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Chroma Color Corporation401(k)

CHROMA COLOR CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · MCHENRY, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Chroma Color Corporation reported $68,383 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,420 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.365%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,724th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 6,071st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,298,750
Participants with balances418
Active participants374
Employer contributions$531,237
Employee contributions$1,500,819
Employer contribution per active participant$1,420
Average account balance$46,169
Benefits paid to participants$3,345,518
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERNARD ROBINSON & COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.3M · 418 accts · $531K emplr
2023$18.2M · 324 accts · $412K emplr
2022$16.9M · 356 accts · $556K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,889
Investment management$37,494
Total administrative$68,383
The Chroma Color Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,420
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,420 per active participant
2023$1,194 per active participant
2022$1,370 per active participant

Chroma Color Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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 · 20242
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,494
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$30,889

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$68,383 · 0.36%
2023$74,313 · 0.42%
2022$73,943 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560895776 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.