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Eshares, Inc. dba Carta Inc.401(k)

ESHARES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Eshares, Inc. dba Carta Inc. reported $431,473 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,294 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 0.47% to 0.38%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 815th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,205th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,599 to 1,152 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$128,999,117
Participants with balances2,027
Active participants1,152
Employer contributions$4,946,716
Employee contributions$18,418,440
Employer contribution per active participant$4,294
Average account balance$63,640
Benefits paid to participants$15,604,119
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTANNER LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$129.0M · 2,027 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$100.5M · 2,220 accts · $5.5M emplr
2022$66.7M · 2,021 accts · $5.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$234,991
Investment management$196,482
Total administrative$431,473
The Eshares, Inc. dba Carta Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,294
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,294 per active participant
2023$4,559 per active participant
2022$3,306 per active participant

Eshares, Inc. dba Carta Inc.'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 · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Investment advisory (plan)$107,907
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$94,606

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$431,473 · 0.38%
2023$322,233 · 0.39%
2022$283,384 · 0.47%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 455639657 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.