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Growth and Tax Strategy Fund
USAA Growth and Tax Strategy Fund Summary
Investment Objective

The USAA Growth and Tax Strategy Fund (the "Fund") is an asset allocation fund that seeks a conservative balance for the investor between income, the majority of which is exempt from federal income tax, and the potential for long-term growth of capital to preserve purchasing power.

Fees and Expenses

The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay, directly and indirectly, to invest in the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your immediate family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in one or more USAA Mutual Funds or Victory Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available in Purchases on page 28 of the Fund's Prospectus, in Appendix A – Variations in Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers Available Through Certain Intermediaries, and from your investment professional.

Shareholder Fees(fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees - Growth and Tax Strategy Fund
Fund Shares
Inst. Shares
Class A
Class C
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) none none 2.25% none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lower of purchase or sale price) none none none [1] 1.00% [2]
[1] A contingent deferred sales charge of 0.75% may be imposed on Class A with respect to purchases of $250,000 or more that are redeemed within 18 months of purchase. For additional information, see the section titled <i>Choosing a Share Class</i>.
[2] Applies to shares sold within 12 months of purchase.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Growth and Tax Strategy Fund
Fund Shares
Inst. Shares
Class A
Class C
Management Fee [1] 0.30% 0.30% 0.30% 0.30%
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees none none 0.25% 1.00%
Other Expenses 0.31% 0.31% 0.44% 0.41%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses [2] 0.61% 0.61% 0.99% 1.71%
Fee Waiver/Reimbursement none (0.04%) (0.13%) (0.10%)
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Reimbursement [3] 0.61% 0.57% 0.86% 1.61%
[1] Victory Capital Management Inc. (the "Adviser") has agreed that no performance adjustment (positive or negative) will be made to the amount payable to the Adviser from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. Thereafter, the management fee may fluctuate (increase or decrease by up to +/- 0.06% of the average nets assets of the Fund) based on the Fund's performance relative to a securities market index measured over a rolling 36-month period. See <b>Fund Management</b> section for a description of the performance adjustment.
[2] The expense information in the table for Fund Shares has been restated to reflect current fees. The expense information in the table for Institutional Shares, Class A shares, and Class C shares is estimated for the current fiscal year.
[3] The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse expenses so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, capitalized expenses, and other extraordinary expenses) do not exceed an annual rate of 0.61% of the Fund Shares, 0.57% of the Institutional Shares, 0.86% of the Class A shares, and 1.61% of the Class C shares, through at least June 30, 2021. The Adviser is permitted to recoup advisory fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. The amount of any waivers or reimbursements and the amount of any recoupment is calculated without regard to the impact of any performance adjustment to the Fund's management fee. This agreement may only be terminated by the Fund's Board of Trustees.
Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. 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, the Fund's operating expenses remain the same, and the expense limitation agreement for each class of shares is not continued beyond its expiration date. 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. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Expense Example - Growth and Tax Strategy Fund - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Fund Shares 62 195 340 762
Inst. Shares 58 191 336 758
Class A 311 521 747 1,399
Class C 264 529 919 2,011
Expense Example, No Redemption
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Growth and Tax Strategy Fund | Class C | USD ($) 164 529 919 2,011
Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, including 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 shares of the Fund are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance.

For the six-month period ended November 30, 2019, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 9% of the average value of its portfolio. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 7% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategy

Using preset target ranges, the Fund's strategy is to invest a majority of its assets in tax-exempt bonds and money market instruments (50% - 70%) and the remainder in blue chip stocks (30% - 50%). The Fund is managed with the goal of minimizing the impact of federal income tax to shareholders.

Principal Risks

The Fund's investments are subject to the following principal risks:

Credit Risk – The fixed-income securities in the Fund's portfolio are subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer of a fixed-income security will fail to make timely interest and/or principal payments on its securities or that negative market perceptions of the issuer's ability to make such payments will cause the price of that security to decline. The Fund accepts some credit risk as a recognized means to enhance an investor's return. All fixed-income securities, varying from the highest quality to the very speculative, have some degree of credit risk. Fixed-income securities rated below investment grade, also known as "junk" or high-yield bonds, generally entail greater economic, credit, and liquidity risk than investment-grade securities. Their prices may be more volatile, especially during economic downturns, financial setbacks, or liquidity events.

