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Ascend Federal Credit Union401(k)

ASCEND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CASH OR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN · TULLAHOMA, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Ascend Federal Credit Union reported $42,703 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,069 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 0.089%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 281st-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 1,632nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$51,361,075
Participants with balances736
Active participants637
Employer contributions$1,955,136
Employee contributions$3,197,541
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Average account balance$69,784
Benefits paid to participants$3,644,324
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$51.4M · 736 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$44.2M · 713 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$37.4M · 712 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,323
Investment management$36,380
Total administrative$42,703
The Ascend Federal Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,069
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,069 per active participant
2023$2,751 per active participant
2022$2,601 per active participant

Ascend Federal Credit Union's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20242
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$36,380
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$6,323

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$42,703 · 0.09%
2023$38,708 · 0.09%
2022$37,161 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620527850 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.