Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Board of Trustees, Southwest Carpenters Annuity FundProfit-sharing plan

SOUTHWEST CARPENTERS ANNUITY FUND · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.34%

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

Board of Trustees, Southwest Carpenters Annuity Fund reported $3,156,317 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,954 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 0.34%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 122nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 52nd of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 52,075 to 91,004 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,134,143,647
Participants with balances84,697
Active participants91,004
Employer contributions$177,824,389
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,954
Average account balance$13,391
Benefits paid to participants$43,575,130
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 84,697 accts · $177.8M emplr
2023$706.7M · 62,085 accts · $120.4M emplr
2022$468.0M · 55,201 accts · $93.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,661,173
Investment management$125,000
Audit (IQPA)$14,394
Total administrative$3,156,317
Employer contributions to the Board of Trustees, Southwest Carpenters Annuity Fund plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,954
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,954 per active participant
2023$2,011 per active participant
2022$1,786 per active participant

Board of Trustees, Southwest Carpenters Annuity Fund's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 202411
EMPOWER · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$400,316
CARPENTERS SERVICES ADMIN. CORP. · Contract administrator$3,044,994
BROWNSTEIN, HYATT, FARBER, SCHRECK · Legal$145,175
MEKETA INVESTMENT GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$125,000
SHANLEY APC · Legal$117,122
UNION PRESS PRINTING$70,323
CALIBRE CPA GROUP, PLLC · Accounting / audit$26,265
WPAS INC · Contract administrator · Plan administrator$21,764
SEGAL ADVISORS INC · Other services$14,750
ADVISED ASSETS GROUP, LLC · Investment management$11,152
LEXISNEXIS · Other services$6,579

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
2023Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Board of Trustees, Southwest Carpenters Annuity Fund 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$3,156,317 · 0.34%
2023$4,069,641 · 0.69%
2022$3,000,748 · 0.70%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 880135694 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.