This Example is meant to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether you redeem or hold your shares would be:

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio is a “fund of funds,” which means that the Portfolio generally allocates its assets among other mutual funds managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the “Advisor”), although it also has the ability to invest directly in securities and derivatives. To achieve the Portfolio’s and the Underlying Funds’ (defined below) investment objectives, the Advisor implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Portfolio’s and the Underlying Funds’ designs emphasize long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Advisor’s research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies, sectors, and countries. The Advisor’s portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs.

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio is designed to provide exposure to a broad portfolio of equity securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies, with a meaningful emphasis on smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies, by primarily purchasing shares of U.S. Social Core Equity 2 Portfolio, International Social Core Equity Portfolio, and Emerging Markets Social Core Equity Portfolio (the “Underlying Funds”). The Portfolio may have exposure to companies in all the market capitalization ranges. Periodically, the Advisor will review the allocations for the Portfolio in each Underlying Fund and may adjust allocations to the Underlying Funds or may add or remove Underlying Funds in the Portfolio without notice to shareholders. Additionally, the representation of securities in the Underlying Funds as compared to their representation in the U.S. and non-U.S. markets may be affected by the Underlying Funds’ social issue screens.

As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Global Social Core Equity Portfolio’s net assets will be invested directly, or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, in equity securities. The Portfolio, directly or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, intends to invest its assets to gain exposure to at least three different countries, including the United States. As of the date of the Prospectus, the Portfolio, directly or indirectly through its investment in the Underlying Funds, invests approximately 61% of its net assets in U.S. companies. This percentage will change due to market conditions.

The Advisor may also increase or reduce the Global Social Core Equity Portfolio’s and/or Underlying Funds’ exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company’s price momentum, short-run reversals, and investment characteristics. In assessing a company’s investment characteristics, the Advisor considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing a company’s investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, the Advisor seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs.

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for equity securities and indices, to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio or Underlying Fund. The Portfolio and international and emerging markets Underlying Funds may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts, in connection with the settlement of foreign securities, to hedge foreign currency risks, to hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, or to transfer balances from one currency to another.

In addition, the Global Social Core Equity Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) for the purposes of gaining exposure to the equity markets, while maintaining liquidity. In addition to money market instruments and other short-term investments, the Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may invest in affiliated and unaffiliated registered and unregistered money market funds. The Portfolio and Underlying Funds may invest in such money market funds and other short-term investments to manage cash pending investment in other securities or to maintain liquidity for the payment of redemptions or other purposes. Investments in ETFs and money market funds may involve a duplication of certain fees and expenses. The above-referenced investments are not subject to, although they may incorporate, the Portfolio’s social criteria.

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio and Underlying Funds may lend their portfolio securities to generate additional income.

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio and each Underlying Fund seek to purchase securities that are consistent with the Portfolio’s and Underlying Funds’ social issue screens, which are monitored by, or based upon information from, an independent third party. The Portfolio and each Underlying Fund seek to exclude from their investment portfolios those companies that are identified by the Portfolio’s and Underlying Funds’ social issue screens, as further discussed below. The Portfolio’s and Underlying Funds’ social issue screens are designed to identify companies that: (1) earn at least 10% of their total annual revenue through the production and/or sale of conventional or nuclear weapons, their weapon systems, or key intended components of these products, or the provision of weapon systems support and service related to nuclear weapons, such as the repair and maintenance of nuclear weapons; (2) have demonstrated complicity in genocide in Sudan, for example, by having ties to the Sudanese military or government, selling or distributing military equipment to a party based in Sudan or operating within Sudan borders, or generating 10% or more of its total assets or revenues in Sudan from the oil, mineral or power sectors; (3) earn at least 10% of their total annual revenue through the production and/or sale of tobacco (this criteria does not cover products designed as an aid to quit smoking), alcoholic beverages as an intoxicating agent (this criteria does not cover packaging such as bottles, cans, corks or caps), or cannabis products; (4) earn at least 10% of their total annual revenue from the ownership or operation of gambling facilities, licensing their brand name to gambling products, or providing support or services to the gambling industry; (5) directly participate in abortions, or develop or manufacture abortive agents or contraceptives; (6) earn at least 10% of their total annual revenue from the retail, distribution or production of pornographic products (this criteria does not cover companies that offer content sharing platforms that are not pornography focused but allow third-party users to upload pornographic content; (7) are involved in the production of landmines, cluster munitions, or key intended components of such weapons; (8) produce firearms (i.e., using an explosive charge as a propellant) intended for civilian use; (9) have had involvement in severe child labor controversies (factors that may be considered for determining severity include, but are not limited to, a history of involvement in child labor-related legal cases, widespread or egregious instances of child labor, resistance to improved practices, and criticism by non-governmental organizations and/or other third-party observers); (10) conduct stem cell research using cells derived from human embryos or fetal tissue, or use fetal cell lines in the development of vaccines or other biopharmaceuticals; (11) operate or manage, or provide staffing services to, for-profit correctional and/or detention facilities (this criteria does not cover provision of maintenance or non-management services, including staffing for such services); (12) have material involvement in severe environmental, social or governance controversies that indicate operations inconsistent with responsible business conduct standards, such as those defined by the United Nations Global Compact Principles and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; (13) have relatively high carbon intensity or potential emissions from reserves or scaled potential emissions from reserves; and/or (14) have thermal or metallurgical coal reserves.

