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Challenge Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.401(k)

CHALLENGE TOOL & MANUFACTURING, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW HAVEN, IN · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.03%

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

Challenge Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. reported $2,130 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,548 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Indiana (981st of 1,562), and 9,594th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,171,639
Participants with balances148
Active participants95
Employer contributions$337,061
Employee contributions$417,679
Employer contribution per active participant$3,548
Average account balance$55,214
Benefits paid to participants$688,442
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBADEN GAGE & SCHROEDER, LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$8.2M · 148 accts · $337K emplr
The Challenge Tool & Manufacturing, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,548
Median for plans this size$1,308

Challenge Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2024Not separately reported
2023$2,130 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351310627 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.