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Element 78 Partners, LLC401(k)

E78 PARTNERS LLC 401(K) PLAN · OAK BROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

Element 78 Partners, LLC reported $142,702 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,787 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 0.69% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,251st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,897th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 243 to 316 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,674,304
Participants with balances424
Active participants316
Employer contributions$1,512,591
Employee contributions$3,295,135
Employer contribution per active participant$4,787
Average account balance$77,062
Benefits paid to participants$4,398,195
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.7M · 424 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$18.7M · 335 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$12.3M · 243 accts · $933K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,398
Investment management$121,304
Audit (IQPA)$9,000
Total administrative$142,702
The Element 78 Partners, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,787
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,787 per active participant
2023$4,518 per active participant
2022$3,840 per active participant

Element 78 Partners, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$12,398
RETIREMENT PLAN FIDUCIARIES, LLC · Plan administrator · Investment management$121,304
PEGGY S. EDGE, CPA, LLC · Accounting / audit$9,000

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023RETIREMENT HORIZONS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Element 78 Partners, LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$142,702 · 0.56%
2023$81,921 · 0.53%
2022$57,045 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 830824413 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.