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Ibew Lu # 654 Pension Fund TrusteesMoney purchase plan

I.B.E.W. LOCAL UNION # 654 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN · MOUNT LAUREL, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Ibew Lu # 654 Pension Fund Trustees reported $217,955 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $21,501 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 0.21% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 269th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 429th of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$156,916,998
Participants with balances614
Active participants401
Employer contributions$8,622,063
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$21,501
Average account balance$255,565
Benefits paid to participants$7,209,901
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$156.9M · 614 accts · $8.6M emplr
2023$138.6M · 619 accts · $8.5M emplr
2022$117.1M · 630 accts · $7.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,024
Investment management$26,000
Audit (IQPA)$17,500
Trustee / custodial$100,042
Total administrative$217,955
Employer contributions to the Ibew Lu # 654 Pension Fund Trustees plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$21,501
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$21,501 per active participant
2023$18,937 per active participant
2022$17,169 per active participant

Ibew Lu # 654 Pension Fund Trustees's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20244
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Plan administrator$100,042
FRANK M VACCARO & ASSOCIATES · Contract administrator · Other services$37,637
GRAYSTONE CONSULTING · Investment advisory (plan)$26,000
NOVAK FRANCELLA LLC · Accounting / audit$25,887

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$217,955 · 0.15%
2023$270,578 · 0.21%
2022$267,886 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 236538183 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.