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Citizens Equity First Credit Union401(k)

CEFCU DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AND TRUST · PEORIA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Citizens Equity First Credit Union reported $33,969 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,265 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 0.01% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 418th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 752nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$145,064,132
Participants with balances1,120
Active participants987
Employer contributions$1,248,513
Employee contributions$3,954,359
Employer contribution per active participant$1,265
Average account balance$129,522
Benefits paid to participants$8,065,763
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$145.1M · 1,120 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$124.6M · 1,097 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$102.7M · 1,067 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,200
Investment management$12,769
Total administrative$33,969
The Citizens Equity First Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,265
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,265 per active participant
2023$1,223 per active participant
2022$2,829 per active participant

Citizens Equity First Credit Union'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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$12,770

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$33,969 · 0.03%
2023$40,095 · 0.04%
2022$8,170 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 376028123 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.