a target set by the Investment Manager, if the Investment Manager believes that other investments are more attractive, or for other reasons.
  • The Fund may, from time to time, take temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with the Fund’s principal investment strategies by taking large, small, or even no position in any one or more of the Asset Classes in attempting to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions. When the Fund takes a defensive position, the Fund’s assets will be held in cash and/or cash equivalents.
  • The Fund will not invest in Excluded Securities. Excluded Securities are securities issued by any company that is involved in the production or wholesale distribution of alcohol, tobacco, or gambling equipment, gambling enterprises, or which is involved, either directly or indirectly, in abortion or pornography, or promoting anti-family entertainment or alternative lifestyles.
<b>PRINCIPAL RISKS </b>
  1. General Risk | As with most other mutual funds, you can lose money by investing in this Fund. Share prices fluctuate from day to day, and when you sell your shares, they may be worth less than you paid for them.

  2. Stock Market Risk | This Fund is an equity fund, so it is subject to the risks inherent in the stock market in general. The stock market is cyclical, with prices generally rising and falling over periods of time. Some of these price cycles can be pronounced and last for a long time.

  3. Emerging Market Risk | The Fund’s investments in the securities of emerging countries may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value than funds with investments solely in securities of U.S. companies or funds that invest across a larger spectrum of the foreign market. This is because the securities markets in some emerging countries are relatively small, with a limited number of companies representing a smaller number of industries. Issuers in emerging countries are frequently not subject to the same degree of regulation as U.S. issuers. Also, nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation or political changes could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in emerging foreign countries.

  4. Issuer-Specific Changes | The value of an individual security or a particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.

  5. Currency Risk | Because the securities being purchased by this Fund are frequently foreign stocks denominated in non-U.S. currency, there is a risk that fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments in foreign securities.

  6. Larger Company Investing Risk | Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges like changes in consumer tastes or innovative smaller competitors. Also, larger companies are sometimes unable to attain the high growth rates of successful, smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

  7. Smaller Company Investing Risk | Investing in smaller companies often involves greater risk than investing in larger companies. Smaller companies may not have the management experience, financial resources, product diversification and competitive strengths of larger companies. The securities of smaller companies, therefore, tend to be more volatile than the securities of larger, more established companies. Smaller company stocks tend to be bought and sold less often and in smaller amounts than larger company stocks. Because of this, if a fund wants to sell a large quantity of a small-sized company’s stock, it may have to sell at a lower price than would otherwise be indicated, or it may have to sell in smaller than desired quantities over an increased time period.

  8. Excluded Security Risk | Because the Fund does not invest in Excluded Securities, and will divest itself of securities that are subsequently discovered to be ineligible, the Fund may be riskier than other funds that invest in a broader array of securities.

  9. Value Risk | This Fund invests in companies after assessing their value potential. Securities of value companies may be more volatile than other stocks. If the Investment Manager's perception of a company's value potential is not realized, the securities purchased may not perform as expected, reducing the Fund's return. In addition, because different types of stocks tend to shift in and out of favor depending on market and economic conditions, "value" stocks may perform differently from the market as whole and other types of securities.

<b>PAST PERFORMANCE</b>
The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund’s performance from year to year and by comparing the Fund’s performance to a broad based index. The Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. More up-to-date returns are available on the Fund’s website at www.timothyplan.com, or by calling the Fund at (800) 846-7526.

The bar chart does not reflect sales charges. If these charges were reflected, the returns would be less than those shown.
<b>Year-by-year Annual Total Returns for Class A Shares </b> <br/> (for calendar years ending on December 31)
Bar Chart

Best

Quarter

  

Worst

Quarter

March-16

   Sept-15

13.20%

   -20.78%
<b>Average Annual Total Returns </b><br/>(for periods ending on December 31, 2018)
Average Annual Total Returns - Timothy Plan Emerging Markets Fund
1 Year
5 Year
Since Inception
[2]
Inception Date
Class A [1] (22.15%) (4.10%) (2.39%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class A | Return after taxes on distributions [1],[3] (22.30%) (4.51%) (2.93%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class A | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of shares [1],[3] (13.00%) (3.07%) (1.85%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class A | MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [1],[4] (16.64%) (0.75%) (0.70%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class C (19.02%) (3.71%) (2.20%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class C | Return after taxes on distributions [3] (19.02%) (4.02%) (2.65%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class C | Return after taxes on distributions and sale of shares [3] (11.26%) (2.78%) (1.70%) Dec. 03, 2012
Class C | MSCI Emerging Markets Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [4] (16.64%) (0.75%) (0.70%) Dec. 03, 2012
[1] Class A share returns reflect the assessment of the maximum front-end sales load on the first business day of the year.
[2] The Fund commenced investment operations on December 3, 2012.
[3] After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
[4] The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index consists of the following 21 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey.