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T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, Inc.401(k)

T.W. PONESSA & ASSOCIATES COUNSELING SERVICES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LANCASTER, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.32%

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

T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, Inc. reported $36,747 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.32% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $366 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 1.69% to 1.32%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (3,148th of 3,651), and 9,098th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $7.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,219,869
Participants with balances235
Active participants241
Employer contributions$88,303
Employee contributions$690,813
Employer contribution per active participant$366
Average account balance$13,702
Benefits paid to participants$280,993
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSIMON LEVER LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.2M · 235 accts · $88K emplr
2023$2.3M · 262 accts · $90K emplr
2022$1.4M · 267 accts · $87K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,945
Investment management$20,802
Total administrative$36,747
The T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$366
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$366 per active participant
2023$388 per active participant
2022$337 per active participant

T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, 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 · 20242
MVP PLAN ADMINISTRATORS, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$15,945
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$20,802

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024MVP PLAN ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
2023MVP PLAN ADMINISTRATORS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$36,747 · 1.32%
2023$21,404 · 1.15%
2022$20,036 · 1.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232828922 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.