Introduction and Background
Fundrise Advisors, LLC (“Fundrise Advisors” or the “Firm”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rise
Companies Corp. (“Rise”), which was founded in 2012. Rise owns and operates, through its subsidiary
Fundrise, LLC, an online investment platform located at www.fundrise.com and through various mobile
applications (the “Fundrise Platform”), that allows individuals to become investors in asset classes that
may have been historically difficult to access for such individuals. Through the use of the Fundrise Platform,
investors can browse various investment opportunities, view details of an investment and sign legal
documents online. Fundrise Advisors relies on Rise’s personnel to perform services on its behalf, as Fundrise
Advisors currently has no employees and does not currently intend to hire any employees who will be
compensated directly by Fundrise Advisors. The term “Client” used in this Form ADV shall refer
collectively to the eDirect Funds (as defined below), the Fundrise Opportunity Fund (as defined below), the
Fundrise Credit Fund (as defined below) and Individual Clients (each as defined below). “eDirect Fund
Investors” are investors in the eREITs® (as defined below), the Fundrise eFundTM (as defined below), the
Fundrise Interval Funds (as defined below), and the Fundrise Innovation Fund (as defined below). Investors
in any of the Rise-sponsored pooled investment vehicles who have not otherwise signed up to become
Individual Clients, are not considered clients of Fundrise Advisors for purposes of this Form ADV or
otherwise.
eDirect Funds, Fundrise Opportunity Fund and Fundrise Credit Fund Clients
As of March 1, 2024, Fundrise Advisors manages and advises each of the fifteen (15) pooled investment
vehicles sponsored by Rise. The list of pooled investment vehicles sponsored by Rise as of March 1, 2024
include:
● Fundrise Real Estate Interval Fund, LLC, an interval fund registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) (the “Fundrise Flagship Fund”);
● Fundrise Income Real Estate Fund, LLC, an interval fund registered under the 1940 Act (the “Income
Interval Fund”);
● Fundrise Growth Tech Fund, LLC, a tender offer fund registered under the 1940 Act (the “Fundrise
Innovation Fund”); and
● Fundrise Equity REIT, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (“Regulation
A”) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (the “Growth eREIT”);
● Fundrise Growth eREIT II, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (the
“Growth eREIT II”);
● Fundrise Growth eREIT III, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (the
“Growth eREIT III”);
● Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (the
“Development eREIT”);
● Fundrise Growth eREIT VII, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (the
“Growth eREIT VII”);
● Fundrise Balanced eREIT II, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation A (the
“Balanced eREIT II”);
● Fundrise West Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under
Regulation A (the “West Coast eREIT”);
● Fundrise East Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under
Regulation A (the “East Coast eREIT”);
● Fundrise Midland Opportunistic REIT, LLC, a real estate investment trust qualified under Regulation
A (the “Heartland eREIT”);
● Fundrise eFund, LLC, a real estate investment partnership qualified under Regulation A (the
“Fundrise eFund”);
● Fundrise Opportunity Fund, LP, an opportunity zone fund (the “Fundrise Opportunity Fund”); and
● Fundrise Opportunistic Credit Fund, LLC, real estate investment trust conducting an offering under
Regulation D of the Securities Act (the “Fundrise Credit Fund”).
As used herein, the term “eREIT®” refers to all nine (9) of the real estate investment trusts registered under
Regulation A; the term “Fundrise Interval Funds” refers to both of the interval funds registered under the
1940 Act; and the term “eDirect Funds” refers to all of the foregoing, except for the Fundrise Opportunity
Fund and Fundrise Credit Fund. Fundrise Advisors may expand its business to manage more such eDirect
Funds.
Each of the Rise-sponsored pooled investment vehicles managed and advised by Fundrise Advisors that are
conducting a securities offering has, and shall have, an offering document and a subscription agreement that
shall be referred to hereafter as “Offering Documents”. Offering Documents are available for review at
fundrise.com/oc. This Form ADV, Part 2A may also from time to time refer to investors within the various
eDirect Funds as “eDirect Fund Investors”.
