Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Gardner Business Media, Inc.401(k)

GARDNER BUSINESS MEDIA, INC. EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN. · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Gardner Business Media, Inc. reported $62,085 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 has held roughly steady near 0.152%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 739th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 591st of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$42,708,265
Participants with balances186
Active participants121
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,144,661
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$229,614
Benefits paid to participants$2,772,384
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSHRIVER COMPANY PSC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$42.7M · 186 accts
2023$39.1M · 187 accts
2022$34.3M · 220 accts · $442K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$336
Investment management$61,749
Total administrative$62,085
The Gardner Business Media, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Gardner Business Media, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$336

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$62,085 · 0.15%
2023$54,344 · 0.15%
2022$59,663 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310291590 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.