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Hope Network403(b)

HOPE NETWORK EMPLOYEE 403(B) PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Hope Network reported $189,609 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $321 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 0.54% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 482nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 283rd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $3.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,582,826
Participants with balances3,129
Active participants2,625
Employer contributions$843,109
Employee contributions$3,218,866
Employer contribution per active participant$321
Average account balance$17,444
Benefits paid to participants$5,283,302
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.6M · 3,129 accts · $843K emplr
2023$49.1M · 2,883 accts · $665K emplr
2022$41.9M · 2,867 accts · $668K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$173,344
Investment management$16,265
Total administrative$189,609
Employer contributions to the Hope Network plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$321
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$321 per active participant
2023$372 per active participant
2022$268 per active participant

Hope Network's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20242
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$186,802
ENVESTNET RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$16,265

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$189,609 · 0.37%
2023$180,407 · 0.40%
2022$250,640 · 0.54%
Same employer
Similar plansAdministrative & Support Services · Michigan
Costaff Services, LLC MI$65.5M · 0.71%
Axios Incorporated MI$63.4M · 0.42%
Morley Companies, Inc. MI$46.8M · 0.29%
Bio-Serv Corporation MI$35.5M · 0.27%
Exhibit Works, Inc. MI$31.9M · 0.41%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 386108186 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.