Comparison · 15 material differences
Family Office Association vs Family Office Networks
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Verified September 2026
Family-office network
Verified September 2026 Family Office Association
Single family offices, the ultra-high-net-worth families behind them, and (through a separate tier) innovator companies seeking family office capital
Family-office network
Family Office Networks
Family office principals and chief investment officers, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and firms partnering with the family office community
What the records say
- Role or title: Family Office Association: Family Office membership requires a formal family office in place or being established, a diversified investment portfolio and a legacy-planning focus; Family Office Networks: Premium membership is aimed at family office principals, chief investment officers and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.
- Minimum net worth: Family Office Association: No published minimum net worth; Family Office Networks: Not publicly disclosed.
- Minimum investable assets: Family Office Association: Family Office membership: assets under management typically exceeding USD 100 million, with well-structured assets; Family Office Networks: No published minimum investable assets.
- Annual dues: Family Office Association: Not publicly disclosed. FOA publishes three membership tiers but no price for any of them.; Family Office Networks: $1,495 a year.
Side by side
| Family Office Association | Family Office Networks | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Family-office network | Family-office network |
| Founded | 2007 (Sources give 2007 and 2008. Founder Angelo Robles is recorded as CEO from October 2008; a secondary directory gives a 2007 founding date. Could not be resolved from FOA's own pages, which do not state a founding year.) | 2014 (FON's own site gives 2014. A secondary profile states Andrew Schneider founded the network in 2012; the organisation's date is used here.) |
| Headquarters | Greenwich, United States | New York, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a membership FOA describes as global | Members in more than 40 countries; regional magazine editions for the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and North Africa |
| Members | Not publicly disclosed | 2,400as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | No chapters; members are organised into topic-based Peer Communities rather than geographic units. | No chapters; the network is virtual with a year-round events calendar. |
| Primary audience | Single family offices, the ultra-high-net-worth families behind them, and (through a separate tier) innovator companies seeking family office capital | Family office principals and chief investment officers, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and firms partnering with the family office community |
| Typical member | FOA's core tier targets families with a formal family office in place or being established, typically exceeding USD 100 million in assets under management with well-structured, diversified holdings. A second tier admits families on a trajectory toward that scale, and a third admits innovation companies. | FON describes its member base as roughly 45 per cent ultra-high-net-worth individuals, 20 per cent single and multi-family offices and 20 per cent luxury companies. No wealth threshold is published. |
| Qualification | ||
| Role or title | Family Office membership requires a formal family office in place or being established, a diversified investment portfolio and a legacy-planning focusverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Premium membership is aimed at family office principals, chief investment officers and ultra-high-net-worth individualsverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum net worth | No published minimum net worth | Not publicly disclosedNot publicly disclosedverified September 2026 |
| Minimum investable assets | Family Office membership: assets under management typically exceeding USD 100 million, with well-structured assetsFOA describes this as typical rather than as an absolute cut-off, and also requires a family office in place or being established.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published minimum investable assets |
| Invitation required | Sometimes | Sometimes |
| Sponsor required | Sometimes | No |
| Application process | Prospective members select one of three tiers and apply through the FOA website. Only the Innovator tier has a published admission route: invitation by an existing member, or a formal application with a reference check. FOA does not publish an application process, interview stage or decision timetable for the Family Office and On the Rise tiers. | Media access is granted on a verified email and a Basic subscription. Network access - the private directory, peer introductions and members-only events - requires an application, which FON says exists to maintain directory quality. Corporate membership is arranged directly with a partnership lead. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed. FON states only that the network side is by application to maintain directory quality. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed. FOA publishes three membership tiers but no price for any of them.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | $1,495 a yearBasic tier: media library and archive, premium articles, quarterly magazine, FON Weekly and FON Luxury newsletters, monthly statistics memo, ad-free video and FONCAST.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual | Annual |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Events through the year; frequency not published | Year-round calendar of webinars, briefings, in-person receptions and an annual summit |
| Peer forums | Peer Communities organised by theme (for example global impact, technology and innovation, sports and entertainment) rather than fixed confidential forum groups | No standing peer forums; peer contact runs through the member directory, curated introductions and events |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual | Virtual, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Yes | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Not documented | Yes |
| Online community | Partial | Yes |
| Member directory | Not documented | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Partial |
| Leadership development | Not documented | No |
| Retreats | Not documented | No |
| Travel | Not documented | No |
| Family programming | Yes | Not documented |
| Spouse and partner programming | Not documented | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | Not documented | Not documented |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | Partial | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | Yes | Not documented |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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