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Sparrow Health System401(k)

SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM ASSOCIATE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LANSING, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Sparrow Health System reported $933,280 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,654 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 0.12%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 45th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 230th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,646 to 8,310 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$806,524,883
Participants with balances12,280
Active participants8,310
Employer contributions$30,363,553
Employee contributions$45,356,838
Employer contribution per active participant$3,654
Average account balance$65,678
Benefits paid to participants$56,741,347
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$806.5M · 12,280 accts · $30.4M emplr
2023$691.6M · 11,746 accts · $27.6M emplr
2022$563.2M · 11,523 accts · $27.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$911,204
Investment management$22,076
Total administrative$933,280
The Sparrow Health System 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,654
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,654 per active participant
2023$6,481 per active participant
2022$7,586 per active participant

Sparrow Health System's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Investment management$911,204
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT SERVICE · Investment advisory (plan)$8,340
FINANCIAL STRATEGIES GROUP INC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,641
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO, INC. · Securities brokerage$858
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$933,280 · 0.12%
2023$780,405 · 0.12%
2022$861,092 · 0.14%
All plans at this employer2
SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM ASSOCIATE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
SPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM ASSOCIATE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR 403(B) TRANSFERS403(b)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382542859 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.