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Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation401(k)

CHESAPEAKE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION INC. 401(K) PLAN · LAUREL, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.36%

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

Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation reported $25,735 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,091 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 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,575th of 1,671), and 2,935th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.05 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,307,639
Participants with balances109
Active participants92
Employer contributions$192,339
Employee contributions$183,063
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Average account balance$11,997
Benefits paid to participants$38,844
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJANEE MEGGETT
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,735
Total administrative$25,735
The Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Median for plans this size$1,313

Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping$25,735

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$25,735 · 2.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 830356333 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.