Our Mission Statement
As a Fiduciary Advisor, we believe no two investors are alike. To help each client meet their financial goals, we base our process on a client-focused personalized approach using multiple investment strategies. Our financial advice and recommendations are tailored to our clients' investment goals, desired return objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon, cash requirements, and tax situation.
Our mission is to get to know and understand your needs, wants, and long-term goals. We want to help you develop, implement, and monitor a strategy that's designed to address your individual situation.
We understand the challenges families face today. From managing debt to saving for college to retirement, these personal finance challenges can be overwhelming. Our commitment is to utilize all of our resources to help you pursue your goals.
We believe in thinking “out of the box” and we are not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom in our approach to investing and preserving wealth. All of our energy, commitment, and efforts are focused on you, the client, and your satisfaction.
Our firm provides outstanding service to our clients because of our dedication to the three underlying principles of professionalism, responsiveness, and quality.
Professionalism
By combining our expertise, experience, and the energy of our staff, each client receives close personal and professional attention.
Our high standards, service, and specialized staff spell the difference between our outstanding performance and other firms. We make sure that every client is served by the expertise of our whole firm.
Responsiveness
Our firm is responsive. Companies who choose our firm to rely on competent advice and fast, accurate personnel. We provide total financial services to individuals, large and small businesses, and other agencies.
To see a listing of our services, please take a moment and look at our services page. Because we get new business from the people who know us best, client referrals have fueled our growth in recent years.
Through hard work, we have earned the respect of the business and financial communities. This respect illustrates our diverse talents, dedication and ability to respond quickly.
Quality
Our firm's reputation reflects the high standards we demand of ourselves.
Our primary goal as a trusted advisors is to be available and to provide insightful advice to enable our clients to make informed financial decisions. We do not accept anything less from ourselves and this is what we deliver to you.
We feel it is extremely important to continually professionally educate ourselves to improve our technical expertise, financial knowledge, and service to our clients.
Our high service quality is the result of our commitment to excellence.
We will answer all of your questions, as they impact both your tax and financial situations. We welcome you to contact us anytime.
The GFS Family of Companies
Donald A. Galade started in the Financial Services industry with Metropolitan Life Insurance in 1987. At that time, he marketed life insurance and mutual funds as a registered representative. In 2007 Mr. Galade started Galade Financial Services, Inc., an insurance marketing organization.
In Feb of 2011 GFS Financial Advisors, LLC, A Registered Investment Advisor firm was formed. GFS Financial Advisors, LLC performs wealth management and fee-based financial planning services from our corporate offices in Drums, PA. In 2014 Kingdom Financial Ministries was created as a DBA to GFS Financial Advisors, LLC. for Faith-Based financial planning services.
Over the last three decades, we have found that a team approach can be an effective method to help clients who have a wide variety of needs as they maneuver through a complex financial services world. We invite you to discover and experience the power of our services. We believe it has far-reaching benefits for our clients to get opinions from several sources with diverse backgrounds, education, and experience.
No one strategy fits everyone, which is why every client gets our undivided attention-from planning to execution to follow-up. We take a proactive approach to help you develop a strategy to address your financial goals and objectives, using the most efficient methods available.
Recognizing that everyone encounters challenges along the way, we strive to anticipate and address those situations as they occur. We want to keep you on track toward a meaningful and purpose-driven financial future.
We invite you to check out all the material on our website. If something prompts a question, please send us a quick email or call our office. We look forward to speaking with you.
It's also the foundation for intelligent, well-considered decisions. When you have retirement in sight, sound decisions are vital in helping you pursue your goals and avoid costly mistakes that can impact your future. For many, understanding every aspect of personal finance can be daunting. From investments to retirement to insurance, the decisions can be overwhelming.
As financial professionals, we are committed to helping people just like you create solutions for their retirement assets. Once we understand your risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals, we'll work to develop a program that carefully balances investment strategies with preserving principal.
A Self-starting motivated individual who believes the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Don is the Founder and CEO of Galade Financial Services, Inc. a full-service insurance brokerage firm, and CEO of GFS Financial Advisors, LLC. and managing partner of Kingdom Financial Ministry, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm located in Drums, PA.
Don is a home-schooling dad who blends his passion for others and his professional skills to help clients define and meet their financial goals via biblical principles.
He has worked in the Asset Protection and Wealth Management industry since 1986. Don routinely attends intense training and continuing education sessions that deal exclusively with the financial needs of those who are near or currently in retirement and is well versed on the latest strategies designed to meet those needs.
Don currently holds the designations of Certified Senior Advisor, and LUTC (Life Underwriter Training Council). He is a former Vice President of the Hazleton, PA chapter of the Pennsylvanians for Human Life and is also a former member of the Kiwanis, Unico, and Rotary clubs. Looking to help change the world through media this accomplished author, musician, and producer of Christian films is extremely active in his church and local community and blends his God-given talents into a number of faith-based charitable works.
Author of In God We Trust, the Dollar We Worship a book that encourages readers in their faith and their ability to become better stewards of their resources: www.inthedollarweworship.com.
Producer of: The Voice of John, the sanctity of life documentary, which can be viewed online by visiting The Voice of John movie on Amazon Prime. and co-produced the musical EP More of Him by the Christian rock band Less of Us.
About Don Galade
He is a Financial Advisor, Author, Public Speaker and Financial Coach.
Donald A.Galade has been serving people in the financial services industry since 1987. He is CEO of GFS Financial Advisors, LLC and managing partner of Kingdom Financial Ministries, a Christian-Based Registered Investment Advisory firm. The Lord has blessed him with a wonderful wife Cheryl and three amazing children, who are also involved in ministry.
A student of the Word, Don has earned certificates of Theology, Ministerial Studies, and Bible Prophecy from the International School of the Word. (ISOW)
Author of multiple books, In God We Trust, the Dollar We Worship (an International Amazon Best Seller) is a book that encourages readers in their faith and their ability to become better stewards of their resources.
His book 5 Steps, A guide to Financial Health, walks the reader through the process of obtaining financial freedom. His next book; Non-Prophet, does not have a release date.
Looking to help change the world through media this Best Selling author, is also a classically trained musician and a producer of Christian films. Added to his list of credits is an epic Pro-Life documentary called The Voice of John, starring Perry Stone, Dr. Alveda King, and Father Frank Pavone. He also produced a music CD called, More of Him, by the Christian recording artist Less of Us!
