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Cornerstone Partners

Charlottesville, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 311296

Filed as CORNERSTONE PARTNERS · Legal name Cornerstone Partners Capital Management, LLC

Cornerstone Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charlottesville, VA, registered since 2020, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$29,349,651,535
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cornerstone Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cornerstone Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Cornerstone Partners located?

Cornerstone Partners' principal office is in Charlottesville, VA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cornerstone Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Cornerstone Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 311296.

How much does Cornerstone Partners manage?

Cornerstone Partners reports $29,349,651,535 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cornerstone Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cornerstone Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $9,664,026,955 in the October 2021 data and $29,349,651,535 in the October 2026 data, up 204%. Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 36 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cornerstone Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (16); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Which custodians does Cornerstone Partners use?

Cornerstone Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Northern Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cornerstone Partners 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/311296

What changed in Cornerstone Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $24,893,119,985 to $29,349,651,535 (+18%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Performance-based fees

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$29,349,651,535

$29,349,651,535 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $29,349,651,535.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $517,685,120 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 16 Assets $28,831,966,415 (98%)

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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Cornerstone Partners Capital Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 36. Performing investment advisory functions: 16.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Haddonfield, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
DETXVA

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
$9.66B 2021 $12.9B 2022 $11.6B 2023 $20B 2024 $24.9B 2025 $29.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$29,349,651,53536March 30, 2026
October 2025$24,893,119,98534March 31, 2025
October 2024$20,033,497,53530May 2, 2024
October 2023$11,599,037,14429September 26, 2023
October 2022$12,898,159,05826March 29, 2022
October 2021$9,664,026,95524March 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $9,664,026,955 in the October 2021 data and $29,349,651,535 in the October 2026 data, up 204%.

Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 36 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $24,893,119,985 to $29,349,651,535 (+18%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
cstonellc.comfocusfinancialpartners.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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