Fundrise Advisors’ role with respect to the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund and the Fundrise
Credit Fund is typically to advise and administer such pooled investment vehicles. Fundrise Advisors selects
the investments and manages the operations of the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund and the
Fundrise Credit Fund. Fundrise Advisors also typically provides marketing, investor relations and other
administrative services on behalf of the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund and the Fundrise
Credit Fund.
Individual Clients
Fundrise Advisors also performs investment advisory services solely in a non-discretionary capacity for
individual clients who have signed up for such advisory services offered by Fundrise Advisors as discussed
below (“Individual Clients”). Such services include providing non-personalized advice with respect to
investments in securities to individuals using computer software-based models or applications by means of
the Fundrise Platform, an “interactive website”, based upon personal preferences which each client supplies
through the Fundrise Platform. As of the date of this Form ADV, Fundrise Advisors offers Individual Clients
the ability to participate in Portfolio Investment Plans (as defined below), Auto-Investment Plans (as defined
below), and Re-Investment Plans (as defined below) (collectively referred to herein as “Plans”).
Portfolio Investment Plans
Each Individual Client generally has the ability to select a suggested portfolio allocation among the eDirect
Funds managed by Fundrise Advisors (a “Portfolio Investment Plan”), based upon a portfolio algorithm
established by the Investment Committee of Fundrise Advisors (the “Investment Committee”) (or any
committee designated responsibility and authority by the Investment Committee), as updated from time to
time as the Investment Committee deems necessary, and based upon the preferences provided to Fundrise
Advisors by such Individual Client as applied to individual eDirect Fund vehicle strategies in current market
conditions. After providing Fundrise Advisors with information relating to his/her investment objectives,
Fundrise Advisors will, based upon the software model, recommend a Portfolio Investment Plan composed
of eDirect Funds to the Individual Client. Each Individual Client may either accept the Portfolio Investment
Plan suggested by the Firm or choose another Portfolio Investment Plan as such Individual Client sees fit. In
choosing a Portfolio Investment Plan, such Individual Client may choose among several financial goals
developed by the Investment Committee, including the maximization of current income, diversification, or
long-term growth. Fundrise Advisors performs investment advisory services for Individual Clients pursuant
to such Individual Client’s chosen Portfolio Investment Plan. In the event of a liquidation, termination, or
winding up of any eDirect Fund or the distribution of proceeds from the liquidation of an investment held
by an eDirect Fund (a “Liquidation Event”), Fundrise Advisors will provide the eDirect Fund making the
distribution with instructions to deliver the proceeds of the Liquidation Event for reinvestment, to the
Designated Issuer(s) (as defined below) set forth in the Individual Client’s chosen Investment Plan.
Each Portfolio Investment Plan is made up solely of certain eDirect Funds that the Individual Client has
previously agreed to have included in such Individual Client’s chosen Portfolio Investment Plan (each such
Fund, a “Designated Issuer”). Each Portfolio Investment Plan and their corresponding Designated Issuers
are made publicly available as an appendix to the Fundrise Advisors Client Agreement. Fundrise Advisors
cannot revise the Designated Issuers of a given Portfolio Investment Plan without first providing each
affected Individual Client with at least thirty (30) days prior notice, during which the Individual Client will
have the opportunity to cancel investment through the Individual Client’s chosen Auto-Investment Plan or
Reinvestment Plan (each, as defined below) or change the Individual Client’s chosen Portfolio Investment
Plan; provided, however, the removal of a Designated Issuer from as a result of a merger between one or
more of the Designated Issuers, the addition of new Investment Plans not previously offered, or the
liquidation and winding up of any of the Designated Issuers, shall not require any notice to the Individual
Client. Individual Clients enrolled in a particular Portfolio Investment Plan, either through an Auto-
Investment Plan or Re-Investment Plan, shall also have the Designated Issuers eligible to be included in their
Portfolio Investment Plans updated upon at least thirty (30) days prior notice.
