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Item 1 – Cover Page
Form ADV Part 2A Brochure
Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC
Home Office: 6136 Nieman Road, Shawnee, KS 66203
Branch Office: 1133 East 2nd Street N, Wichita, KS 67214
www.canvaswealthadvisors.com
913-991-8471
August 08, 2025
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC (CWA). If you have any questions about the contents of this
Brochure, please contact us at 913-991-8471. The information in this Brochure has not
been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any
state securities authority.
CWA is a registered investment adviser. Registration as an investment adviser does not
imply any level of skill or training. The oral and written communications of an adviser
provide you with information from which you can determine whether to hire or retain an
Adviser.
Additional information about CWA is also available via the SEC’s web site
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2 – Material Changes
This Brochure, dated August 08, 2025, represents an amendment to the Brochure for
Canvas Wealth Advisors, LLC.
Since the filing of the firm’s annual update Brochure dated January 27, 2025, we have
made various minor updates to the Brochure but no material changes were made.
Pursuant to SEC Rules, we will deliver to you a summary of any material changes to this
and subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close of our fiscal year. We may further
provide other ongoing disclosure information about material changes as necessary. All
such information will be provided to you free of charge.
Currently, our Brochure may be requested by contacting us at 913-991-8471.
Additional information about CWA is also available via the SEC’s web site
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The SEC’s web site also provides information about any persons
affiliated with CWA who are registered as investment adviser representatives of CWA.
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Item 3 ‐ Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page ...................................................................................................................................... i
Item 2 – Material Changes .......................................................................................................................... ii
Item 3 - Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... iii
Item 4 – Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................ 1
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................... 3
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ......................................................... 5
Item 7 – Types of Clients ............................................................................................................................. 5
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................................................. 5
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information .............................................................................................................. 6
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................................................ 6
Item 11 – Code of Ethics ............................................................................................................................. 7
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................... 7
Item 13 – Review of Accounts .................................................................................................................. 10
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation .............................................................................. 10
Item 15 – Custody ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Item 16 – Investment Discretion .............................................................................................................. 12
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................................ 12
Item 18 – Financial Information............................................................................................................... 12
Brochure Supplement(s)
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
Canvas Wealth Advisors LLC (CRD # 306343), (CWA), is registered as an investment
adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm also provides services
specialized for high net worth clientele. CWA is based in the State of Kansas and was
organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. The firm
has been in business since 2019 and currently has 6 employees and associated persons.
CWA’s principal office and place of business is located at 6136 Nieman Road, Shawnee, KS
66203. The firm also has a branch office located at 1133 East 2nd Street N, Wichita, KS
67214. Regular business hours are from 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. The
firm can be contacted by phone at 913-991-8471.
The firm was co-founded and is primarily owned by Scott R. Wesley and Drew R. Waldron.
Mr. Waldron serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of the firm.
Investment Management Services
CWA provides ongoing discretionary portfolio management services to individuals, families
and businesses. When providing portfolio management services, the firm not only has full
discretion to make recommendations related to investments without client approval, but
also implements these recommendations and provides ongoing monitoring and reporting.
In some cases, the firm may delegate certain investment management responsibilities to
outside managers under a third-party or sub-advisory management arrangement.
CWA also provides ongoing portfolio management services to private real estate
investment funds. In these engagements, the firm invests the funds of such vehicles in
private real estate projects consistent with the operating agreement of the applicable
vehicle, but also provides ongoing monitoring and reporting. The firm generally delegates
development to outside parties but manages administrative tasks internally. The firm may
recommend investments in these private funds to its retail clients, but clients are under no
obligation to invest unless they choose to do so.
As of December 31, 2024, the firm had over $713,000,894 in assets under management,
$689,753,531 of which was managed on a discretionary basis and $23,247,363 of which
was managed on a non-discretionary basis.
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Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Additionally, the firm provides project oriented and ongoing financial planning services in
conjunction with investment management services detailed above or on a stand alone
basis. For example, the firm offers advice or other strategic assistance in areas such as
education funding, retirement planning, estate planning, risk management, employee
benefits planning, tax planning, etc. When engaged to provide financial planning
assistance, clients are responsible for determining whether or not to implement a
recommendation, and if they decide to do so, are responsible for implementation. The
details of an engagement vary on a case by case basis depending on the complexity of the
client’s financial situation. More comprehensive engagements, however, involve
identification of goals and objectives, collection and analysis of data, formulation of a
strategy, and preparation of a written plan.
