John D. & Catherine T. Macarthur FoundationProfit-sharing plan
JOHN D. & CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024
Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
John D. & Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation reported $12,304 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $23,492 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 0.011% to 0.010%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 462nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 142nd of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, the employer put in $13.48 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 180 to 204 since 2022.
John D. & Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation'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.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 237093598 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.