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Alder Partners, LLC401(k)

ALDER PARTNERS 401K PLAN · MIDDLETON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.33%

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

Alder Partners, LLC reported $48,044 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.33% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $444 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 rose from 1.65% to 2.33%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,544th of 2,726), and 1,119th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $2.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,376,146
Participants with balances417
Active participants417
Employer contributions$185,317
Employee contributions$411,568
Employer contribution per active participant$444
Average account balance$5,698
Benefits paid to participants$179,958
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$2.4M · 417 accts · $185K emplr
2023$1.7M · 647 accts · $185K emplr
2022$983K · 505 accts · $142K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,131
Investment management$9,969
Total administrative$48,044
The Alder Partners, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$444
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$444 per active participant
2023$565 per active participant
2022$357 per active participant

Alder Partners, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20244
ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$29,858
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INS. CO · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$5,273
PF INDEPENDENT FRANCHISEE COUNCIL · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$2,944
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$9,969

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES, PF INDEPENDENT FRANCHISEE COUNCIL, Transamerica
2023ADMIN. GROUP, LLC DBA TAG RESOURCES, ADP, Transamerica

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Alder Partners, LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$48,044 · 2.33%
2023$28,623 · 2.09%
2022$16,831 · 1.65%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272095023 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.