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Alliance for Audited Media401(k)

ALLIANCE FOR AUDITED MEDIA EMPLOYEES VOLUNTARY SAVINGS PLAN · LISLE, IL · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.24%

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

Alliance for Audited Media reported $102,644 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,622 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 1,023rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 498th of 3,341 in other services. In 2025, employees put in $3.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 71 to 57 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,231,334
Participants with balances134
Active participants57
Employer contributions$263,440
Employee contributions$793,392
Employer contribution per active participant$4,622
Average account balance$322,622
Benefits paid to participants$5,225,554
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$43.2M · 134 accts · $263K emplr
2024$41.7M · 142 accts · $677K emplr
2023$39.5M · 157 accts · $370K emplr
2022$34.5M · 149 accts · $315K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,212
Investment management$64,432
Total administrative$102,644
The Alliance for Audited Media 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,622
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$4,622 per active participant
2024$9,668 per active participant
2023$4,401 per active participant
2022$4,440 per active participant

Alliance for Audited Media's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$51,778
MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTING SERVI · Investment management$50,866

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Charles Schwab
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history4
2025$102,644 · 0.24%
2024$104,125 · 0.26%
2023$90,230 · 0.24%
2022$104,925 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 360756300 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.