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Advocates, Inc.401(k)

ADVOCATES, INC, 401(K) PLAN · FRAMINGHAM, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Advocates, Inc. reported $18,272 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.06% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 701st-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,840th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. active participation has grown from 1,702 to 2,478 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$51,083,746
Participants with balances1,121
Active participants2,478
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$4,236,860
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$45,570
Benefits paid to participants$5,725,570
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMAYER HOFFMANN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$51.1M · 1,121 accts
2023$44.0M · 903 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$36.2M · 813 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$18,272
Total administrative$18,272
The Advocates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416
2023$703 per active participant
2022$679 per active participant

Advocates, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20243
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INC DBA · Investment advisory (plan)$17,670
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$602

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$18,272 · 0.04%
2023$4,912 · 0.01%
2022$20,651 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer2
ADVOCATES, INC, 401(K) PLAN401(k)
ADVOCATES, INC. 403(B) PLAN403(b)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237451423 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.