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The Blood Connection, Incorporated401(k)

THE BLOOD CONNECTION 401(K) PLAN · PIEDMONT, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.75%

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

The Blood Connection, Incorporated reported $160,836 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.75% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,915 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 rose from 0.69% to 0.75%. 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 234th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 3,317th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.47 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 579 to 774 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,346,411
Participants with balances885
Active participants774
Employer contributions$2,256,568
Employee contributions$1,535,007
Employer contribution per active participant$2,915
Average account balance$26,380
Benefits paid to participants$2,084,757
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.3M · 885 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$19.3M · 808 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$15.9M · 697 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$160,836
Total administrative$160,836
The The Blood Connection, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,915
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,915 per active participant
2023$2,827 per active participant
2022$2,791 per active participant

The Blood Connection, Incorporated's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$160,837
OSAIC FA, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$160,836 · 0.75%
2023$129,833 · 0.74%
2022$120,147 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570660489 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.