The Guardian Foundation, Inc.401(k)

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

The Guardian Foundation, Inc. reported $236,705 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.77% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,138 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 0.83% to 0.77%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 388th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 426th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.06 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 1,401 to 1,642 since 2022.