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LFA

LARAWAY FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC., CRD 114674

ST. CLOUD, MN

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Data as of Feb 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 12
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 10, 2012 to Feb 24, 2026
38 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.79 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.16 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=6.0
Regulatory AUM: $351MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-02-24); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $339M
Private client RAUM: $277MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 79%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 7
RAUM per advisor: $50.2Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 7
Advisory employees: 7
Offices: 2Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 862
Individual clients: 419
High net worth clients: 80
Custody, client assets: $238M
SEC number: 801-63115
CRD: 114674
Filings on the tape: 38
First filed: Feb 10, 2012
Latest filed: Feb 24, 2026
Organised: Corporation, MN
Website: lfapartnership.com

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
PATRICK PHILLIP SOLYNTJES	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	12	30	n/a	yes
JAMES FRANCIS SCHMITZ	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	12	18	n/a	yes
STEVEN ALLAN LARAWAY	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	12	25	n/a	yes
CHRISTOPHER L WAYNE	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	12	21	n/a	yes
KIMBERLY MARIE FOSTER	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	12	22	1	yes
CHRISTOPHER JOHN HASTINGS	n/a	BRAINERD, MN \| ST. CLOUD, MN	11	26	1	yes
Jennifer L Lesmeister	n/a	ST. CLOUD, MN	7	12	n/a	yes

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
FOSTER, KIMBERLY, MARIE	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	06/2014	Jun 17, 2014	Mar 5, 2024
SCHMITZ, JAMES, FRANCIS	VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER	C	yes	01/2020	Oct 1, 2013	Mar 5, 2024
WAYNE, CHRISTOPHER, L	PRESIDENT, CEO	D	yes	01/2020	Feb 22, 2017	Mar 5, 2024
LARAWAY, STEVEN, ALLAN	Secretary	Na	no	01/2020	Feb 10, 2012	Mar 5, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
LARAWAY INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Alexandria	Mn	United States	5	no
Brainerd	Mn	United States	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Feb 24, 2026	$351M	$339M	7	7	2	n/a	n/a
2024	Feb 4, 2025	$309M	$298M	7	7	2	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 5, 2024	$280M	$269M	7	7	2	n/a	n/a
2022	Feb 15, 2023	$244M	$234M	8	8	2	n/a	n/a
2021	Jan 26, 2022	$281M	$281M	8	8	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 12, 2021	$283M	$201M	8	8	2	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 12, 2020	$299M	$227M	9	9	3	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 22, 2019	$248M	$193M	12	10	5	n/a	n/a
2017	Feb 12, 2018	$289M	$209M	12	11	5	n/a	n/a
2016	Feb 22, 2017	$257M	$188M	12	11	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 3, 2016	$207M	$158M	13	11	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 3, 2015	$230M	$230M	12	10	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Feb 14, 2014	$192M	$192M	7	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Feb 15, 2013	$158M	$158M	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Feb 10, 2012	$153M	$153M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$351M	$309M	13.7%	$244M	12.9%	7	7	2	2

Relationships

Registered with (8)

← Jennifer L LesmeisterAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 18, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER JOHN HASTINGSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 2, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← KIMBERLY MARIE FOSTERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 6, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER L WAYNEAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 9, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← STEVEN ALLAN LARAWAYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 9, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← PATRICK PHILLIP SOLYNTJESAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 4, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAMES FRANCIS SCHMITZAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 4, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← MATTHEW BRIAN COSTELLOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 21, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010factForm ADV

Owns (1)

← LARAWAY, STEVEN, ALLANOwnerSECRETARY, ownership code NA, individual
Feb 10, 2012 to Mar 5, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← FOSTER, KIMBERLY, MARIEOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Jun 17, 2014 to Mar 5, 2024factForm ADV
← WAYNE, CHRISTOPHER, LOwnerPRESIDENT, CEO, ownership code D, individual
Feb 22, 2017 to Mar 5, 2024factForm ADV
← SCHMITZ, JAMES, FRANCISOwnerVICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, ownership code C, individual
Oct 1, 2013 to Mar 5, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:b68e444d-e23b-293c-8680-037e118393c9
First observed: Feb 10, 2012
Last observed: Feb 24, 2026 6 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

LFA

LARAWAY FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC., CRD 114674

ST. CLOUD, MN

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Data as of Feb 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 6:11 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

PATRICK PHILLIP SOLYNTJES

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

n/a

yes

JAMES FRANCIS SCHMITZ

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

n/a

yes

STEVEN ALLAN LARAWAY

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

n/a

yes

CHRISTOPHER L WAYNE

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

n/a

yes

KIMBERLY MARIE FOSTER

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

yes

CHRISTOPHER JOHN HASTINGS

n/a

BRAINERD, MN | ST. CLOUD, MN

yes

Jennifer L Lesmeister

n/a

ST. CLOUD, MN

n/a

yes

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

FOSTER, KIMBERLY, MARIE

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

06/2014

Jun 17, 2014

Mar 5, 2024

SCHMITZ, JAMES, FRANCIS

VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

yes

01/2020

Oct 1, 2013

Mar 5, 2024

WAYNE, CHRISTOPHER, L

PRESIDENT, CEO

yes

01/2020

Feb 22, 2017

Mar 5, 2024

LARAWAY, STEVEN, ALLAN

Secretary

01/2020

Feb 10, 2012

Mar 5, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

LARAWAY INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

n/a

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Alexandria

United States

Brainerd

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Feb 24, 2026

$351M

$339M

n/a

2024

Feb 4, 2025

$309M

$298M

n/a

2023

Mar 5, 2024

$280M

$269M

n/a

2022

Feb 15, 2023

$244M

$234M

n/a

2021

Jan 26, 2022

$281M

n/a

2020

Mar 12, 2021

$283M

$201M

n/a

2019

Feb 12, 2020

$299M

$227M

n/a

2018

Mar 22, 2019

$248M

$193M

n/a

2017

Feb 12, 2018

$289M

$209M

n/a

2016

Feb 22, 2017

$257M

$188M

n/a

2015

Mar 3, 2016

$207M

$158M

n/a

2014

Mar 3, 2015

$230M

n/a

2013

Feb 14, 2014

$192M

n/a

2012

Feb 15, 2013

$158M

n/a

2011

Feb 10, 2012

$153M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$351M

$309M

13.7%

$244M

12.9%