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Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.

Buffalo, MNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 165145

Filed as DOUGHERTY & ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC.

Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Buffalo, MN, registered since 2015, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$382,859,944
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. located?

Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.'s principal office is in Buffalo, MN, according to its Form ADV; the March 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 165145.

How much does Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. manage?

Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. reports $382,859,944 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $305,124,464 in the October 2021 data and $382,859,944 in the October 2026 data, up 25%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (989); high net worth individuals (80).

Which custodians does Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. use?

Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.'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 Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. 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/165145

What changed in Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: No longer registered or notice-filed in AZ.

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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 February 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$382,859,944

$382,859,944 as of October 2026, filing dated February 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $380,557,558.Non-discretionary: $2,302,386.

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 989 Assets $197,992,395 (52%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 80 Assets $184,867,549 (48%)

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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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 March 2026 filing
St. Paul, MN
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CACOFLMNTXWI

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
$305M 2021 $320M 2022 $277M 2023 $308M 2024 $354M 2025 $383M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$382,859,9449February 25, 2026
October 2025$353,886,0629March 7, 2025
October 2024$307,741,0868April 18, 2024
October 2023$277,456,0429September 5, 2023
October 2022$320,325,7409March 4, 2022
October 2021$305,124,46410March 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $305,124,464 in the October 2021 data and $382,859,944 in the October 2026 data, up 25%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 9 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. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in AZ.

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
thedough.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. Dougherty & Associates Financial Advisors, Inc. (CRD 165145): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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