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Spendmend, LLC401(k)

SPENDMEND, LLC 401(K) PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Spendmend, LLC reported $95,850 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,442 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,053rd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 5,625th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $4.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 290 to 383 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,612,263
Participants with balances283
Active participants383
Employer contributions$552,395
Employee contributions$2,291,406
Employer contribution per active participant$1,442
Average account balance$69,301
Benefits paid to participants$2,191,173
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.6M · 283 accts · $552K emplr
2023$16.1M · 237 accts · $453K emplr
2022$10.9M · 197 accts · $334K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,889
Investment management$70,961
Total administrative$95,850
The Spendmend, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,442
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,442 per active participant
2023$1,333 per active participant
2022$1,150 per active participant

Spendmend, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$24,889
FAIRCOURT PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$70,961

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$95,850 · 0.54%
2023$70,580 · 0.52%
2022$57,090 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453436164 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.