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Fermi Research Alliance, LLCMoney purchase plan

RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC · BATAVIA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Fermi Research Alliance, LLC reported $71,809 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $12,451 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 0.011% to 0.009%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 109th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 224th of 11,654 in professional & technical services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$795,953,748
Participants with balances3,494
Active participants1,724
Employer contributions$21,465,291
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$12,451
Average account balance$227,806
Benefits paid to participants$68,814,608
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$796.0M · 3,494 accts · $21.5M emplr
2023$750.9M · 4,067 accts · $20.4M emplr
2022$669.3M · 4,105 accts · $18.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,809
Total administrative$71,809
Employer contributions to the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,451
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$12,451 per active participant
2023$11,449 per active participant
2022$11,004 per active participant

Fermi Research Alliance, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20242
CREF-TIAA-INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT,LLC · Investment managementindirect comp

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$71,809 · 0.01%
2023$74,834 · 0.01%
2022$77,251 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY PLAN403(b)
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLCMoney purchase plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 571239010 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.