Interest Rate Risk – As a mutual fund that has the ability to invest in bonds, the Fund is subject to the risk that the market value of the bonds in its portfolio will fluctuate because of changes in interest rates, changes in the supply of and demand for tax-exempt securities, and other market factors. Bond prices generally are linked to the prevailing market interest rates. In general, when interest rates rise, bond prices fall; conversely, when interest rates fall, bond prices rise. The price volatility of a bond also depends on its duration. Generally, the longer the duration of a bond, the greater is its sensitivity to interest rates. To compensate investors for this higher interest rate risk, bonds with longer durations generally offer higher yields than bonds with shorter durations. The ability of an issuer of a debt security to repay principal prior to a security's maturity can increase the security's sensitivity to interest rate changes.

Decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve (also known as the "Fed") regarding interest rate and monetary policy, which can be difficult to predict and sometimes change direction suddenly in response to economic and market events, can have a significant effect on the value of fixed income securities as well as the overall strength of the U.S. economy. Precise interest rate predictions are difficult to make, and interest rates may change unexpectedly and dramatically in response to extreme changes in market or economic conditions. As a result, the value of fixed income securities may vary widely under certain market conditions.

Call Risk – During a period of declining interest rates, many municipal bonds may be "called," or redeemed, by the issuer before the stated maturity. An issuer might call, or refinance, a higher-yielding bond for the same reason that a homeowner would refinance a home mortgage. When bonds are called, the Fund is affected in several ways. Most likely, the Fund will reinvest the bond-call proceeds in bonds with lower interest rates. The Fund's income may drop as a result. The Fund also may realize a taxable capital gain (or loss).

Liquidity Risk – Market developments and other factors, including a general rise in interest rates, have the potential to cause investors to move out of fixed-income securities on a large scale, which may increase redemptions from mutual funds that hold large amounts of fixed-income securities. Such a move, coupled with a reduction in the ability or willingness of dealers and other institutional investors to buy or hold fixed-income securities, may result in decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed-income markets. Heavy redemptions of fixed-income mutual funds and decreased liquidity from fixed-income securities could hurt the Fund's performance.

In addition, significant securities market disruptions related to outbreaks of the coronavirus disease ("COVID-19") have led to dislocation in the market for a variety of fixed-income securities (including municipal obligations), which has decreased liquidity and sharply reduced returns.

Rebalancing Risk – In purchasing and selling securities in order to rebalance its portfolio, the Fund will pay more in brokerage commissions than it would if it did not reallocate assets among the asset classes from time to time. As a result of the need to rebalance, the Fund also has less flexibility in the timing of purchases and sales of securities than it would otherwise. While we will attempt to minimize any adverse impact to the Fund or its shareholders, the Fund may have a higher proportion of capital gains and a potentially lower return than a fund that does not reallocate from time to time.

Stock Market Risk – Overall stock market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Domestic and international factors such as political events, war, trade disputes, interest rate levels and other fiscal and monetary policy changes, pandemics and other public health crises, and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fires, and floods, may add to instability in world economies and markets generally. The impact of these and other factors may be short-term or may last for extended periods.

Equity Risk – The value of the equity securities in which the Fund invests may decline in response to developments affecting individual companies and/or general economic conditions. A company's earnings or dividends may not increase as expected due to poor management decisions, competitive pressures, breakthroughs in technology, reliance on suppliers, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, natural disasters, military confrontations, war, terrorism, public health crises, or other events, conditions, and factors. Price changes may be temporary or last for extended periods.

Changes in Tax Law Risk – The target ranges of securities categories and the techniques for minimizing the impact of taxes are all based on current federal tax law. Any future changes in that law could result in significant changes in the Fund's investment strategies and techniques.

