Founders Financial Securities, LLC

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
• 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

Asset-based fee: up to 2.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

$4,135,118,658 as of October 2026, filing dated April 20, 2026.

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

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.

• 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
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Also doing business as

7 PILLARS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, AQUINO FINANCIAL GROUP, ASHER AND ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL, BARRY AND CAMPAGNA FINANCIAL SERVICES, BEACH, BLAKE & ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES, BENCHMARK FINANCIAL DESIGN GROUP, BISHOP ASSOCIATES, BROOKS FINANCIAL GROUP, CADRE ASSET MANAGEMENT, CHY FINANCIAL, COVENANT PLANNING AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT, DARRELL FINANCIAL SERVICES, DERICKSON FINANCIAL, DHT FINANCIAL GROUP, DIVERSIFIED RETIREMENT SERVICES, DREAMBRIDGE FINANCIAL, EDM FINANCIAL ADVISORS, ESTABROOK AND CO., EVERLY FINANCIAL SERVICES, FAIRWAY FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATES, FORT WASHINGTON FINANCIAL, FOX WEALTH SOLUTIONS, FREDERICK FINANCIAL PLANNERS, FTG SQUARED, FURTON FINANCIAL SERVICES, GERHART FINANCIAL SERVICES, GOSEN INVESTMENTS, GOULART PARTNERS, GREAT LAKES FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, GUIDED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HERKERT & ASSOCIATES, HOFFMANN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, JARDON CONSULTING, KESSLER INVESTMENTS, LAMBERTSON FINANCIAL SERVICES, LIFETIME WEALTHCARE FAMILY OFFICE, LIM FINANCIAL GROUP, MAGIS WEALTH LEADERSHIP, MARYLAND WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MCCORD, MILLER FINANCIAL GROUP, MORGAN FINANCIAL GROUP, NOBLE FINANCIAL, OVERDORF FINANCIAL, REID FINANCIAL, RIGG WEALTH MANAGEMENT, RONALD HAMMONS, SERVANT LEADER INVESTORS, SHENANDOAH FINANCIAL ADVISORS, SOUND CHOICE FINANCIAL, STATONWALSH, SUMMIT LEGACY GROUP, T & G FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, THE ZIMMER FINANCIAL GROUP, THRIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, TIMMICK FINANCIAL GROUP, TPA FINANCIAL, TRUBRIDGE WEALTH PARTNERS, TRUESENSE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, TWENTYONE5 WEALTH MANAGEMENT, VELARIS WEALTH PARTNERS, VOYAGER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WARNOCK FINANCIAL SERVICES, WEALTH PLANNING GROUP, WEINBERG FINANCIAL ADVISORY, ZINAICH CAPITAL & RISK MANAGEMENT

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2006 (20 years)

Employees

Total: 139. Performing investment advisory functions: 101.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Axos Clearing LLC

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)

21 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing

Athol, MABel Air, MDBellingham, WABrighton, MICedarburg, WICenterville, OHChads Ford, PAColumbia, MDFinksburg, MDFrederick, MDFresno, CALansing, MILebanon, PALutherville-Timonium, MDMartinsburg, WVMilford, OHOregon City, ORSalem, NHTimonium, MDTowson, MDWest Chester, PA

States registered or notice-filed

53 states or jurisdictions

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

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

• 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
• 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
• 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Regulatory assets under management: $2,151,646,180 in the October 2021 data and $4,135,118,658 in the October 2026 data, up 92%.

Total employees: 125 in October 2021 and 139 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.

1. May 2026
   • Added the business name Beach, Blake & Associates Financial Services.
2. April 2026
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,317,831,000 to $4,135,118,658 (+25%).
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 92 to 101.
   • Added the business name McCord.
   • Added the business name CHY Financial.
   • Added the business name Reid Financial.
   • Added the business name Bishop Associates.
   • Added the business name Gosen Investments.
   • Added the business name Jardon Consulting.
   • Added the business name Herkert & Associates.
   • Added the business name Aquino Financial Group.
   • Added the business name Morgan Financial Group.
   • Added the business name Rigg Wealth Management.
   • Added the business name Sound Choice Financial.
   • Added the business name Velaris Wealth Partners.
   • Added the business name Trubridge Wealth Partners.
   • Added the business name Darrell Financial Services.
   • Added the business name Gerhart Financial Services.
   • Added the business name Maryland Wealth Management.
   • Added the business name Warnock Financial Services.
   • Added the business name Truesense Wealth Management.
   • Added the business name Frederick Financial Planners.
   • Added the business name TWENTYONE5 Wealth Management.
   • Added the business name Shenandoah Financial Advisors.
   • Added the business name Thrive Financial Services Group.
   • Added the business name Benchmark Financial Design Group.
   • Added the business name Barry and Campagna Financial Services.
   • No longer lists the business name McCord LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name CHY Financial LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Bishop Associates,inc..
   • No longer lists the business name Gosen Investments, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Jardon Consulting, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Herkert & Associates, Inc..
   • No longer lists the business name Morgan Financial Group LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Sound Choice Financial LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Aquino Financial Group, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Rigg Wealth Management, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Chrest CPA Tax & Financial, PC.
   • No longer lists the business name Warnock Financial Services LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Darrell Financial Services, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Maryland Wealth Management, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Gerhart Financial Services, Inc..
   • No longer lists the business name Truesense Wealth Management, LLC.
   • No longer lists the business name Frederick Financial Planners, Inc..
   • No longer lists the business name Benchmark Financial Design Group Inc.
   • No longer lists the business name Barry and Campagna Financial Services, Inc.
   • Added an office in Brighton, MI.
   • Added an office in Chads Ford, PA.
   • Added an office in Salem, NH.
   • No longer lists an office in Matthews, NC.
   • No longer lists an office in Troy, MI.
   • 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.