Justin D Grossinger
Financial Advisor|CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, RICP®
Our core mission is to deliver financial security for every client and grant the confidence to live life differently.
Personal
Justin founded his financial planning practice in the Spring of 2013. For Justin, it all starts with understanding your story, seeing the plan through your lens, & helping to create the world you strive for. Justin is a true small towner, born & raised as a Minnesotan. He lives in the South West Metro and is an avid outdoorsman with a passion for everything in the great outdoors. He works with clients of all upbringings, occupations, & passions.
He appreciates broadening his understanding of client behavior & overall knowledge of holistic financial planning. Alongside his passion for planning he is an enthusiastic photographer; ask him to see a few of the shots & we're sure he'll share! He and his wife, Kara, enjoy many of the same passions but he would echo that Kara has the creativity gene. He always strives to leave his community in a better place & gives back as best he can with the organizations that are important to him and his clients.
In 2024, Justin was voted as the Jack G Brown award winner that was voted on by his peers. It is earned not by production or performance but by being everything that Northwestern Mutual Minneapolis wishes to represent for our clientele & community... deep relationships, emotional impact, & inspiration to be the greatest we can be.
Kara is his everything and he'll probably share a story or two with you from their many adventures!
Professional
CHARTERED LIFE UNDERWRITER®
The Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) is the world's most respected designation of insurance expertise, helping you gain a significant advantage in a competitive market. This prestigious course of study helps advance your career by providing in-depth knowledge on the insurance needs of clients.
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional certification
These marks identify those individuals who have met the rigorous experience and ethical requirements, have successfully completed financial planning coursework and have passed the CFP Certification Examination covering the following areas: the financial planning process, risk management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and employee benefits, and estate planning.
CHARTERED FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
Is the advanced financial planning designation awarded by The American College of Financial Services. Charter holders use the designation (ChFC®) on their resumes and are qualified to provide comprehensive advanced financial planning for individuals, professionals, and small business owners. The authority to use the (ChFC®) mark is granted by the Certification Committee of the Board of Trustees of The American College, and is contingent on adherence to a set of ethical guidelines.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
ALEX'S LEMONDADE STAND FOUNDATION FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.

BEADS OF COURAGE
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION
At Northwestern Mutual – Minneapolis, we are committed to leaving our mark on childhood cancer and supporting our community and families who are fighting the fight. We give back and get involved, using our gift of time, talents, and treasure.

PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION
It is hard to imagine what life is like to have a child going through cancer; cancer affects the whole family. That's why our programs are so important to help families in need. When cancer enters life, the simple, everyday things aren’t so simple anymore. Feed My Starving Children tackles world hunger by sending volunteer-packed, nutritious meals to nearly 70 countries each year, where they're used to operate orphanages, schools, clinics and other building blocks of healthy communities in areas of the world where disaster, poverty, disease, and other circumstances prevent regular access to nutritious food. They change lives.

MASONIC FOOD DONATION
Thank you to Masonic Food Donation!

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: DULUTH ROD & GUN
This organization creates opportunities for full engagement of the academic community at UMD to give back to the environment. The student body and alumni work to keep the environment clean, the waters healthy, and continue to create positive experiences for outdoorsy and non-outdoorsy folks alike. Continued sponsorship of the Lester River Adopt-a-River Program with the state of Minnesota.

RADIOTHON | MASONIC - M HEALTH - GILLETTE CHILDRENS
We helped raise over $1M for Childhood Cancer research! Taking calls and raising money! :)
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Tax-Efficient Strategies
Long-Term Care Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
