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Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC

Sebastopol, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 140752

Filed as HAWTHORN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Sebastopol, CA, registered since 2007, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$141,100,000
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2025 states: Asset-based fee: 0.2% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC located?

Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Sebastopol, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 140752.

How much does Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC manage?

Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC reports $141,100,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $117,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $141,100,000 in the October 2026 data, up 21%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (7); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (4); charitable organizations (1).

Which custodians does Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC use?

Hawthorn Capital Management, 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 Hawthorn Capital 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/140752

Does Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2025 says: "Hawthorn generally requires a minimum of $ 10,000,000 to open an account, but may waive this minimum."

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

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: 0.2% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Hawthorn’s compensation for investment management services is negotiable and varies, but typically, it charges an annual fee of from 0.2% to 1.0% of assets under management

Account minimum: $10,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Hawthorn generally requires a minimum of $ 10,000,000 to open an account, but may waive this minimum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2025. 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
$141,100,000

$141,100,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $141,100,000.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 7 Assets $119,500,000 (85%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $700,000 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $20,900,000 (15%)

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
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
CA

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
$117M 2021 $115M 2022 $104M 2023 $119M 2024 $132M 2025 $141M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$141,100,0001March 30, 2026
October 2025$132,400,0001March 30, 2025
October 2024$118,700,0001March 29, 2024
October 2023$104,000,0001March 30, 2023
October 2022$114,800,0001March 30, 2022
October 2021$117,000,0001March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $117,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $141,100,000 in the October 2026 data, up 21%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 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

Not reported.

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. Hawthorn Capital Management, LLC (CRD 140752): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/hawthorn-capital-management-llc-sebastopol-ca-140752