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Active Interest Media Holdco,401(k)

ACTIVE INTEREST MEDIA 401(K) PLAN · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.58%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Active Interest Media Holdco, reported $88,293 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,167 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.64% to 0.58%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 438th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and 1,111th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 176 to 214 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,413,771
Participants with balances271
Active participants214
Employer contributions$463,738
Employee contributions$1,130,745
Employer contribution per active participant$2,167
Average account balance$64,257
Benefits paid to participants$1,262,095
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLTHOUSE CARLIN AND VAN TRIGT LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.4M · 271 accts · $464K emplr
2023$12.8M · 225 accts · $321K emplr
2022$11.6M · 239 accts · $347K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,491
Investment management$40,302
Audit (IQPA)$14,500
Total administrative$88,293
The Active Interest Media Holdco, 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,167
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,167 per active participant
2023$1,984 per active participant
2022$1,970 per active participant

Active Interest Media Holdco,'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$39,385
HOLTHOUSE CARLIN & VAN TRIGT LLP · Accounting / audit$14,500
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$917

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$88,293 · 0.58%
2023$63,667 · 0.52%
2022$85,178 · 0.64%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 843850546 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.