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Effingham Equity401(k)

EFFINGHAM EQUITY SAVINGS PLAN & TRUST · EFFINGHAM, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Effingham Equity reported $31,259 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,872 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 0.05% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 656th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 517th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 556 to 617 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$80,046,173
Participants with balances777
Active participants617
Employer contributions$2,388,764
Employee contributions$3,012,809
Employer contribution per active participant$3,872
Average account balance$103,020
Benefits paid to participants$8,744,857
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$80.0M · 777 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$70.3M · 733 accts · $2.4M emplr
2022$56.1M · 718 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,913
Investment management$25,346
Total administrative$31,259
The Effingham Equity 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,872
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,872 per active participant
2023$4,202 per active participant
2022$3,991 per active participant

Effingham Equity's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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)$25,346
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$5,913

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$31,259 · 0.04%
2023$35,564 · 0.06%
2022$32,354 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370259470 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.