Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc.403(b)

BFAIR 403(B) PLAN · NORTH ADAMS, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.82%

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

Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc. reported $25,959 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.82% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $642 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 0.93% to 0.82%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,472nd of 2,726), and 4,292nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,192,567
Participants with balances171
Active participants177
Employer contributions$113,719
Employee contributions$207,598
Employer contribution per active participant$642
Average account balance$18,670
Benefits paid to participants$689,052
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLOMBARDI & KEEGAN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.2M · 171 accts · $114K emplr
2023$3.2M · 170 accts · $115K emplr
2022$2.8M · 164 accts · $112K emplr
Employer contributions to the Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$642
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$642 per active participant
2023$597 per active participant
2022$591 per active participant

Berkshire Family and Individual Resources, Inc.'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.

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
LPL FINANCIAL, LLC$15,475
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERV$10,934

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$25,959 · 0.82%
2023$30,458 · 1.03%
2022$25,188 · 0.93%
Same employer
Similar plansRetail Trade · Massachusetts
Color, Inc. MA$3.6M · 0.23%
N.F. Sheldon Inc. MA$3.2M · 0.49%
Vendetti Motors, Inc. MA$3.1M · 0.90%
Patricks Motor Mart, Inc. MA$3.1M · 0.93%
Insa, Inc. MA$2.5M · 0.88%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 043246975 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.