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Dick Blick Holdings, Inc.401(k)

DICK BLICK PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HIGHLAND PARK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Dick Blick Holdings, Inc. reported $143,273 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,545 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 0.28% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 558th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 370th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$102,114,411
Participants with balances2,169
Active participants1,683
Employer contributions$4,283,240
Employee contributions$5,166,016
Employer contribution per active participant$2,545
Average account balance$47,079
Benefits paid to participants$7,185,070
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWARADY DAVIS LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$102.1M · 2,169 accts · $4.3M emplr
2023$88.5M · 2,215 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$73.7M · 2,316 accts · $4.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$143,273
Total administrative$143,273
The Dick Blick Holdings, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,545
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,545 per active participant
2023$3,000 per active participant
2022$2,784 per active participant

Dick Blick Holdings, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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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$143,549

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$143,273 · 0.15%
2023$173,968 · 0.21%
2022$219,142 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364124707 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.