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Tennessee Valley Media, Inc.401(k)

TENNESSEE VALLEY MEDIA, INC. SECTION 401(K) PLAN & TRUST · DECATUR, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Tennessee Valley Media, Inc. reported $23,985 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $976 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 0.19%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 389th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and 1,306th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 145 to 124 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,225,511
Participants with balances106
Active participants124
Employer contributions$121,003
Employee contributions$281,025
Employer contribution per active participant$976
Average account balance$124,769
Benefits paid to participants$825,045
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTALLEY MAULDIN & PEETE, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.2M · 106 accts · $121K emplr
2023$11.6M · 115 accts · $125K emplr
2022$10.1M · 115 accts · $138K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$23,985
Total administrative$23,985
The Tennessee Valley Media, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$976
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$976 per active participant
2023$972 per active participant
2022$955 per active participant

Tennessee Valley Media, Inc.'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 · 20242
STIFEL NICOLAUS & CO INC · Investment advisory (plan)$23,985

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$23,985 · 0.19%
2023$30,566 · 0.28%
2022$22,843 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630207740 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.