Zach Teutsch
Values Added Financial
Founder, Financial Advisor
Zach Teutsch
Values Added Financial
Founder, Financial Advisor
As a fee-only financial planner, my focus is to offer unbiased financial advice to help you achieve your life goals. - Zach Teutsch
Fee-Only financial planner located in Washington, D.C., serving clients locally and across the country

Zach Teutsch is a Washington, DC fee-only financial advisor serving clients locally and across the country. Values Added Financial provides comprehensive financial planning and investment management to help clients organize, grow and protect their assets through life’s transitions. As a fee-only, fiduciary, and independent financial advisor, Zach Teutsch is never paid a commission of any kind, and has a legal obligation to provide unbiased and trustworthy financial advice.
Zach Teutsch founded Values Added Financial to help clients live more fulfilling lives by making wise financial, career, and other life decisions. Before he launched Values Added Financial, Zach developed the first national financial empowerment programs in the labor movement and reached several hundred thousand union members. After that, he joined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau where he was a subject matter expert on financial education and empowerment. Zach has taught investment and financial planning topics to groups all around the country and has served individual clients for 15 years. His writing has appeared in Vox, The Billfold, and Greater Greater Washington. He has taught at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, Brown Alumni Association, National Labor College, Congressional Hispanic Staff Association, DC Bar Association, Tzedek DC, Jews United for Justice, The DCJCC, 6th+I, the National Havurah Institute, and for dozens of unions and union locals.
Zach lives with his family in Petworth where he is the former chairperson of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. He is active in progressive politics and recently led Councilmember Janeese Lewis George’s successful run for office as a champion who puts people first. Zach loves parenting, playing ultimate frisbee, baking, and the joy/agony of life as a Philadelphia sports fan. He graduated from Brown University with honors and concentrations in Economic Sociology and Organizational Behavior.
Values Added Financial helps progressives build thoughtful, prosperous, impactful financial lives. By making smart financial decisions based on their values, clients can attain financial security, live lives they feel good about, and make the world better.
We focus on meeting the needs of people who want a long-term advisor to help them as their lives evolve over time. We are committed to feminism, economic equality, and other areas of justice and social change. If you happen to share these values or have other closely held ones, it is important to find someone who understands them and can help you apply them to these topics.
Fee-Only, Fiduciary, Independent: Three Important Criteria to Consider When Choosing a Financial Advisor.
Specialties
- Comprehensive Financial Planning
- Retirement Income Planning
- Investment Management
- College Education Planning
- Tax Planning
Ideal Clients
- Retirees and Near Retirees
- Growing Families
- Business Owners and Executives
- Sudden Money Situations
- Novice Investors
Working Together
- In-Office Meetings
- Virtual Meetings
- Clearly Defined Fees
- No Product Sales
- Complimentary Initial Consultation
Professional Designations & Affiliations
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Zach Teutsch is a Member of the Alliance of Comprehensive Planners (ACP)
Alliance of Comprehensive Planners (ACP) is the community of tax-focused financial planners that operate under the retainer model. Passionately dedicated to superb client service, ACP planners’ only source of income is client retainer fees – not commissions. With an ACP planner, you can be confident you’re getting experience, knowledge, research, and most importantly, advice that is tailored just for you.
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Zach Teutsch Has Received Training at the The Kinder Institute of Life Planning
The Kinder Institute trains and coaches financial advisors worldwide in a method we call financial Life Planning. This method is based on the premise that advisors should first discover a client’s most essential goals in life before formulating a financial plan, so a client’s finances fully support those goals.
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted on Barrons: "Growing a Healthy Practice"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted in InvestmentNews: "A socialist adviser helps far-left clients accumulate wealth while fighting for financial fairness"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted in Forbes: "How To Make The Most Out Of Your Charitable Giving"
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Zach Teutsch's Letter to the Editor is Featured in The Washington Post: "Opinion: I thank D.C. for raising my taxes"
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Zach Teutsch is a Member of The DC Financial LIteracy Collective LITERACY COLLECTIVE
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Impact Financial Planning for Progressives - The Career of Zach Teutsch is Featured on XYPN Radio
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Zach Teutsch is a Featured Guest on the Financial Advisor Success Podcast: "Deepening Client Relationships With A Political Niche To Find Shared Beliefs"
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Zach Teutsch and Values Added Financial are Featured in Petworth News
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted in the New York Times: "Investing for the Future in the United States of Agita"
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Zach Teutsch Contributes to Vox: "What would you do if you missed two paychecks?"
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Zach Teutsch Named to Kevin Mahoney's List: "THE 9 BEST FINANCIAL ADVISORS IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA TO CONSIDER AS OF FEBRUARY 2021"
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Zach Teutsch is Interviewed on The Billfold: "A Conversation About Power, Sex, and Money"
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Zach Teutsch is Interviewed on The Billfold: "The Great Merger: What You Need to Know Before You Cohabitate"
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Zach Teutsch is Interviewed on The Billfold: "A Conversation About Retirement; Or, Meghan Learns She Might Be Rich"
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Zach Teutsch Contributes to Greater Greater Washington
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Zach Teutsch Contributes a Guest Blog Post to Jews United For Justice
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Zach Teutsch is Featured on the Investment News Podcast: "Transitioning from the 60/40 mindset and an adviser for progressives"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted on Vox: "Terrible financial advice is going viral on TikTok"
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Zach Teutsch is Featured in Brown Alumni Magazine: "Investing in Change: A financial manager with a social conscience"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted on Recode: "How to avoid losing all your money on investing apps"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted on Vox: "Sean Spicer said Hitler didn’t gas his own people. Let me tell him about my ancestors."
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted on Vox: "6 secrets to getting a good deal on a house"
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Zach Teutsch is Quoted in Architectural Digest: "5 Dead-Easy Ways to Start Saving for a House"
Contact Zach Teutsch
Office Locations:
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By Appointment Only
Washington, DC 20001