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Raffa Investment Advisers

Washington, DCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 136971

Filed as RAFFA INVESTMENT ADVISERS · Legal name Raffa Wealth Management LLC

Raffa Investment Advisers is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Washington, DC, registered since 2007, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$1,698,115,469
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Raffa Investment Advisers compensated?

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

Where is Raffa Investment Advisers located?

Raffa Investment Advisers' principal office is in Washington, DC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Raffa Investment Advisers registered with the SEC or a state?

Raffa Investment Advisers is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 136971.

How much does Raffa Investment Advisers manage?

Raffa Investment Advisers reports $1,698,115,469 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (89% discretionary).

How have Raffa Investment Advisers' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Raffa Investment Advisers: Regulatory assets under management: $1,050,887,094 in the October 2021 data and $1,698,115,469 in the October 2026 data, up 62%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Raffa Investment Advisers serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (153); high net worth individuals (50); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (26).

Which custodians does Raffa Investment Advisers use?

Raffa Investment Advisers' 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 Raffa Investment Advisers 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/136971

What changed in Raffa Investment Advisers' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 6. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,540,071,340 to $1,698,115,469 (+10%). No longer lists an office in Washington, DC.

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)

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,698,115,469

$1,698,115,469 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,512,564,172.Non-discretionary: $185,551,297.

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 21 Assets $10,887,855 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 50 Assets $312,811,047 (18%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 26 Assets $236,127,700 (14%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 153 Assets $1,130,316,309 (67%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $7,972,558 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Raffa Wealth Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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
8 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
$1.05B 2021 $1.27B 2022 $1.03B 2023 $1.28B 2024 $1.54B 2025 $1.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,698,115,4699September 24, 2026
October 2025$1,540,071,3407March 25, 2025
October 2024$1,283,866,2087April 16, 2024
October 2023$1,029,644,6829March 28, 2023
October 2022$1,271,801,3937February 18, 2022
October 2021$1,050,887,0947May 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,050,887,094 in the October 2021 data and $1,698,115,469 in the October 2026 data, up 62%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 9 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 5 to 6.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,540,071,340 to $1,698,115,469 (+10%).
    • No longer lists an office in Washington, DC.

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
raffaadvisers.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. Raffa Investment Advisers (CRD 136971): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/raffa-investment-advisers-washington-dc-136971