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The Morton Arboretum401(k)

THE MORTON ARBORETUM 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · LISLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

The Morton Arboretum reported $55,687 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,123 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 0.12% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 1,020th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 495th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,347,700
Participants with balances490
Active participants371
Employer contributions$1,158,473
Employee contributions$2,151,000
Employer contribution per active participant$3,123
Average account balance$88,465
Benefits paid to participants$3,020,381
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.3M · 490 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$38.3M · 470 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$30.8M · 459 accts · $992K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,687
Total administrative$55,687
The The Morton Arboretum 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,123
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,123 per active participant
2023$3,007 per active participant
2022$2,726 per active participant

The Morton Arboretum'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.

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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$55,687

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$55,687 · 0.14%
2023$50,454 · 0.15%
2022$40,378 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361505770 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.