Retirement Plan Services
The firm also provides retirement plan services to businesses which may include plan level
services such as non-discretionary management services and non-management investment
advisory services related to different types of retirement plans. When providing
management services, the firm is responsible for implementing recommendations. When
the firm is providing advisory services, the client is responsible for implementation of
recommendations.
General Information
The firm does not provide a “wrap fee” investment management program, although outside
managers recommended or used by the firm may do so. For information regarding such
programs provided by outside managers, please refer to the applicable outside manager’s
ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure which is available upon request.
Because CWA is a registered investment adviser, the firm is required to meet certain
fiduciary standards when providing investment advice to clients. Additionally, when we
provide investment advice related to a retirement plan account or an individual retirement
account, we are considered fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are
laws governing retirement accounts. As such, we are required to act in your best interest
and not put our interest ahead of yours, even though our compensation creates some
conflicts with your interests in that the more you have us manage, the more we can earn.
Our clients however are under no obligation to use services recommended by our
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associated persons. Furthermore, we believe that our recommendations are in the best
interests of our clients and are consistent with our clients’ needs.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
Investment Management Services
Fees for wealth management services are generally based on account size and level of
service provided at an annual fee of up to 1% subject to a minimum $5,000 annual fee.
In instances where (i) CWA delegates investment management authority to outside
investment managers any additional management fees paid by the client must be approved
by the client in advance. Details about outside managers, their services, fee, etc., are
addressed in the applicable manager’s Form ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure which is
available upon request.
Fees will generally be deducted in advance via an automatic withdrawal on a quarterly
basis, i.e. one-fourth of the annual fee will be deducted each quarter. Fees will be
calculated for and deducted from each account at the beginning of each quarter for that
quarter based on the balance of each respective account as reported by the custodian as of
the end of the previous quarter. Value of assets not reported by the custodian will be
estimated on a case by case basis. Value of interests in private funds will generally be
reported at cost or pursuant to an independent third party valuation.
Although fees are generally deducted from accounts, clients may with the firm’s approval
elect to instead pay fees by check, ACH transfer, or wire transfer.
Fees paid to outside managers are generally deducted directly from client accounts by CWA
or the outside manager. Timing of fee deductions related to outside managers vary but are
addressed in the applicable account opening documentation in advance.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Although CWA may provide financial planning and consulting services to clients as part of
an investment management engagement, the firm may also provide such services on a
stand alone basis. In these instances, clients may be charged a fixed fee ranging from
$1500 - $100,000 or may be charged on an hourly basis generally at $100 - $300 per hour,
depending on the type and complexity of services to be provided. Fees are generally billed
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in arrears but may in some instances be partially billed in advance with the balance billed
in arrears upon completion. Fees can be paid by check, ACH transfer, or wire transfer. As
mentioned above, CWA may provide financial planning and services on a complimentary
basis as part of an investment management engagement. The fees and scope of service for
which a fee will be charged will be documented and agreed upon before commencement of
services.
Retirement Plan Services
Fees charged for retirement plan services may be charged in advance or in arrears
depending on the service provided. Fees may be fixed or asset based (not to exceed 1.0%
annually) and are negotiable depending on the complexity of the service. Fee levels
(whether fixed or asset based) are primarily based on actual services to be provided.
Fees are generally due quarterly, and depending on the engagement, may be deducted
directly at the plan level, may be deducted from individual plan participant accounts, may
be billed to the plan sponsor, or may be billed to a plan administrator at the request of the
plan sponsor.
Services may be terminated at any time by either party with 30 days written notice to the
other party, and fees will be prorated accordingly. Any payments made in advance will be
prorated and any unearned fees will be refunded to the client subject to the notice
provision above.
All retirement plan fees paid to CWA are separate and unrelated to any fees or expenses
assessed by any broker, custodian, or other outside party.
