Comparison · 10 material differences
ILPA vs PREA
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Verified September 2026
Professional association
Verified September 2026 ILPA
Institutional limited partners (pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurers, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions) that invest in…
Professional association
PREA
Institutional investors in real estate (public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurers and family offices) together with the investment managers, advisers…
What the records say
- Industry restriction: ILPA: No published industry restriction; PREA: Corporate membership: organisations providing investment management, advisory, consulting, property management, legal, accounting, appraisal or other services to institutional investors, including REITs and real estate operating companies.
- Annual dues: ILPA: $4,410 a year; PREA: $9,995 a year.
Side by side
| ILPA | PREA | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Professional association | Professional association |
| Founded | 2002 (ILPA describes its origins as an informal networking club of a few dozen limited partners more than two decades ago; secondary sources date its formal establishment as a trade association to 2002) | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Washington, United States | Hartford, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Members in 50-plus countries; roughly 60% US-based and 40% in Europe, Canada and elsewhere. Offices in Toronto, Washington DC and London. | Primarily North America, with international institutional investor and manager firms among members; PREA runs conferences in the United States and abroad |
| Members | 600as of September 2026 | 700as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | Not applicable: no chapters. ILPA runs 20-plus regional gatherings across 12-plus countries | No chapters; PREA operates as a single association with a conference and research programme. |
| Primary audience | Institutional limited partners (pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurers, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions) that invest in private market funds | Institutional investors in real estate (public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurers and family offices) together with the investment managers, advisers and service firms that work with them |
| Typical member | Members are institutions rather than individuals: public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, family offices, insurance companies, investment firms, development finance institutions and sovereign wealth funds. Around 7,000 individual professionals sit under those institutional memberships. Service providers, consultants and general partners are excluded. | PREA's membership is organisational. Its own description covers public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, investment advisory firms, REITs, developers, real estate operating companies and industry service providers. The dues structure separates institutional investors, defined as organisations investing predominantly for their own account, from corporate members selling services to them. |
| Qualification | ||
| Industry restriction | No published industry restriction | Corporate membership: organisations providing investment management, advisory, consulting, property management, legal, accounting, appraisal or other services to institutional investors, including REITs and real estate operating companiesverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | Not documented |
| Application process | An institution submits a membership application request form (a separate form exists for associate membership) and ILPA checks it against the three eligibility tests. Fees are then assigned from the four-tier AUM schedule for a 12-month term. Questions go to membership@ilpa.org. | Applicants apply online, logging in first if they already hold a PREA account. Applications are reviewed before member-only access is activated; once approved and paid, access is granted the same business day. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: ILPA publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance or rejection data | Not publicly disclosed. PREA states applications are reviewed but publishes no criteria beyond the category eligibility tests and no acceptance rate. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | $4,410 a yearTier 1: total AUM under $1.5 billion. Fees rise about 5% year over year.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | $9,995 a yearFull Corporate membership: unlimited company representativesverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Fees are institutional, cover a 12-month term, and are banded by total AUM in USD. | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee appears alongside the published dues.verified September 2026 |
| Membership term | 12-month term, renewed annually | Calendar year; first-year billing covers the full calendar year with a prorated credit in year two |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Annual Summit, Legal Conference, Members' Conference and Forum EMEA, plus more than 20 regional gatherings across 12-plus countries and a webcast programme | Conference programme through the year plus research and publications |
| Peer forums | No standing peer forums; members convene at conferences, regional gatherings and through the ILPA Connect platform | No confidential peer forum structure is published |
| Confidentiality | Could not be independently verified: no published confidentiality policy was found | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Event-focused, Virtual | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | No | No |
| Virtual membership | Partial | No |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Partial | No |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | No | Not documented |
| Investment discussions | Yes | Yes |
| Investment opportunities | No | Partial |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Low | Low |
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