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Pacific Whale Foundation401(k)

PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION 401(K) PLAN · WAILUKU, HI · plan year 2021

Reported admin expense ratio · 2021
0.04%

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

Pacific Whale Foundation reported $626 in plan administrative expenses for 2021: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,262 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 $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 289 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Hawaii (251st of 269), and 2,905th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2021, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,657,296
Participants with balances69
Active participants59
Employer contributions$133,459
Employee contributions$205,833
Employer contribution per active participant$2,262
Average account balance$24,019
Benefits paid to participants$176,631
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARBONARO CPAS & MANAGEMENT GROUP
The Pacific Whale Foundation 401(k) match · 2021
Employer contribution per active participant$2,262
Median for plans this size$994

Pacific Whale Foundation's 2021 employer contribution ran above the $994 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2021 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2021$626 · 0.04%
Same employer
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Seagull Schools, Inc. HI$3.2M · 1.22%
Asset School HI$3.2M · 0.62%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 990207417 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.