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Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc.401(k)

DANIELS SHARPSMART, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.22%

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

Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. reported $153,622 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.22% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,038 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 1.44% to 1.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,002nd of 3,702), and the 767th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 703 to 922 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,848,366
Participants with balances1,002
Active participants922
Employer contributions$957,114
Employee contributions$2,802,458
Employer contribution per active participant$1,038
Average account balance$14,819
Benefits paid to participants$1,284,529
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.8M · 1,002 accts · $957K emplr
2023$10.3M · 863 accts · $589K emplr
2022$6.7M · 739 accts · $187K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$118,988
Investment management$34,634
Total administrative$153,622
The Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,038
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,038 per active participant
2023$759 per active participant
2022$266 per active participant

Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc.'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 · 20244
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,731
WINTRUST INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,177
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$3,726

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$153,622 · 1.22%
2023$101,671 · 1.19%
2022$100,579 · 1.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841617227 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.