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Giant Steps Illinois, Inc.401(k)

GIANT STEPS ILLINOIS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LISLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.58%

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

Giant Steps Illinois, Inc. reported $48,602 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $422 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 rose from 1.45% to 1.58%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (3,178th of 3,702), and 2,677th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $4.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,375,785
Participants with balances119
Active participants202
Employer contributions$85,232
Employee contributions$397,749
Employer contribution per active participant$422
Average account balance$28,368
Benefits paid to participants$337,920
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMATHIESON, MOYSKI, AUSTIN & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.4M · 119 accts · $85K emplr
2023$2.8M · 154 accts · $90K emplr
2022$2.2M · 159 accts · $79K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,727
Investment management$13,875
Total administrative$48,602
The Giant Steps Illinois, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$422
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$422 per active participant
2023$431 per active participant
2022$402 per active participant

Giant Steps Illinois, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$10,880
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,994

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$48,602 · 1.58%
2023$34,920 · 1.41%
2022$34,913 · 1.45%
Same employer
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Gads Hill Center IL$3.3M · 0.92%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364111286 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.