General Information
Services may be terminated upon 30 days written notice, and unearned fees paid in
advance for partial periods will be prorated and refunded to client subject to the
termination notice provisions of the client agreement. Fees for new accounts will be billed
in advance based on the account beginning balance and will be prorated based on the
number of days assets will be under management. Fees for withdrawals out of an account
will be prorated and refunded based on the number of days assets were under
management. Fees for deposits into an account will be prorated and charged at the firm’s
discretion based on the number of days assets will be under management.
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All fees paid to CWA are separate and unrelated to any trading costs, or fees or expenses
assessed by mutual funds, exchange traded funds, brokers or custodians. Details about
outside managers, their services, fee, etc., are addressed in the applicable manager’s Form
ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure which is available upon request.
Item 6 – Performance‐Based Fees and Side‐By‐Side Management
Although its fees are often asset based, CWA does not charge additional performance-based
fees (fees based on a share of capital gains on or capital appreciation of the assets of a
client) and consequently does not simultaneously manage performance based and non
performance based accounts.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
CWA provides portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations. business entities and private real estate funds. The minimum account size
for portfolio management services is generally $500,000, although accounts not meeting
the minimum may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. CWA also generally requires a
minimum $5,000 annual fee which may be waived at the firm’s discretion.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
When providing investment management services, investment strategies may be
established by representatives of CWA, or may be established by outside managers to
whom management may be delegated.
CWA’s general investment strategy is to attempt to reduce risk and volatility by building
diversified portfolios in a manner consistent with the tenets of modern portfolio theory. To
implement this strategy, CWA and its representatives may use fundamental security
methods of analysis, market trend analysis, and economic cycle analysis. While mutual
funds, exchange traded funds, stocks and bonds are the primary investment vehicles used
in or recommended for client accounts, we may also use or recommend various other
investment vehicles in the implementation of our strategies, including illiquid private fund
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interests, long-term purchases (securities held at least a year), short-term purchases
(securities sold within a year), and trading (securities sold with 30 days).
For information regarding investment strategies and methods of analysis used by third
party managers, please refer to the applicable manager’s ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure
which is available upon request.
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Such
risks include market risk, interest rate risk, currency risk, liquidity risk, and political risk,
and loss of capital, among others. Additionally, certain trading strategies can affect
investment performance through increased brokerage fees and other transactions. Risks
related to private real estate funds include general market risk, real estate market risk,
management risk, project risk, liquidity risk, conflict of interest risk, environmental risk,
political risk, economic risk, financial risk, labor risk, credit market risk, and geographic
risk, among others. See the applicable fund documents for addition detail related to such
risks.
Although CWA intends to manage risk though the careful selection of investments, no
investment strategy can assure a profit or avoid a loss.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
legal or disciplinary events that would be material to the evaluation of the firm or the
integrity of our management. CWA is currently not subject to, nor has ever been subject to,
any legal or disciplinary events of a material nature.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Private Real Estate Fund Activities
CWA serves as Administrative Manager for and provides various services to certain private
real estate funds formed as Limited Liability Companies which invest in commercial real
estate limited partnership and preferred equity offerings. CWA makes investment in such
private funds available to certain qualified clients of the firm and charges its management
fee to participating clients for such funds as it would for other assets held by such clients.
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Although CWA receives its management fees and CWA affiliated persons receive certain
other fees related to such funds, clients are made aware of all such compensation
arrangements in advance. Furthermore, clients are not required to participate in real
estate investment vehicles formed and or managed by CWA.
CWA has no other financial industry activities or affiliations.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics
CWA has adopted a Code of Ethics expressing the firm's commitment to ethical conduct.
CWA's Code of Ethics describes the firm's fiduciary duties and responsibilities to clients,
and details practices for reviewing the personal securities transactions of supervised
persons with access to client information. The Code also requires compliance with
applicable securities laws, addresses insider trading, and details possible disciplinary
measures for violations. CWA will provide a complete copy of its Code of Ethics to any
client upon request to the Chief Compliance Officer.
Trading Conflicts of Interest
Individuals associated with CWA are permitted to buy or sell securities for their personal
accounts identical to or different than those recommended to clients. However, no person
employed by CWA is allowed to favor his or her own interest over that of a client or make
personal investment decisions based on the investment decisions of advisory clients.
