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Northern Illinois Food Bank401(k)

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · GENEVA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Northern Illinois Food Bank reported $10,534 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,478 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 fell from 0.14% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,489th of 3,702), and 6,089th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 165 to 194 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,911,381
Participants with balances168
Active participants194
Employer contributions$286,799
Employee contributions$737,575
Employer contribution per active participant$1,478
Average account balance$53,044
Benefits paid to participants$800,414
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.9M · 168 accts · $287K emplr
2023$7.6M · 160 accts · $261K emplr
2022$5.9M · 149 accts · $238K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,158
Investment management$2,380
Total administrative$10,534
The Northern Illinois Food Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,478
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,478 per active participant
2023$1,526 per active participant
2022$1,445 per active participant

Northern Illinois Food Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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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

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$10,534 · 0.13%
2023$9,361 · 0.14%
2022$8,471 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363203648 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.