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Gritstone Asset Management LLC

Bethesda, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 298500

Filed as GRITSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Gritstone Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethesda, MD, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$114,882,356
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Gritstone Asset Management LLC compensated?

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

What does Gritstone Asset Management LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 19, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Gritstone Asset Management LLC located?

Gritstone Asset Management LLC's principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV.

Is Gritstone Asset Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Gritstone Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 298500.

How much does Gritstone Asset Management LLC manage?

Gritstone Asset Management LLC reports $114,882,356 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Gritstone Asset Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Gritstone Asset Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $113,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $114,882,356 in the October 2026 data, up 2%. Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Gritstone Asset Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).

Which custodians does Gritstone Asset Management LLC use?

Gritstone Asset Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, National Financial Services LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Gritstone Asset Management 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/298500

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

Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
The Company generally receives a management fee equal to a percentage (up to 2.0% annually) of capital commitments, contributed capital or net asset value pursuant to the terms of each Private Fund’s or SMA’s governing documents.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 19, 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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$114,882,356

$114,882,356 as of October 2026, filing dated March 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $114,882,356.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 1 Assets $16,339,189 (14%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $80,214,562 (70%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $18,328,605 (16%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 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
1 state or jurisdiction
MD

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
$113M 2022 $110M 2023 $104M 2024 $106M 2025 $115M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$114,882,3564March 19, 2026
October 2025$106,351,9184March 31, 2025
October 2024$104,400,0005February 16, 2024
October 2023$109,800,0005March 8, 2023
October 2022$113,000,0005August 10, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $113,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $114,882,356 in the October 2026 data, up 2%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2022 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
gritam.comgritstoneam.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. Gritstone Asset Management LLC (CRD 298500): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/gritstone-asset-management-llc-bethesda-md-298500