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Maine Trust for Local News401(k)

MAINE TRUST 401(K) PLAN · SOUTH PORTLAND, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Maine Trust for Local News reported $82,355 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $762 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.04% to 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 147th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 1,047th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,198,640
Participants with balances309
Active participants365
Employer contributions$278,161
Employee contributions$986,195
Employer contribution per active participant$762
Average account balance$62,132
Benefits paid to participants$1,720,376
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALBIN, RANDALL & BENNETT, CPAS
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.2M · 309 accts · $278K emplr
2023$11.3M · 235 accts · $20K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,355
Total administrative$82,355
The Maine Trust for Local News 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$762
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$762 per active participant
2023$55 per active participant

Maine Trust for Local News's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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 · 20241
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$82,355

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history2
2024$82,355 · 0.54%
2023$4,659 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 932398532 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.