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Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC401(k)

ASCEND WELLNESS HOLDINGS 401(K) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.97%

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

Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC reported $142,003 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.97% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $255 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 0.65% to 1.97%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,798th of 5,648), and 497th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $7.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,466 to 1,999 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,731,938
Participants with balances3,212
Active participants1,999
Employer contributions$509,731
Employee contributions$3,982,328
Employer contribution per active participant$255
Average account balance$2,719
Benefits paid to participants$2,254,888
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMGO CPA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.7M · 3,212 accts · $510K emplr
2023$5.7M · 2,443 accts
2022$3.0M · 2,214 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$142,003
Total administrative$142,003
The Ascend Wellness Holdings, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$255
Median for plans this size$1,313

Ascend Wellness Holdings, 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.

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Service providers · 20241
PCS RETIREMENT LLC · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$142,003

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024PCS Retirement
2023PCS Retirement

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Administrative cost history3
2024$142,003 · 1.97%
2023$71,392 · 1.64%
2022$13,223 · 0.65%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 830602006 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.