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Northern Illinois Annuity FundProfit-sharing plan

NORTHERN ILLINOIS ANNUITY FUND · MERCER ISLAND, WA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.74%

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

Northern Illinois Annuity Fund reported $1,124,106 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.74% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,376 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 rose from 0.51% to 0.74%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 121st-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 112th of 3,341 in other services.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$160,174,987
Participants with balances7,405
Active participants7,405
Employer contributions$17,590,767
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$2,376
Average account balance$21,631
Benefits paid to participants$10,956,521
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$160.2M · 7,405 accts · $17.6M emplr
2023$143.7M · 7,178 accts · $17.5M emplr
2022$131.3M · 6,943 accts · $15.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$220,525
Investment management$142,672
Audit (IQPA)$21,750
Trustee / custodial$40,556
Total administrative$1,124,106
Employer contributions to the Northern Illinois Annuity Fund plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,376
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,376 per active participant
2023$2,438 per active participant
2022$2,168 per active participant

Northern Illinois Annuity Fund's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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 · 202410
HUSCH BLACKWELL · Legal$515,188
WELFARE AND PENSION ADMINISTRATION · Contract administrator$179,201
DOWD BENNETT CERVONE AUBERCH · Legal$64,571
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment management$59,560
COHERENT ECONOMICS LLC · Legal$54,715
SEGAL MARCO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$53,001
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LABORERS$41,324
BANK OF LABOR · Custodial (securities)$40,555
LOOMIS/SAYLES · Investment management$30,112
CALIBRE CPA GROUP, PLLC · Accounting / audit$21,750

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$1,124,106 · 0.74%
2023$808,398 · 0.59%
2022$650,486 · 0.51%
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Path WA$300.8M · 0.06%
Kalispel Tribe of Indians WA$116.1M · 0.23%
Coinstar, LLC WA$96.0M · 0.10%
Comagine Health WA$67.7M · 0.28%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363449836 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.