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Hero Digital, LLC401(k)

HERO DIGITAL, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Hero Digital, LLC reported $118,337 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,315 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 0.51% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,195th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,715th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $4.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 306 to 593 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,683,454
Participants with balances461
Active participants593
Employer contributions$779,836
Employee contributions$3,403,014
Employer contribution per active participant$1,315
Average account balance$75,235
Benefits paid to participants$4,002,896
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.7M · 461 accts · $780K emplr
2023$22.9M · 399 accts · $619K emplr
2022$19.5M · 449 accts · $974K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,831
Investment management$54,032
Total administrative$118,337
The Hero Digital, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,315
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,315 per active participant
2023$2,623 per active participant
2022$3,184 per active participant

Hero Digital, LLC'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.

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
FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$59,397
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$49,831
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$9,109

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$118,337 · 0.41%
2023$102,932 · 0.49%
2022$97,634 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 464821970 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.