The Global Social Core Equity Portfolio and each Underlying Fund may modify their lists of social issue screens, at any time, without prior shareholder approval or notice.

The bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the Portfolio’s returns and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows the changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year. The table illustrates how annualized returns for certain periods, both before and after taxes, compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Portfolio’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Updated performance information for the Portfolio can be obtained by visiting https://www.dimensional.com/us-en/funds.

The after-tax returns presented in the table for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown in the table. In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

Fund of Funds Risk: The investment performance of a fund of funds is affected by the investment performance of the underlying funds in which the fund of funds invests. The ability of a fund of funds to achieve its investment objective depends on the ability of the underlying funds to meet their investment objectives and on the Advisor’s decisions regarding the allocation of a fund of funds’ assets among the underlying funds. A fund of funds may allocate assets to an underlying fund or asset class that underperforms other funds or asset classes. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of a fund of funds or any underlying fund will be achieved. Through its investments in the underlying funds, a fund of funds is subject to the risks of the underlying funds’ investments. When a fund of funds invests in underlying funds, investors are exposed to a proportionate share of the expenses of those underlying funds in addition to the expenses of a fund of funds. Certain risks of the Underlying Funds’ investments that are principal risks of investing in the Portfolio are described below.

Social Investment Risk: A fund with social issue screens may limit the number of investment opportunities available to the fund, and as a result, at times the Portfolio may underperform funds that are not subject to such special investment conditions. For example, a fund with social issue screens may decline to purchase certain securities when it is otherwise advantageous to do so, or may sell certain securities for social reasons when it is otherwise disadvantageous to do so. There is no guarantee that a fund’s investments will reflect the social considerations of any particular investor.

Profitability Investment Risk: High relative profitability stocks may perform differently from the market as a whole and an investment strategy purchasing these securities may cause a fund to at times underperform equity funds that use other investment strategies.

Emerging Markets Risk: Securities of issuers associated with emerging market countries may be subject to higher and additional risks than securities of issuers in developed foreign markets. Numerous emerging market countries have a history of, and continue to experience serious, and potentially continuing, economic and political problems. Stock markets in many emerging market countries are relatively small, expensive to trade in and generally have higher risks than those in developed markets. Securities in emerging markets also may be less liquid than those in developed markets and foreigners are often limited in their ability to invest in, and withdraw assets from, these markets. Additional restrictions may be imposed under other conditions. Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies or less developed capital markets and, as a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries.

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives are instruments, such as futures contracts, and options thereon, and foreign currency forward contracts, whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates or indices. The use of derivatives for

non-hedging purposes may be considered to carry more risk than other types of investments. When a fund uses derivatives, the fund will be directly exposed to the risks of those derivatives. Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks including counterparty, settlement, liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, as well as difficulties with respect to valuation. Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index, and a fund could lose more than the principal amount invested.

Operational Risk: Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”). Various operational events or circumstances are outside a fund’s or its advisor’s control, including instances at third parties. A fund and its advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, measures that seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures may not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.