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Board of Trustees of Ibew Local 688 Retirement FundProfit-sharing plan

IBEW LOCAL 688 RETIREMENT FUND · MANSFIELD, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.58%

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

Board of Trustees of Ibew Local 688 Retirement Fund reported $102,478 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,547 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 0.70% to 0.58%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 1,401st-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 2,137th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,606,616
Participants with balances372
Active participants200
Employer contributions$1,109,475
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$5,547
Average account balance$50,018
Benefits paid to participants$809,693
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDGPERRY, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.6M · 372 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$16.8M · 382 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$14.5M · 351 accts · $906K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,611
Investment management$30,204
Audit (IQPA)$14,490
Trustee / custodial$1,716
Total administrative$102,478
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees of Ibew Local 688 Retirement Fund plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,547
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,547 per active participant
2023$5,434 per active participant
2022$4,950 per active participant

Board of Trustees of Ibew Local 688 Retirement Fund's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20248
I.B.E.W. 688 FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDS · Recordkeeping$24,008
DGPERRY, PLLC · Accounting / audit$14,490
NATIONAL REAL ESTATE ADVISORS LLC · Custodial$14,409
MARINER WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$10,795
LIBERTY INSURANCE AGENCY · Insurance broker$10,736
BENESYS INC · Plan administrator$10,603
MACALA & PIATT LLC · Legal$6,212
FIFTH THIRD · Custodial (securities)$5,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024I.B.E.W. 688 FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDS
2023I.B.E.W. 688 FRINGE BENEFIT FUNDS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$102,478 · 0.58%
2023$97,891 · 0.63%
2022$99,593 · 0.70%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341536966 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.