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Sylvan Foods, Inc.401(k)

401(K) PLAN FOR SYLVAN FOODS, INC. · KITTANNING, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Sylvan Foods, Inc. reported $1,169 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.018% to 0.016%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,577th of 3,651), and 533rd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. active participation has grown from 110 to 145 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,589,064
Participants with balances129
Active participants145
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$236,127
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$58,830
Benefits paid to participants$631,063
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMCGILL, POWER, BELL & ASSOCIATES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.6M · 129 accts
2023$7.2M · 116 accts
2022$7.5M · 123 accts · $72K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,169
Total administrative$1,169
The Sylvan Foods, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,313

Sylvan Foods, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,169

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$1,169 · 0.02%
2023$1,463 · 0.02%
2022$1,425 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251471166 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.