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First Foundation Inc.401(k)

FIRST FOUNDATION INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · IRVINE, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.05%

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

First Foundation Inc. reported $46,109 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,628 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,054th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,049th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.91 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 688 to 574 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$94,261,759
Participants with balances752
Active participants574
Employer contributions$2,082,255
Employee contributions$6,055,398
Employer contribution per active participant$3,628
Average account balance$125,348
Benefits paid to participants$13,048,689
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNGP & ASSOCIATES
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$94.3M · 752 accts · $2.1M emplr
2024$84.6M · 751 accts · $2.0M emplr
2023$77.2M · 764 accts · $2.4M emplr
2022$68.4M · 817 accts · $2.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,332
Investment management$4,777
Total administrative$46,109
The First Foundation Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,628
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$3,628 per active participant
2024$3,484 per active participant
2023$4,293 per active participant
2022$4,078 per active participant

First Foundation Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$41,422

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$46,109 · 0.05%
2024$64,499 · 0.08%
2023$42,444 · 0.06%
2022$42,204 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208639702 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.