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Spark Fun Electronics Inc401(k)

SPARK FUN ELECTRONICS INC 401K PLAN · NIWOT, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Spark Fun Electronics Inc reported $11,960 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,997 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 0.117% to 0.124%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (771st of 1,461), and the 2,571st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,340,223
Participants with balances106
Active participants85
Employer contributions$169,780
Employee contributions$289,337
Employer contribution per active participant$1,997
Average account balance$97,549
Benefits paid to participants$483,417
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.3M · 106 accts · $170K emplr
2023$9.0M · 108 accts · $167K emplr
2022$7.3M · 109 accts · $168K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$406
Investment management$11,554
Total administrative$11,960
The Spark Fun Electronics Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,997
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,997 per active participant
2023$2,063 per active participant
2022$1,821 per active participant

Spark Fun Electronics Inc'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.

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 · 20242
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Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024OneAmerica
2023OneAmerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$11,960 · 0.12%
2023$8,857 · 0.11%
2022$9,397 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201617837 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.