Foundry Partners, LLC (Minneapolis)

Name: Foundry Partners, LLC
Address: 323 Washington Ave North, Minneapolis, MN, 55401
Telephone: 612-376-2800

Foundry Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Minneapolis. It manages $2.33 billion of regulatory assets for 97 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Illinois, Indiana, and 5 other states.

Foundry Partners provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Foundry Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Foundry Partners, LLC is $2.33 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 116% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $2.33 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $24.05 million each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 94% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is cash and cash equivalents, which make up 4% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 2% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Foundry Partners, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Foundry Partners serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Foundry Partners is pension and profit sharing plans with 67 clients and $1.44 billion of assets under management. Among the 6 most similar advisory firms, Foundry Partners has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $2.33 billion for 78 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Foundry Partners doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Foundry Partners, LLC

The company employs 26 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 46 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Lp Rosemont Partners Iii	Member	1 Oct 2012	25% - 50%	27-3667035
Foundry Management Partners Llc	Member	1 Oct 2012	50% - 75%	46-1198568
Eugenie Guthrie Logue	Management committee member	1 Feb 2013	Other	2234617
Timothy Patrick Ford	Chief executive officer / managment committee member	1 Feb 2013	Other	2644048
Amy Jo Denn	Management committee member	1 Feb 2013	Other	2538427
Seamus Michael Murphy	Management member	1 Feb 2013	Other	4920579
Sara Jean Saunders	Chief operating officer	1 Feb 2013	Other	3134677
Peter Martin Klein	Management member	1 Feb 2013	Other	3175047
Stacy Lynne Kleven	Chief compliance officer	1 Jul 2013	Other	1182687
Matthew Ashley Swendiman	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2016	Other	2849367

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Jr. Charles Byron Burkhart	Manager	1 May 2000	Other	4511598
Llc Rosemont Investment Partners Iii	Gp	1 Oct 2010	Other	27-3666961
Llc Rosemont Investment Partners	Manager	1 Oct 2010	Other	06-1572887
Timothy Patrick Ford	Member	1 Oct 2012	25% - 50%	2644048
Seamus Michael Murphy	Member	1 Oct 2012	25% - 50%	4920579
Amy Jo Denn	Partner	1 Oct 2012	25% - 50%	2538427

Based in Minneapolis

The principal office where Foundry Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 323 Washington Ave North, Minneapolis, MN 55401, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Cleveland, OH. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 612-376-2800 or by fax 612-376-2700. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm cst on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at foundrypartnersllc.com.