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Lewis C Howard, Inc.401(k)

LEWIS C HOWARD PROFIT SHARING PLAN · KALAMAZOO, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Lewis C Howard, Inc. reported $1,650 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $12,090 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.

The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 770th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 540th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, the employer put in $2.98 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,932,226
Participants with balances138
Active participants122
Employer contributions$1,474,963
Employee contributions$494,728
Employer contribution per active participant$12,090
Average account balance$224,147
Benefits paid to participants$823,890
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,650
Total administrative$1,650
The Lewis C Howard, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,090
Median for plans this size$2,416

Lewis C Howard, Inc.'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 · 20242
CAPITAL GROUP · Contract administrator · Loan processing$1,650
THE OLDENBURG COMPANY INC · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$1,650 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381976391 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.