Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Highlights for Children, Inc.401(k)

HIGHLIGHTS FAMILY OF COMPANIES RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Highlights for Children, Inc. reported $88,646 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,963 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 0.16% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 473rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 390th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$73,346,479
Participants with balances661
Active participants411
Employer contributions$1,628,802
Employee contributions$4,134,809
Employer contribution per active participant$3,963
Average account balance$110,963
Benefits paid to participants$12,138,831
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$73.3M · 661 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$69.2M · 678 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$65.7M · 672 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,396
Audit (IQPA)$16,250
Total administrative$88,646
The Highlights for Children, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,963
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,963 per active participant
2023$3,957 per active participant
2022$3,701 per active participant

Highlights for Children, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20244
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$30,000
CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT · Accounting / audit$16,250
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL BANKING OPER · Investment advisory (plan)$10,000

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$88,646 · 0.12%
2023$96,553 · 0.14%
2022$115,434 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 314358280 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.