In order to address potential conflicts of interest, CWA requires that associated persons
with access to advisory recommendations provide annual securities holdings reports and
quarterly transaction reports to the firm's Chief Compliance Officer.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
The Custodian and Brokers We Use
CWA does not maintain physical custody of client assets. Instead, we require all client
assets be maintained in an account at a non-affiliated “qualified custodian,” generally a
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broker-dealer or bank. The qualified custodian we use varies depending on the type of
service provided.
While we may recommend that you use a particular suggested custodian or broker, you
will ultimately decide whether to do so and will open your account by entering into an
account agreement directly with them. We do not actually open accounts for you, although
we can assist you in doing so.
How We Select Custodians and Brokers
In determining to associate with a custodian or broker for our clients, we consider many
different factors including quality of service, types of services offered, overall capability,
execution quality, competitiveness of transaction costs, availability of investment research,
reputation, stability and financial resources, among other things. In determining the
reasonableness of a broker’s compensation, we consider the overall cost to clients relative
to the benefits clients receive, both directly and indirectly, from the broker.
Your Brokerage and Custody Costs
Our clients receive various services directly from our custodians. For our clients’ accounts
that our custodians maintain, the custodian generally does not charge separately for
custody services but instead is compensated by charging commissions or other fees on
trades that it executes or trades that are executed by other brokers to and from the
custodial accounts. Our relationship to our custodians and the custodian’s relationship to
the client are entirely independent of trade commission assessed by the custodian in client
accounts.
Since our custodians charge you a fee for each trade that we have executed by a different
broker-dealer, we have the custodian execute most trades for your account in order to
minimize your trading costs.
We have determined that having the custodian execute most trades is consistent with our
duty to seek “best execution” of your trades. Best execution means seeking the most
favorable terms for a transaction based on all relevant factors, including those listed above.
Products and Services Available to Us from Brokers/Custodians
Our custodians provide us and our clients with access to its institutional brokerage services
like trading, custody, reporting, and related services, many of which are not typically
available to retail customers. Our custodians also make available various support services,
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some of which may help us manage or administer our clients’ accounts, while others may
help us manage and grow our business.
Our custodians’ institutional brokerage services which benefit you directly include access
to a broad range of investment products, execution of securities transactions, and asset
custody. The investment products available through our custodians include some to which
we might not otherwise have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum
initial investment by our clients.
Our custodians also make available to us other products and services that benefit us but
may not directly benefit you or your account. These products and services assist us in
managing and administering our clients’ accounts. They include investment research, both
the custodian’s own and that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or a
substantial number of our clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at the
custodian. In addition to investment research, the custodians also make available software
and other technology that provide access to client account data, facilitate trade execution
for multiple client accounts, provide pricing and other market data, facilitate payment of
our fees from our clients’ accounts, and assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping,
and client reporting.
Our custodians also offer other services intended to help us manage and further develop
our business. These services include educational conferences and events, consulting on
technology, compliance, legal, and business needs, publications and conferences on
practice management and business succession, and access to employee benefits providers,
human capital consultants, and insurance providers.
The availability of these services from our custodians benefit us because we do not have to
produce or purchase them. Of course, this may give us an incentive to recommend that you
maintain your account with our custodians based on our interests rather than yours, which
is a potential conflict of interest. We believe, however, that our selection of our custodians
is in the best interests of our clients, and is primarily supported by the scope, quality, and
price of our custodians’ services and not those services that benefit only us.
Aggregation of Transactions
CWA may, from time to time, aggregate client orders into blocks in order to facilitate more
efficient account management and execution. When aggregating orders, an average price is
given to all participants in the block, or other measures are taken, in order to treat all
accounts fairly.
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Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Reviews of Accounts
Investment management accounts are supervised by the principals of CWA or the
respective third-party manager. In addition to ongoing supervision, accounts are generally
reviewed more formally on an annual basis. The quarterly review generally includes
assessing client goals and objectives, evaluating the employed strategy, monitoring the
portfolio, and addressing the need to rebalance. CWA will periodically, and at least
annually, review client's investment policy and risk profile, and discuss the re-balancing of
each client's accounts to the extent appropriate.
Additional account reviews may be triggered by a specific client request, by a change in
client goals or objectives, by an imbalance in a portfolio asset allocation, or by market or
economic conditions. Information about reviews conducted by third party managers may
be found in the manager’s Form ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure, which is available upon
request.
