Guggenheim Partners - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Guggenheim Partners is Medium Risk.

Guggenheim Partners, LLC is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Guggenheim occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Medium Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Medium Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Guggenheim Partners is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Guggenheim Partners likely uses Benevity as its charitable giving platform. Benevity vets charities according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate List, which includes mainstream libertarian, conservative, family, and religious advocacy organizations (1)(2)(3)(4).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

In June 2025 America First Legal filed a letter with the EEOC requesting a civil rights investigation into Guggenheim over discriminatory practices in hiring (1)(2). The company operates a supplier diversity program. “Develop a sustainable, diverse vendor base and an inclusive vendor process that strengthens our supply chain, which in turn, improves quality, efficiency, and innovation” (3). Guggenheim Partners appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, promotions, and leadership. From its Diversity and Inclusion page: “Partner with our hiring managers and Human Resources teams to develop diversity recruiting and talent management strategies to identify, attract, develop, and retain top talent.” (4). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Guggenheim Partners supports DEI within its business practices. From its Diversity and Inclusion webpage: “Our diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy is intrinsically linked with enhancing the performance of our businesses, and is deepened by the engagement of our senior leaders, managers, and professionals to integrate D&I in everything we do.” (1)(2). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its Sustainability webpage: “We view the integration of ESG factors as a crucial part of both our business operations and our investment process” (3).

Criteria:

Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Guggenheim Partners is a corporate partner of the NGLCC (1). Otherwise, the company has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Guggenheim Partners does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).