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Joint Board of Trustees Pipefitter 636 Retiree & Widow Benefit FundMoney purchase plan

PIPEFITTERS LOCAL NO 636 RETIREE & WIDOW BENEFIT FUND · TROY, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
9.72%

Joint Board of Trustees Pipefitter 636 Retiree & Widow Benefit Fund reported $43,476 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 9.72% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. 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 rose from 6.95% to 11.45%. The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,192 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,549th of 2,619), and 5,222nd of 5,337 in construction.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$489,587
Participants with balances1,214
Active participants0
Employer contributions$1,792,432
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant—
Average account balance$403
Benefits paid to participants$1,706,725
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBULTYNCK & CO., P.L.L.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$440K · 1,231 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$490K · 1,214 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$405K · 1,666 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,088
Investment management$1,666
Audit (IQPA)$8,050
Trustee / custodial$1,037
Total administrative$43,476
What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
BENESYS, INC. · Accounting / audit · Claims processing$11,881
NICKEL & SAPH, INC. · Insurance services · Insurance broker$7,084

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENESYS, INC.
2023BENESYS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$53,218 · 11.45%
2023$43,476 · 9.72%
2022$33,163 · 6.95%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 386447273 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.