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American Greetings Corporation401(k)

AMERICAN GREETINGS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

American Greetings Corporation reported $459,953 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,831 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.044%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 53rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 48th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,076,917,522
Participants with balances4,726
Active participants2,731
Employer contributions$10,463,155
Employee contributions$16,627,669
Employer contribution per active participant$3,831
Average account balance$227,871
Benefits paid to participants$108,960,989
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 4,726 accts · $10.5M emplr
2023$1.0B · 4,670 accts · $9.7M emplr
2022$932.6M · 4,803 accts · $10.3M emplr
The American Greetings Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,831
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,831 per active participant
2023$3,817 per active participant
2022$3,980 per active participant

American Greetings Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 · 20245
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$306,500
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$64,000
CREATIVE PLANNING · Investment advisory (plan)$52,500
MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP · Legal$30,694
MESIROW FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$17,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$459,953 · 0.04%
2023$441,870 · 0.05%
2022$438,650 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340065325 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.