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Glowforge, Inc.401(k)

GLOWFORGE 401(K) PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Glowforge, Inc. reported $4,605 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,764 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 0.09% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Washington (996th of 1,714), and 8,172nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $8.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 146 to 57 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,564,832
Participants with balances216
Active participants57
Employer contributions$100,537
Employee contributions$876,891
Employer contribution per active participant$1,764
Average account balance$53,541
Benefits paid to participants$1,831,811
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.6M · 216 accts · $101K emplr
2023$10.7M · 257 accts · $233K emplr
2022$7.7M · 239 accts · $94K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,605
Total administrative$4,605
The Glowforge, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,764
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,764 per active participant
2023$1,994 per active participant
2022$641 per active participant

Glowforge, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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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Service providers · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$4,605

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$4,605 · 0.04%
2023$3,585 · 0.04%
2022$6,345 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 472044540 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.