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Mfa Benefits LLC401(k)

MFA 401(K) PLAN · LAKEWOOD, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Mfa Benefits LLC reported $392,540 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $80 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.41%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 375th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 1,098th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $7.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 4,445 to 13,826 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$100,548,244
Participants with balances3,408
Active participants13,826
Employer contributions$1,110,716
Employee contributions$8,210,548
Employer contribution per active participant$80
Average account balance$29,504
Benefits paid to participants$12,929,415
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGGM ASSOCIATES INC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$100.5M · 3,408 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$92.4M · 2,836 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$86.1M · 2,746 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$164,229
Investment management$196,811
Audit (IQPA)$11,500
Total administrative$392,540
The Mfa Benefits LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$80
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$80 per active participant
2023$143 per active participant
2022$235 per active participant

Mfa Benefits LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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 · 20246
FIDELITY WORKPLACE SERVICES, LLC · Plan administrator · Trustee (discretionary)$164,230
ABLE WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$119,336
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH · Investment advisory (plan)$70,589
GGM ASSOCIATES INC · Consulting$20,000
PEASE BELL CPAS · Accounting / audit$11,500
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,886

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$392,540 · 0.41%
2023$397,264 · 0.45%
2022$409,638 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541278483 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.