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Cornell Forge Company401(k)

CORNELL FORGE COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Cornell Forge Company reported $71,669 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,043 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 0.39% to 0.43%. 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 1,843rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 6,501st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $7.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,321,330
Participants with balances105
Active participants82
Employer contributions$85,525
Employee contributions$598,443
Employer contribution per active participant$1,043
Average account balance$164,965
Benefits paid to participants$1,050,123
Plan auditQualified audit opinion
AuditorPBG FINANCIAL SERVICES, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.3M · 105 accts · $86K emplr
2023$15.8M · 109 accts · $441K emplr
2022$14.5M · 111 accts · $733K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,669
Total administrative$71,669
The Cornell Forge Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,043
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,043 per active participant
2023$5,014 per active participant
2022$8,058 per active participant

Cornell Forge Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$71,669
CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC · Other servicesindirect comp

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$71,669 · 0.43%
2023$59,642 · 0.39%
2022$59,164 · 0.39%
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Lake Cable, LLC IL$17.4M · 0.14%
Eakas Corporation IL$17.2M · 0.13%
Dudek & Bock Spring Mfg IL$17.1M · 0.10%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 360954330 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.