Structural Risk – Some tax-exempt securities are subject to special risks due to their unique structure. For instance, variable-rate demand notes ("VRDNs") generally are long-term municipal bonds combined with a demand feature, which represents the right to sell the instrument back to the remarketer or liquidity provider, usually a bank, for repurchase on short notice, normally one day or seven days. Because the demand feature is dependent upon the bank, the Fund will only purchase VRDNs of this type where it believes that the banks would be able to honor their guarantees on the demand feature. Some VRDNs, sometimes referred to as "structured instruments" or "synthetic instruments," are created by combining an intermediate- or long-term municipal bond with a right to sell the instrument back to the remarketer or liquidity provider for repurchase on short notice, referred to as a "tender option." However, the tender option usually is subject to a conditional guarantee, which means that the bank is not required to pay under the guarantee if there is a default by the municipality or if certain other events occur. Because there is the risk that the Fund will not be able to exercise the demand feature at all times, the Fund will not purchase a synthetic instrument of this type unless the Fund believes there is minimal risk that the Fund will not be able to exercise the tender option at all times. The Fund will not purchase a synthetic instrument unless counsel for the issuer has issued an opinion that interest paid on the instrument is entitled to tax-exempt treatment.

Management Risk – The Fund is actively managed, and the investment techniques and risk analyses used by the Fund's portfolio managers may not produce the desired results.

Large Shareholders Risk – The actions by one shareholder or multiple shareholders may have an impact on the Fund and, therefore, indirectly on other shareholders. Shareholder purchase and redemption activity may affect the per share amount of the Fund's distributions of its net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, thereby affecting the tax burden on the Fund's shareholders subject to federal income tax. To the extent a larger shareholder (including, for example, an Affiliated Fund that operates as a fund-of-funds or 529 college savings plan) is permitted to invest in the Fund, the Fund may experience large inflows or outflows of cash from time to time. This activity could magnify these adverse effects on the Fund.

Any investment involves risk, and there is no assurance that the Fund's objective will be achieved. By itself, the Fund does not constitute a complete investment plan. As you consider an investment in the Fund, you also should take into account your tolerance for the daily fluctuations of the financial markets and whether you can afford to leave your money in the Fund for long periods of time to ride out down periods. As with other mutual funds, losing money is a risk of investing in the Fund.

An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Performance

The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The Fund has four classes of Shares: Fund Shares, Institutional Shares, Class A shares, and Class C shares. The bar chart provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund and illustrates the Fund Shares class' volatility by showing how performance has varied from year to year for each full calendar year over the past 10 years. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund Shares for the periods indicated compared to those of the Fund's benchmark index, an additional broad-based securities market index with investment characteristics similar to the Fund, and an index of funds with similar investment objectives. Performance reflects any expense limitations in effect during the periods shown.

Remember, historical performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate what will happen in the future. The Fund's most current performance information is available on the Fund's website at usaa.com (effective on or about September 8, 2020, performance information may be found at vcm.com) or by calling (800) 235-8396. The Institutional Shares, Class A shares, and Class C shares commenced operations on June 29, 2020, and will not present performance information until they have one full calendar year of operation.

RISK/RETURN BAR CHART Annual Returns for Periods Ended December 31
Bar Chart

The year-to-date return of the Fund Shares as of March 31, 2020, was -10.49%.

During the periods shown in the chart: Returns Quarter ended
Highest Quarter Return 7.72% March 31, 2019
Lowest Quarter Return -6.14% December 31, 2018

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. In certain situations, the return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares may be higher than the other return amounts. A higher after-tax return may result when a capital loss occurs upon redemption and translates into an assumed tax deduction that benefits the shareholder. The actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown. If you hold your shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an individual retirement account ("IRA") or 401(k) plan, the after-tax returns shown in the table are not relevant to you.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS For Periods Ended December 31, 2019
Average Annual Total Returns - Growth and Tax Strategy Fund
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Fund Shares 18.46% 7.25% 8.62%
Fund Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions 18.24% 7.05% 8.45%
Fund Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 11.65% 6.01% 7.38%
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 31.49% 11.69% 13.55%
Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) 7.54% 3.53% 4.34%
Lipper Composite Index (reflects no deduction for taxes) [1] 18.26% 7.04% 8.34%
Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) [2] (1.29%) 6.32% 9.20%
[1] The Lipper Composite Index is comprised of 51% of the Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Index and 49% of the Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index. The unmanaged Lipper General & Insured Municipal Debt Funds Index tracks the total return performance of the funds within this same category. The unmanaged Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the total return performance of the funds within this same category.
[2] The Composite Index is comprised of 50% of the S&P 500 Index Fund and 50% of the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index Fund.