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The Board of Trustees of the Food & Beverage Workers Union 23 & Emp. PProfit-sharing plan

FOOD & BEVERAGE WORKERS UNION LOCAL 23 & EMPLOYERS PENSION PLAN · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.72%

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

The Board of Trustees of the Food & Beverage Workers Union 23 & Emp. P reported $338,135 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.72% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,474 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 0.56% to 0.72%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 194th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 141st of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. active participation has grown from 1,680 to 3,333 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$49,851,133
Participants with balances5,902
Active participants3,333
Employer contributions$4,912,768
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,474
Average account balance$8,446
Benefits paid to participants$2,966,330
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$49.9M · 5,902 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$43.6M · 5,734 accts · $3.8M emplr
2022$37.2M · 5,193 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$80,796
Investment management$58,881
Audit (IQPA)$90,447
Total administrative$338,135
Employer contributions to the The Board of Trustees of the Food & Beverage Workers Union 23 & Emp. P plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,474
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,474 per active participant
2023$742 per active participant
2022$1,919 per active participant

The Board of Trustees of the Food & Beverage Workers Union 23 & Emp. P's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20248
WITHUM, SMITH, & BROWN, PC · Accounting / audit$91,098
SOUTHWEST SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS · Contract administrator$84,868
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$39,000
MCCRACKEN STEMERMAN & HOLSBERRY LLC · Legal$27,834
M&T TRUST COMPANY · Custodial (securities)$25,899
SEGAL SELECT INSURANCE SERVICES INC$19,853
CARDAY ASSOCIATES, INC. · Contract administrator$7,578
LETTERSTREAM · Other services$5,904

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$338,135 · 0.72%
2023$209,787 · 0.52%
2022$226,325 · 0.56%
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Desert de Oro Foods, Inc. AZ$21.6M · 0.81%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521806724 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.