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Sweetser403(b)

SWEETSER 403(B) EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · SACO, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Sweetser reported $131,323 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $839 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 0.39%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 95th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 2,488th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,589,121
Participants with balances785
Active participants551
Employer contributions$462,412
Employee contributions$1,198,737
Employer contribution per active participant$839
Average account balance$44,063
Benefits paid to participants$3,801,198
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.6M · 785 accts · $462K emplr
2023$32.6M · 825 accts · $454K emplr
2022$29.2M · 852 accts · $480K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$89,213
Investment management$24,240
Audit (IQPA)$17,870
Total administrative$131,323
Employer contributions to the Sweetser plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$839
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$839 per active participant
2023$899 per active participant
2022$888 per active participant

Sweetser's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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 · 20243
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$89,213
VALMARK ADVISERS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$24,240
BDMP ASSURANCE, LLP · Accounting / audit$17,870

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$131,323 · 0.39%
2023$118,013 · 0.38%
2022$108,001 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010211807 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.