The Designated Issuers as of the date of this Form ADV Part 2 are as follows:
Basic
Supplemental Income
Balanced Investing
Fundrise East Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC Balanced
Fundrise Midland Opportunistic REIT, LLC Balanced
Fundrise West Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC Balanced
Fundrise Equity REIT, LLC Growth
Long-Term Growth
Fundrise East Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC Balanced
Fundrise Equity REIT, LLC Growth
Fundrise Growth eREIT II, LLC Growth
Fundrise Growth eREIT III, LLC Growth
Fundrise Growth eREIT VII, LLC Growth
Fundrise Development eREIT, LLC Growth
Venture Capital
Fundrise Growth Tech Fund, LLC Growth
Auto-Investment Plans
Fundrise Advisors also performs investment advisory services for Individual Clients who have signed up for
auto-investment services as described below. Such services include providing non-personalized investment
management services, as well as non-personalized advice with respect to investments in eDirect Funds to
individuals using computer software-based models or applications by means of the Fundrise Platform, an
“interactive website”, based upon personal information which each client supplies through the Fundrise
Platform.
An Individual Client may direct that Fundrise Advisors provide the Designated Issuers in the Individual
Client’s Portfolio Investment Plan with instructions to receive proceeds from the Individual Client to enable
the Individual Client’s ability to automatically invest in the Designated Issuers pursuant to the Individual
Client’s Portfolio Investment Plan at certain pre-set intervals and at certain dollar amounts as chosen by the
Individual Client (the “Auto-Investment Plan”).
Individual Clients receive securities purchased in uncertificated form upon a Designated Issuer receiving
payment from such Individual Client, and each Individual Client may verify the amount of securities received
at any time on the Fundrise Platform, and each Individual Client may verify the amount invested by accessing
the Individual Client’s financial institution’s website or reviewing the periodic account statements received
from the Individual Client’s financial institution. Individual Clients are instructed to regularly review these
account statements and websites and contact Fundrise Advisors and its financial institution if the Individual
Client has any questions or concerns.
Re-Investment Plans
An Individual Client may elect to participate in a distribution
reinvestment plan administered by Fundrise
Advisors (the “Re-Investment Plan”), pursuant to which the income dividends, capital gains or other
distributions declared by an eDirect Fund, net of any applicable U.S. withholding tax, will be reinvested in
the eDirect Fund, provided that, if an Individual Client participates in a Portfolio Investment Plan, such
distributions will be reinvested in the Designated Issuers in accordance with such Portfolio Investment Plan.
If an Individual Client does not elect to participate in a Re-Investment Plan, distributions will be distributed
out to their designated external bank account.
Up until the last calendar day of a distribution period, the Individual Client may choose a different Portfolio
Investment Plan as s/he sees fit, and setup a Re-Investment Plan whereby the client authorizes the Firm to
(i) allocate Individual Client’s distributions to the Designated Issuers in accordance with the chosen Portfolio
Investment Plan, (ii) provide the Fund making a distribution with instructions to deliver such distribution
proceeds for reinvestment (other than distributions pursuant to a Liquidating Event) to Designated Issuers in
accordance with the Portfolio Investment Plan designated by the Individual Client (iii) execute subscription
documents with the various Designated Issuers on their behalf, and (iv) update the Re-Investment Plan to
reflect any changes to the underlying Portfolio Investment Plan as determined by the Investment Committee
from time to time. For purposes of this Form ADV, a “distribution period” is defined as that period of time
designated by each eDirect Fund, as indicated in such eDirect Funds’ public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”), when announcing dividend declarations, which generally follow calendar
months or quarters. Solely as an example, if an eDirect Fund were to declare a daily dividend with record
dates from July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024, the distribution period would begin on July 1, 2024
and end on September 30, 2024, and an Individual Client could select a new Portfolio Investment Plan or
withdraw from the Re-Investment Plan for such distribution period through September 30, 2024, and the
distributions would be distributed in accordance with such Individual Client’s updated preferences. In the
event that a distribution to an investor on a given distribution date cannot be re-invested, the entirety of such
distribution shall instead be sent to the Individual Client's bank account on record.
