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Columbia River Financial Group

Vancouver, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 288539

Filed as COLUMBIA RIVER FINANCIAL GROUP · Legal name Columbia River Financial Group, LLC

Columbia River Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Vancouver, WA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$194,831,125
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Columbia River Financial Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Columbia River Financial Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Columbia River Financial Group located?

Columbia River Financial Group's principal office is in Vancouver, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Columbia River Financial Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Columbia River Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 288539.

How much does Columbia River Financial Group manage?

Columbia River Financial Group reports $194,831,125 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026 (93% discretionary).

How have Columbia River Financial Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Columbia River Financial Group: Regulatory assets under management: $110,857,054 in the October 2021 data and $194,831,125 in the October 2026 data, up 76%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Columbia River Financial Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (214); high net worth individuals (60); corporations or other businesses not listed above (4).

Which custodians does Columbia River Financial Group use?

Columbia River Financial Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Columbia River Financial Group report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/288539

What changed in Columbia River Financial Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in FL.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated February 9, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$194,831,125

$194,831,125 as of October 2026, filing dated September 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $181,389,510.Non-discretionary: $13,441,615.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 214 Assets $79,172,627 (41%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 60 Assets $113,292,461 (58%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 4 Assets $2,366,037 (1%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Columbia River Financial Group, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
AZCAFLORWA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$111M 2021 $130M 2022 $120M 2023 $138M 2024 $157M 2025 $195M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$194,831,1254September 3, 2026
October 2025$157,030,8314March 17, 2025
October 2024$137,599,0484March 7, 2024
October 2023$119,808,6414March 13, 2023
October 2022$130,472,7374May 17, 2022
October 2021$110,857,0544March 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $110,857,054 in the October 2021 data and $194,831,125 in the October 2026 data, up 76%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. October 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.
  2. April 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in CA.
  3. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $157,030,831 to $194,831,125 (+24%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
columbiariverfg.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Columbia River Financial Group (CRD 288539): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/columbia-river-financial-group-vancouver-wa-288539