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Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC401(k)

CLEVELAND BROWNS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BEREA, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC reported $54,125 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $11,387 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 fell from 0.10% to 0.09%. 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 511th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 152nd of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, the employer put in $1.13 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 264 to 314 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$66,799,237
Participants with balances468
Active participants314
Employer contributions$3,575,445
Employee contributions$3,165,967
Employer contribution per active participant$11,387
Average account balance$142,733
Benefits paid to participants$6,118,156
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$66.8M · 468 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$57.8M · 444 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$49.2M · 442 accts · $2.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,125
Total administrative$54,125
The Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,387
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$11,387 per active participant
2023$11,123 per active participant
2022$10,476 per active participant

Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$25,215

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$54,125 · 0.09%
2023$44,928 · 0.08%
2022$51,634 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341875654 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.