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Joint Board of Trustees Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied WorkerProfit-sharing plan

HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS LOCAL NO. 4 ANNUITY SAVINGS FUND · BUFFALO, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.99%

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

Joint Board of Trustees Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Worker reported $115,070 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.99% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,276 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 1.12% to 0.99%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,305th of 5,648), and 2,779th of 5,337 in construction. active participation has grown from 71 to 81 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,181,130
Participants with balances168
Active participants81
Employer contributions$346,344
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$4,276
Average account balance$72,507
Benefits paid to participants$279,304
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorARCARA LENDA EUSANIO & STACEY CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.2M · 168 accts · $346K emplr
2023$11.0M · 167 accts · $288K emplr
2022$9.9M · 169 accts · $323K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$11,000
Audit (IQPA)$18,304
Trustee / custodial$567
Total administrative$115,070
Employer contributions to the Joint Board of Trustees Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Worker plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,276
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,276 per active participant
2023$3,739 per active participant
2022$4,550 per active participant

Joint Board of Trustees Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Worker's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 FADELEY$33,664
BLITMAN & KING LLP · Legal$19,857
ARCARA LENDA EUSANIO & STACEY CPAS · Accounting / audit$18,304
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$18,114
ANDCO CONSULTING, LLC · Pension consulting$11,000

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$115,070 · 0.99%
2023$121,639 · 1.17%
2022$118,661 · 1.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161068939 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.