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Balance Autism403(b)

BALANCE AUTISM RETIREMENT PLAN · ALTOONA, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.53%

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

Balance Autism reported $57,499 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.53% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,431 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 fell from 0.66% to 0.53%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (550th of 878), and the 5,299th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.42 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 407 to 462 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,474,486
Participants with balances495
Active participants462
Employer contributions$661,334
Employee contributions$939,077
Employer contribution per active participant$1,431
Average account balance$23,181
Benefits paid to participants$1,504,065
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.5M · 495 accts · $661K emplr
2023$10.1M · 456 accts · $659K emplr
2022$8.5M · 436 accts · $606K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$57,499
Total administrative$57,499
Employer contributions to the Balance Autism plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,431
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,431 per active participant
2023$1,544 per active participant
2022$1,490 per active participant

Balance Autism's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$57,498
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$57,499 · 0.53%
2023$59,111 · 0.63%
2022$59,294 · 0.66%
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On With Life, Inc. IA$11.2M · 0.09%
New Hope Village IA$10.8M · 0.54%
Trivium Life Services IA$10.0M · 0.85%
Progress Industries IA$10.0M · 0.51%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421377412 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.