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Faithward Advisors, LLC: investment adviser

Faithward Advisors, LLC is an investment adviser registered with the SEC (file 801-61471, CRD 116978). What it reports on Form ADV: assets and clients, fees, owners, disciplinary history and its client brochure. From the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site; read Oct 21, 2026.

Assets managed
$1.1B
Discretionary
77%
Accounts
6,477
Employees
47
In advisory roles
16
Disclosures
2

Company page · SEC adviser record · Full Form ADV (PDF)

The firm reports no custody of client cash or securities.

Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5, as filed on the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site; read Oct 21, 2026.

Clients and fees

Whom the firm advises and how it is paid, from Items 5.D, 5.E and 5.G.

Client typeClientsAssetsShare
Individuals2,732$379.5M36.1%
High net worth individuals304$631.6M60.0%
Pension and profit-sharing plans2$72.6K0.0%
Charities76$41.4M3.9%

How it is paid

  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Other: Percentage of net worth/third party advisory fees

Services

  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients (other than registered investment companies and other pooled investment vehicles)
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other: CONSULTING SERVICES

Who owns it

Schedule A lists direct owners of 5% or more (and officers who own a stake); Schedule B lists the owners of those owners.

Direct owners (Schedule A)

OwnerTypeRoleStakeSinceControlPublic company
Adrian Evan YoungPersonManaging member/chief executive officer/chief compliance officerD 50% to 75%May 2010Yes
Bernard Irving BostwickPersonManaging member/presidentC 25% to 50%May 2010Yes
The Faithful Journey FoundationCompany (U.S.)MemberA 5% to 10%Jan 2022

Indirect owners (Schedule B)

OwnerOwns a stake inTypeStakeControlPublic company
Robert Turner NaydenThe FaithfulPersonF General partner, trustee or managing memberYes

Form ADV reports ownership in bands, not exact stakes: A means 5% to 10%, B 10% to 25%, C 25% to 50%, D 50% to 75%, E 75% or more. F marks a general partner, trustee or managing member, a role that controls the firm without a percentage. Owners of less than 5% are not listed.

Form ADV Schedules A and B, via the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site.

Disciplinary history

What the firm disclosed under Item 11 of Form ADV. A disclosure is the firm's own report: pending matters are allegations, not findings, and many settlements are made without admitting or denying them. Text is quoted from the filing, set in sentence case.

Item 11 questions answered Yes

These questions cover the firm and its advisory affiliates.

  • Has the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ever: found you or any advisory affiliate to have been involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • (1) Has any domestic or foreign court: ever found that you or any advisory affiliate were involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations?

Actions about affiliates (2)

  1. Sep 7, 2022
    Civil Judicial Action FinalAbout an affiliate: Kauffman, Robert, Ernest; the full record is on the affiliate's own Form ADVSanctions: Civil Penalty(ies)/Fine(s); Injunction, disgorgement and civil penalty · Fine: $2.0M · Begun May 13, 2020 · Resolved Sep 7, 2022 · Judgment Rendered

    The complaint alleges that ambassador advisors, LLC and its principals were negligent because they did not adequately disclose a conflict of interest, provide best execution, or have written policies or procedures, in connection with the selection of mutual funds that paid 12B-1 fees. The alleged claims were made under section 206(2), section 206(4) and rule 206(4)-7 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

    On September 7, 2022, the court entered final judgments against ambassador and its principals. The judgments ordered: (1) MR. bostwick to pay $136,620 in disgorgement, $35,273 in prejudgment interest, and a $136,620 civil penalty; (2) MR. Kauffman to pay $349,395 in disgorgement, $95,972 in prejudgment interest, and a $349,395 civil penalty; (3) MR. young to pay $136,627 in disgorgement, $35,275 in prejudgment interest, and a $136,627 civil penalty; and (4) ambassador to pay a $622,642 civil penalty. In addition, the judgments ordered ambassador and its principals to correct and remove misleading statements from the firm's website and form ADV materials, as well as to send a corrective notice about the case to the firm's advisory clients

  2. Sep 7, 2020
    Regulatory Action: SEC FinalAbout an affiliate: Kauffman, Robert, Ernest; the full record is on the affiliate's own Form ADVSanctions: Other; Injunction, disgorgement and civil penalty · Fine: $2.0M · Begun May 13, 2020 · Resolved Sep 7, 2020 · Settled

    The complaint alleges that ambassador advisors, LLC and its principals were negligent because they did not adequately disclose a conflict of interest, provide best execution, or have written policies or procedures, in connection with the selection of mutual funds that paid 12B-1 fees. The alleged claims were made under section 206(2), section 206(4) and rule 206(4)-7 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

    On September 7, 2022, the court entered final judgments against ambassador and its principals. The judgments ordered: (1) MR. bostwick to pay $136,620 in disgorgement, $35,273 in prejudgment interest, and a $136,620 civil penalty; (2) MR. Kauffman to pay $349,395 in disgorgement, $95,972 in prejudgment interest, and a $349,395 civil penalty; (3) MR. young to pay $136,627 in disgorgement, $35,275 in prejudgment interest, and a $136,627 civil penalty; and (4) ambassador to pay a $622,642 civil penalty. In addition, the judgments ordered ambassador and its principals to correct and remove misleading statements from the firm's website and form ADV materials, as well as to send a corrective notice about the case to the firm's advisory clients

    On December 20, 2021, the advisory firm was found to be in violation of section 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and rule 206(4)-7 thereunder, which required the firm to adopt and implement written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent violation of the Advisers Act by it and its supervised persons. On March 23, 2022, registrant was found to have violated section 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Form ADV Item 11 and its Disclosure Reporting Pages, via the SEC record. All adviser disciplinary records.

