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Courage Miller Partners, LLC

Norfolk, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 147360

Filed as COURAGE MILLER PARTNERS, LLC

Courage Miller Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Norfolk, VA, registered since 2008, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$480,651,813
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Courage Miller Partners, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Courage Miller Partners, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other.

Where is Courage Miller Partners, LLC located?

Courage Miller Partners, LLC's principal office is in Norfolk, VA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Courage Miller Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Courage Miller Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 147360.

How much does Courage Miller Partners, LLC manage?

Courage Miller Partners, LLC reports $480,651,813 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Courage Miller Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Courage Miller Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $347,066,517 in the October 2021 data and $480,651,813 in the October 2026 data, up 38%. 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 Courage Miller Partners, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (121); high net worth individuals (101); charitable organizations (5).

Which custodians does Courage Miller Partners, LLC use?

Courage Miller Partners, LLC'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 Courage Miller Partners, LLC 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/147360

What changed in Courage Miller Partners, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $418,763,157 to $480,651,813 (+15%).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Other

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
$480,651,813

$480,651,813 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $434,421,762.Non-discretionary: $46,230,051.

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 121 Assets $47,859,058 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 101 Assets $400,429,126 (83%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $1,228,837 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $23,483,349 (5%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,651,443 (2%)

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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
7 states or jurisdictions
DCFLNCNEORTXVA

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
$347M 2021 $417M 2022 $360M 2023 $382M 2024 $419M 2025 $481M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$480,651,8134March 30, 2026
October 2025$418,763,1574March 29, 2025
October 2024$382,000,6513March 29, 2024
October 2023$360,165,2683April 26, 2023
October 2022$417,385,7354May 24, 2022
October 2021$347,066,5174March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $347,066,517 in the October 2021 data and $480,651,813 in the October 2026 data, up 38%.

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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $418,763,157 to $480,651,813 (+15%).

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

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. Courage Miller Partners, LLC (CRD 147360): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/courage-miller-partners-llc-norfolk-va-147360