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Birch Family Services, Inc.401(k)

BIRCH FAMILY SERVICES RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Birch Family Services, Inc. reported $162,413 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,159 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 0.88% to 0.64%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 2,109th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,381st of 3,091 in educational services. active participation has shrunk from 810 to 652 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,694,459
Participants with balances734
Active participants652
Employer contributions$755,528
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,159
Average account balance$36,368
Benefits paid to participants$836,334
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.7M · 734 accts · $756K emplr
2023$24.1M · 683 accts · $698K emplr
2022$22.0M · 691 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,547
Investment management$22,970
Audit (IQPA)$29,820
Total administrative$162,413
The Birch Family Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,159
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,159 per active participant
2023$864 per active participant
2022$1,243 per active participant

Birch Family Services, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20244
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$102,547
BAKER TILLY VIRCHOW KRAUSE · Accounting / audit$29,820
USI ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$22,970
SMITH & DOWNEY · Legal$7,076

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$162,413 · 0.64%
2023$140,197 · 0.61%
2022$187,197 · 0.88%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 112503193 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.