Securities recommendations and risks
On behalf of Individual Clients, Fundrise Advisors recommends certain allocations of eDirect Fund
securities pursuant to Portfolio Investment Plans, and is required to allocate the eDirect Fund distributions
of an Individual Client in accordance with the Re-Investment Plan and Portfolio Investment Plan chosen by
such Individual Client. Individual Clients may withdraw from a Re-Investment Plan, or modify the chosen
Portfolio Investment Plan, at any time (unless otherwise limited by the terms of such Plan).
Although for the Individual Clients Fundrise Advisors solely provides limited, non-discretionary and non-
personalized allocation advice that is designed to be prudent and diversified, all investments, including
investments in eDirect Fund securities, involve substantial risk, including possible total loss of principal.
Individual Clients should be aware that fluctuations in the financial markets and other factors may cause
declines in the value of the eDirect Funds. There is no guarantee that any particular asset allocation or mix
of eDirect Funds will meet an Individual Client’s investment objectives or provide an Individual Client with
a given level of income or appreciation, or protect against loss, particularly when future market conditions
are drastically different from the information used to create a Portfolio Investment Plan. Diversification does
not ensure a profit or protect against a loss. There is no assurance that Individual Clients will achieve positive
investment results by using the advisory services of Fundrise Advisors. Fundrise Advisors does not guarantee
the future performance of Individual Clients’ investments. Please consult each eDirect Fund’s offering
documents for more information about eDirect Fund-specific risks. Individual Clients should carefully
consider all of their options before signing up for a Plan.
Other Services
Fundrise Advisors may provide additional services to Clients in the future. In such event, this Form ADV
Part 2A shall be updated as needed to reflect such services.
Fundrise Advisors Registration
Fundrise Advisors is registered with the SEC as a large advisory firm with over $100 million in assets under
management.
eDirect Funds, Fundrise Opportunity Fund and Fundrise Credit Fund Clients
On behalf of the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund, the Fundrise Credit Fund and other types of
pooled investment vehicles, Fundrise Advisors will typically formulate and oversee the implementation of
the investment strategies, administration and operations of such funds. Fundrise Advisors expects that the
other pooled investment vehicles that it advises in addition to the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity
Fund and the Fundrise Credit Fund will have strategies that are also real estate focused however asset classes
or allocations may vary.
The following enumerates certain potential conflicts of interest in addition to others described within this
Form ADV, Part 2A, which should be carefully evaluated before making an investment in any Rise-
sponsored pooled investment vehicle managed/advised by Fundrise Advisors.
Valuation of Investments
The management fee received by Fundrise Advisors is calculated based upon the eDirect Funds’, the
Fundrise Opportunity Fund’s and the Fundrise Credit Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). On behalf of any
eDirect Fund, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund, the Fundrise Credit Fund and any other pooled investment
vehicles that Fundrise Advisors advises, Fundrise Advisors expects that Rise’s internal accountants and asset
management team will calculate (i) each eDirect Fund’s (with the exception of the Fundrise Interval Funds
and Fundrise Innovation Fund), the Fundrise Opportunity Fund’s and the Fundrise Credit Fund’s NAV at
periodic intervals as provided in each fund’s respective operating documents, and (ii) the Fundrise Interval
Funds’ and Fundrise Innovation Fund’s NAV daily while shares are being offered to the public. The NAV
is calculated by dividing the total assets minus liabilities, which in each case, Rise’s internal accountants and
asset management team uses a process that reflects, but is not limited to (1) estimated fair value of each of
the real estate investments or securities, (2) the price of liquid assets for which third party market quotes are
available, (3) accruals of periodic distributions and (4) estimated accruals of operating revenues and
expenses. Note, however, that the determination of an eDirect Fund’s (with the exception of the Fundrise
Interval Funds and Fundrise Innovation Fund), the Fundrise Opportunity Fund’s or the Fundrise Credit
Fund’s NAV is not based on, nor intended to comply with, fair value standards under U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”), and such fund’s NAV may not be indicative of the price that such fund
would receive for its assets at current market conditions. With respect to the Fundrise Interval Funds and
Fundrise Innovation Fund, the determination of NAV is done in accordance with the 1940 Act.
