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The Guidance CenterMoney purchase plan

THE GUIDANCE CENTER MONEY PURCHASE PLAN · BRADFORD, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

The Guidance Center reported $9,193 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,096 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 0.01% to 0.08%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (1,836th of 3,651), and the 4,462nd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $2.11 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,140,906
Participants with balances145
Active participants145
Employer contributions$593,865
Employee contributions$281,186
Employer contribution per active participant$4,096
Average account balance$104,420
Benefits paid to participants$1,824,087
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorZELENKOFSKE AXELROD, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.1M · 145 accts · $594K emplr
2023$9.2M · 121 accts · $519K emplr
2022$7.9M · 114 accts · $455K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,193
Total administrative$9,193
Employer contributions to the The Guidance Center plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,096
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,096 per active participant
2023$3,244 per active participant
2022$2,881 per active participant

The Guidance Center'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 · 20246
UBS FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$5,857
THE VANGUARD GROUP · Loan processing$3,741
DEFINITI · Loan processing$1,325
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$450
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES · 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$9,193 · 0.08%
2023$550 · 0.01%
2022$1,118 · 0.01%
All plans at this employer2
THE GUIDANCE CENTER MONEY PURCHASE PLANMoney purchase plan
THE GUIDANCE CENTER TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY PLAN403(b)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251469392 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.