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Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 108680

Filed as DOUGLASS WINTHROP ADVISORS LLC

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

26 years
registered since 1999
$6,456,845,951
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC located?

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 108680.

How much does Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC manage?

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC reports $6,456,845,951 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,002,150,607 in the October 2021 data and $6,456,845,951 in the October 2026 data, up 61%. Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 34 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (884); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (365); charitable organizations (39).

Which custodians does Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC use?

Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Douglass Winthrop Advisors 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/108680

What changed in Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 17 to 18. Regulatory assets under management went from $5,822,615,954 to $6,456,845,951 (+11%). Registered or notice-filed in NM.

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)
  • 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 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,456,845,951

$6,456,845,951 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,456,833,102.Non-discretionary: $12,849.

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 365 Assets $361,767,965 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 884 Assets $5,486,109,929 (85%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 39 Assets $308,969,306 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 39 Assets $299,998,751 (5%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 34. Performing investment advisory functions: 18.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Washington Dc, DCWest Palm, FL
States registered or notice-filed
33 states or jurisdictions
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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
$4B 2021 $5.02B 2022 $4.2B 2023 $5.01B 2024 $5.82B 2025 $6.46B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,456,845,95134March 24, 2026
October 2025$5,822,615,95434March 31, 2025
October 2024$5,007,782,69034March 29, 2024
October 2023$4,196,520,22834April 6, 2023
October 2022$5,022,369,18731March 31, 2022
October 2021$4,002,150,60729March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,002,150,607 in the October 2021 data and $6,456,845,951 in the October 2026 data, up 61%.

Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 34 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 17 to 18.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $5,822,615,954 to $6,456,845,951 (+11%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NM.

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
douglasswinthrop.comopen.spotify.com/show/7pd9lctQ70MiLG9Ng94V07

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. Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (CRD 108680): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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