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Ascendant Program Services LLC401(k)

ASCENDANT PROGRAM SERVICES LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHEVY CHASE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Ascendant Program Services LLC reported $6,138 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,427 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,163rd of 1,671), and 9,069th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,892,718
Participants with balances137
Active participants112
Employer contributions$383,794
Employee contributions$873,114
Employer contribution per active participant$3,427
Average account balance$50,312
Benefits paid to participants$446,224
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,138
Total administrative$6,138
The Ascendant Program Services LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,427
Median for plans this size$1,313

Ascendant Program Services LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$6,138

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$6,138 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272788011 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.