All ongoing clients are advised that it remains their responsibility to advise us of any
changes in their investment objectives and or financial situation.
Regular Reports Provided to Clients
Investment management clients are provided with account statements from their
custodian on at least a quarterly basis which list account holdings and transactions for the
period. Investment management clients may also be provided with written performance
reports on a quarterly basis that detail current market value, performance relative to
market benchmarks, and overall portfolio allocation.
Information about reports provided by third party managers may be found in the
manager’s Form ADV Part 2 Disclosure Brochure which is available upon request.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
CWA may pay outside individuals or other professional entities to refer clients to us. Such
arrangements are structured to be in compliance with applicable securities laws. For
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example, clients are provided relevant disclosures prior to or at the time of entering into
any advisory contract which describe the specific compensation arrangement. The
advisory fee charged to clients will not increase as a result of a referral arrangement.
CWA may also receive referral fees from third party investment managers for referring
clients. The receipt of these fees may give us an incentive to make recommendations
related to certain third party investment managers which is a conflict of interest. If a client
is introduced to a third-party investment manager by us acting as a solicitor we shall
disclose the nature of the solicitor relationship, and shall provide each prospective client
with a copy of the investment manger’s written disclosure statement and a copy of a
written solicitor’s disclosure statement disclosing the terms and conditions of the
arrangement between us (the solicitor) and the third party investment manager.
CWA does not receive direct outside economic benefits such as sales awards or prizes in
connection with providing services to clients. CWA does, however, receive economic
benefits from our custodian in the form of the support products and services that are made
available to us and to other independent investment advisors. These products and
services, how they benefit us, and the related conflicts of interest are described in Item 12
above. CWA may however from time to time receive nominal expense reimbursements
(e.g. food, beverage, etc.) from service providers participating in CWA sponsored events, or
receive administrative expense reimbursements (e.g. legal fees, tax fees, etc.) from third
party private fund managers and/or sponsors. The availability to us of these economic
benefits is not contingent upon (although may be associated with) us giving particular
investment advice, such as buying or recommending particular securities for our clients.
Furthermore, our representatives are required to make all investment decisions and
recommendations based solely on the interests of the applicable client.
Item 15 – Custody
As noted in Item 12, CWA does not hold client funds or securities, but instead requires that
they be held by a third party custodian. We may however have limited control in some
instances to trade on your behalf, to deduct our advisory fees from your account with your
authorization, or to request disbursements to you or outside parties (although various
types of written authorizations are required depending on the type of disbursements).
You will receive account statements directly from your custodian at least quarterly, which
will be sent to the email or postal mailing address you provide. We urge you to carefully
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review these custodial statements when you receive them and compare them to reports
you receive from us.
As mentioned above, CWA also serves as Manager for various private real estate funds
formed as Limited Liability Companies which invest in commercial real estate limited
partnership and preferred equity offerings. You will receive account statements from an
affiliated accounting firm at least quarterly which will be sent to the email or postal mailing
address you provide. Investors in vehicles of which CWA is deemed to have custody will
receive audited financial statements of the vehicle on an annual basis.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
CWA will accept discretionary authority to manage securities accounts on behalf of clients,
although CWA may in limited instance also accept non-discretionary accounts.
When granted authority to manage accounts, CWA customarily has the authority to
determine which securities and the amounts that are bought or sold, or the authority to
delegate to third party managers or sub-advisors. Any discretionary authority accepted by
CWA however is subject to the client’s risk profile and investment objectives, and may be
limited by any other limitations provided by the client in writing.
CWA will not exercise any discretionary authority until it has been given authority to do so
in writing. Such authority is granted in the written agreement between CWA and the client,
and in the written agreement with the third party custodian.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
CWA does not vote proxies on behalf of clients. Clients may receive proxies directly from
their custodian or transfer agent, and although CWA does not vote proxies, the firm may be
contacted with questions about such solicitations.
Item 18 – Financial Information
Registered investment advisers are required in some cases to provide certain financial
information and or disclosures about financial condition. For example, if the firm requires
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prepayment of fees for six months in advance, has custody of client funds, or has a
condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meets it contractual commitments
to its clients, it may be required to provide financial information and make disclosures.
CWA has no financial or operating conditions which trigger such additional reporting
requirements.
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