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Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine403(b)

GOOD SHEPHERD FOOD BANK 403(B) PLAN · AUBURN, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine reported $37,205 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,643 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maine (253rd of 354), and 6,929th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,868,042
Participants with balances127
Active participants104
Employer contributions$378,875
Employee contributions$557,158
Employer contribution per active participant$3,643
Average account balance$54,079
Benefits paid to participants$574,791
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,205
Total administrative$37,205
Employer contributions to the Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,643
Median for plans this size$1,313

Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20243
VALMARK ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$22,455
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS$14,842
DOWNEAST PENSION SERVICES, INC. · Contract administrator$2,704

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$37,205 · 0.61%
Same employer
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222986809 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.