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Chicago Horticultural Society403(b)

CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · GLENCOE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Chicago Horticultural Society reported $75 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,315 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 0.000% to 0.000%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is the 831st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 177th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 436 to 487 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$56,560,778
Participants with balances514
Active participants487
Employer contributions$640,338
Employee contributions$1,353,452
Employer contribution per active participant$1,315
Average account balance$110,040
Benefits paid to participants$2,561,916
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$56.6M · 514 accts · $640K emplr
2023$50.6M · 507 accts · $589K emplr
2022$44.6M · 485 accts · $512K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75
Total administrative$75
Employer contributions to the Chicago Horticultural Society plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,315
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,315 per active participant
2023$1,261 per active participant
2022$1,174 per active participant

Chicago Horticultural Society's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
TIAA · Contract administrator · Loan processing$75

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$75 · 0.00%
2023$225 · 0.00%
2022$25 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362225482 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.