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Newground Social Investment

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 117060

Filed as NEWGROUND SOCIAL INVESTMENT · Legal name Newground Social Investment, SPC

Newground Social Investment is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$161,124,440
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Newground Social Investment compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Newground Social Investment reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Newground Social Investment located?

Newground Social Investment's principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Newground Social Investment registered with the SEC or a state?

Newground Social Investment is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 117060.

How much does Newground Social Investment manage?

Newground Social Investment reports $161,124,440 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Newground Social Investment's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Newground Social Investment: Regulatory assets under management: $128,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $161,124,440 in the October 2026 data, up 26%. Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Newground Social Investment serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (67); high net worth individuals (53).

Which custodians does Newground Social Investment use?

Newground Social Investment'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 Newground Social Investment 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/117060

What changed in Newground Social Investment's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $144,658,479 to $161,124,440 (+11%).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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 March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$161,124,440

$161,124,440 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $160,984,256.Non-discretionary: $140,184.

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 67 Assets $85,677,921 (53%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 53 Assets $67,773,773 (42%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,279,328 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,836,373 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,557,045 (2%)

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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Newground Social Investment, SPC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 3. 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
WA

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
$128M 2022 $124M 2023 $130M 2024 $145M 2025 $161M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$161,124,4403March 27, 2026
October 2025$144,658,4793March 13, 2025
October 2024$129,975,1483March 28, 2024
October 2023$124,237,5063March 31, 2023
October 2022$128,000,0005May 31, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $128,000,000 in the October 2022 data and $161,124,440 in the October 2026 data, up 26%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 3 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $144,658,479 to $161,124,440 (+11%).

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
bsky.app/profile/newgroundsri.bsky.socialnewground.netvimeo.com/NewgroundSRI/videos

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. Newground Social Investment (CRD 117060): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/newground-social-investment-seattle-wa-117060