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Shorelight, LLC401(k)

SHORELIGHT RETIREMENT PLAN · BOSTON, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Shorelight, LLC reported $123,462 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,417 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 0.56% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 1,205th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,503rd of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $3.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 228 to 275 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,719,392
Participants with balances337
Active participants275
Employer contributions$664,547
Employee contributions$2,128,481
Employer contribution per active participant$2,417
Average account balance$67,417
Benefits paid to participants$1,396,120
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARON BLETZER PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.7M · 337 accts · $665K emplr
2023$18.0M · 332 accts · $697K emplr
2022$14.5M · 319 accts · $662K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,975
Investment management$51,012
Audit (IQPA)$21,475
Total administrative$123,462
The Shorelight, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,417
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,417 per active participant
2023$3,019 per active participant
2022$2,902 per active participant

Shorelight, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
FIRST REPUBLIC INVESTMENT MGMNT · Investment advisory (plan)$45,675
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$45,587
CARON AND BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$21,475
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$5,336

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$123,462 · 0.61%
2023$81,683 · 0.50%
2022$81,350 · 0.56%
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The Pingree School, Inc. MA$22.0M · 0.38%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 462010227 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.