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C. E. NIEHOFF & CO. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · EVANSTON, IL · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
C.E. Niehoff & Co. reported $172,430 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,740 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 0.14% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 643rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,190th of 13,661 in manufacturing. active participation has grown from 322 to 365 since 2022.
C.E. Niehoff & Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left C.E. Niehoff & Co. 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).
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 202346619 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.