Financial Planning Association
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| formation = {{start date and age|2000}}
| type = Professional association
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| location_city = Denver
| location_country = United States
| region_served = United States
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| membership = 22,000
| membership_year = 2022
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| website = {{URL|https://www.financialplanningassociation.org/}}
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Financial Planning Association (FPA) is the largest membership organization in the US representing financial planners. Current membership is 22,000.{{cite web|url=https://membership.onefpa.org/content/brochures/fpa18_membership_brochure_web.pdf|title=FPA Membership Brochure|publisher=financialplanningassociation.org |access-date=2021-04-05}}
FPA is primarily focused on supporting Certified Financial Planner members.
History
The organization was formed from the merger of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners and the International Association for Financial Planning on January 1, 2000.
The International Association for Financial Planning was founded in 1970 and the Institute of Certified Financial Planners was formed in 1973 by the first graduating class of the College for Financial Planning.{{cite book |title=The History of Financial Planning: The Transformation of Financial Services |last = Brandon|first=E. Denby |year=2009 |publisher=Wiley |location=San Francisco |isbn=978-0470180747}}{{cite news |title=A Concise History of the Financial Planning Profession |last = Yeske|first=Dave |date=September 2016 |volume=29 |issue=11 |publisher=Journal of Financial Planning|location=Denver}}