The brochure

Form ADV Part 2A: the plain-language document an adviser must give its clients. Each item is shown as filed; open an item to read all of it.

20260325 Faithward Advisors- Part 2A, filed Mar 27, 2026. Brochure PDF. Items: 10

Item 10. Other financial industry activities and affiliations

Custody – Item 15 We directly debit your account(s) for the payment of our advisory fees. This ability to deduct our advisory fees from your accounts causes our firm to exercise limited custody over your funds or securities. We do not have physical custody of any of your funds and/or securities. Your funds and securities will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other independent, qualified custodian. You will receive account statements from the independent, qualified custodian(s) holding your funds and securities at least quarterly. The account statements from your custodian(s) will indicate the amount of our advisory fees deducted from your account(s) each billing period. You should carefully review account statements for accuracy.

Read the rest of Item 10 (836 more words)

If you have a question regarding your account statement or if you did not receive a statement from your custodian, please contact Adrian Young, Chief Compliance Officer at 717.560.8300. Adrian Young, an Investment Advisor Representative of Faithward Advisors, LLC serves as trustee to certain accounts for which we provide investment advisory services. Adrian Young’s capacity as trustee gives him custody over the advisory accounts for which he serves as trustee. Following language provided by the SEC in its release on the Custody Rule, Faithward Advisors has determined that despite its related person having custody as trustee, the Advisor does not have custody of these accounts. These accounts will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other independent, qualified custodian. If any person acts as trustee for any of your advisory accounts, you will receive account statements from the independent, qualified custodian(s) holding your funds and securities at least quarterly. You should carefully review account statements for accuracy. If you have a question regarding your account statement or if you did not receive a statement from your custodian, please contact us at 717.560.8300.

Investment Discretion – Item 16 Before we can buy or sell securities on your behalf, you must first sign our discretionary management agreement, a power of attorney, and/or trading authorization forms. You may grant our firm discretion over the selection and amount of securities to be purchased or sold for your account(s) without obtaining your consent or approval prior to each transaction. You may specify investment objectives, guidelines, and/or impose certain conditions or investment parameters for your account(s). For example, you may specify that the investment in any particular stock or industry should not exceed specified percentages of the value of the portfolio and/or restrictions or prohibitions of transactions in the securities of a specific industry or security. Please refer to the “Advisory Business” section in this Brochure for more information on our discretionary management services.

Voting Client Securities – Item 17 Proxy Voting We will not vote proxies on behalf of your advisory accounts. At your request, we may offer you advice regarding corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting rights. If you own shares of common stock or mutual funds, you are responsible for exercising your right to vote as a shareholder. In most cases, you will receive proxy materials directly from the account custodian.

Financial Information – Item 18 We do not have a financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet our commitments to you.

Additional Information Trade Errors In the event a trading error occurs in your account, our policy is to restore your account to the position it should have been in had the trading error not occurred. Depending on the circumstances, corrective actions may include canceling the trade, adjusting an allocation, and/or reimbursing the account. If a trade error results in a profit, you will keep the profit. For accounts at Schwab and NFS, if a profit results from the correcting trade, the profit will remain in your account unless the same error involved other client account(s) that should have received the gain, it is not permissible for you to retain the gain, or we confer with you and you decide to forego the gain (e.g., due to tax reasons). If the profit does not remain in your account and Schwab is the custodian, Schwab donates gains of $100 or more to charity. If a loss occurs greater than $100, our firm will pay for the loss. Schwab may retain gains of $100 or less, if they are not kept in your account, to offset administrative expenses. Generally, if related trade errors result in both gains and losses in your account, they may be netted. Class Action Lawsuits We do not determine if securities held by you are the subject of a class action lawsuit or whether you are eligible to participate in class action settlements or litigation nor do we initiate or participate in litigation to recover damages on your behalf for injuries as a result of actions, misconduct, or negligence by issuers of securities held by you. Charitable Gift Annuities and Charitable Giving As part of our consulting services, described in the Advisory Business section above, we may provide you with general information and advice on charitable gift annuities and/or charitable giving. Please be advised that our firm currently manages assets of charities and non-profit organizations, which sponsor charitable gift annuities. However, we do not recommend any particular charitable gift annuity, charity, or non-profit organization nor have we vetted or performed any due diligence on any charities, non-profit organizations, or charitable gift annuities. You are solely responsible for determining the merits of investing in any particular charitable gift annuity or identifying a specific charity or non-profit organization for donation. In the event you are interested in the merits of investing in any particular charitable gift annuity or making a donation to any particular charity or non-profit organization, you should contact the specific charity or nonprofit organization directly for information.

Form ADV Part 2A, via the SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site.