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Hopeful Journeys Educational Center, Inc401(k)

HOPEFUL JOURNEYS EDUCATIONAL CENTER, INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BEVERLY, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.80%

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

Hopeful Journeys Educational Center, Inc reported $44,682 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.80% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,809 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 0.97% to 0.80%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,223rd of 2,726), and 2,411th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,149,096
Participants with balances119
Active participants132
Employer contributions$370,786
Employee contributions$394,925
Employer contribution per active participant$2,809
Average account balance$51,673
Benefits paid to participants$339,922
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLEONARD, MULHERIN & GREENE, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 119 accts · $371K emplr
2023$5.0M · 123 accts · $351K emplr
2022$3.9M · 118 accts · $311K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,310
Investment management$24,372
Total administrative$44,682
The Hopeful Journeys Educational Center, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,809
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,809 per active participant
2023$2,656 per active participant
2022$2,251 per active participant

Hopeful Journeys Educational Center, Inc'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 · 20245
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE CO · Recordkeeping$792
AFFINITY INVESTMENT GROUP LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$12,186
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES · Investment advisory (participants)$12,186
ASSURED PARTNERS CAPITAL, INC. · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$44,682 · 0.80%
2023$39,263 · 0.88%
2022$32,931 · 0.97%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800457637 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.