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Bethany Christian Services, Inc.403(b)

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES TAX SHELTERED SAVINGS RETIREMENT PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

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

Bethany Christian Services, Inc. reported $281,285 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,562 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 0.41% to 0.46%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 426th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 329th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$64,570,294
Participants with balances2,756
Active participants1,812
Employer contributions$2,830,969
Employee contributions$5,321,896
Employer contribution per active participant$1,562
Average account balance$23,429
Benefits paid to participants$9,205,037
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Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$64.6M · 2,756 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$58.1M · 2,520 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$48.6M · 2,148 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$265,261
Investment management$14,250
Total administrative$281,285
Employer contributions to the Bethany Christian Services, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,562
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,562 per active participant
2023$1,346 per active participant
2022$1,308 per active participant

Bethany Christian Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$265,261
PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (plan)$14,250
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$1,774

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower, PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC
2023Empower, Raymond James

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bethany Christian Services, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$281,285 · 0.46%
2023$232,500 · 0.44%
2022$210,582 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381405282 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.