Fundrise Advisors has a valuation policy for each of the various eDirect Funds (with the exception of the
Fundrise Interval Funds and Fundrise Innovation Fund), the Fundrise Opportunity Fund, and the Fundrise
Credit Fund that is administered and overseen by Fundrise Advisors in order to determine the estimate value
of each real estate investment.
The Board of Directors of each of the Fundrise Interval Funds and Fundrise Innovation Fund has approved
procedures pursuant to which each of the Fundrise Interval Funds and Fundrise Innovation Fund values its
investments, and has designated Fundrise Advisors the general responsibility for determining, in accordance
with such procedures, the value of such investments. If market quotations are not readily available or are
deemed unreliable, the Fundrise Interval Funds and Fundrise Innovation Fund will use the fair value of the
securities or other investments as determined by Fundrise Advisor in good faith, taking into consideration
all available information and other factors that Fundrise Advisor deems pertinent, in each case subject to the
overall supervision and responsibility of each Board of Directors. To the extent practicable, Fundrise
Advisors generally endeavors to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs.
The eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund and the Fundrise Credit Fund typically estimate values
of real estate equity and debt investments based on a discounted cash flow, or other income approach. Other
methodologies that may also be used to estimate values of equity and debt investments include market and
cost approach.
Dependence on Key Employees
While Fundrise Advisors does not have any employees, its success depends, in part, upon the ability of Rise’s
executive officers and key real estate and debt finance professionals to achieve the targeted investment goals.
The loss of any of these executives or other key personnel could adversely impact the ability to achieve such
investment goals and objectives of the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund or the Fundrise Credit
Fund.
Competing Time Pressures
Certain key executive officers of Fundrise Advisors are also officers, directors, managers and/or key
professionals of Rise and its affiliates. As a result, they will face conflicts of interest, including time
constraints, potential allocation of investment opportunities and significant conflicts created by our Firm’s
compensation arrangements with each eDirect Fund, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund, the Fundrise Credit
Fund and other affiliates of Rise.
Conflict of Interest Policies
If Fundrise Advisors has a conflict of interest that is not otherwise covered by an existing policy adopted by
Fundrise Advisors or a transaction is deemed to be a “principal transaction”, Fundrise Advisors will appoint
an independent representative (the “Independent Representative”) for the applicable eDirect Fund, the
Fundrise Opportunity Fund or the Fundrise Credit Fund to protect the interests of the applicable fund
investors and review and approve such transactions on behalf of such applicable fund. A principal transaction
would occur if Fundrise Advisors or its affiliates knowingly purchased securities from or sold securities to a
client such as the eDirect Funds, the Fundrise Opportunity Fund, the Fundrise Credit Fund or an Individual
Client. Fundrise Advisors is only authorized to execute principal transactions with the prior approval of the
Independent Representative and in accordance with applicable law. Such prior approval may include but not
be limited to requiring the use of pricing methodologies for the valuation of assets and/or liabilities for which
there are no readily observable market prices.
Wrap Fee Program
Fundrise Advisors does not offer or provide advisory services to a wrap fee program.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Fundrise Advisors had approximately $2.87 billion in assets under management.
Business Continuity Policy
Fundrise Advisors has developed and implemented a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan (the
“Business Continuity Plan”) to be followed by the Firm in the event of a disaster or event that does not
allow access to Fundrise Advisors’ principal offices located at 11 Dupont Circle NW, 9th Floor, Washington,
DC 20036.