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The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Savings Trust401(k)

THE TOLEDO NEWSPAPER UNIONS BLADE SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST · HOLLAND, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Savings Trust reported $89,773 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $760 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.52% to 0.57%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 1,507th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 1,133rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $3.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 127 to 77 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,743,590
Participants with balances151
Active participants77
Employer contributions$58,511
Employee contributions$210,159
Employer contribution per active participant$760
Average account balance$110,885
Benefits paid to participants$978,005
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTITUS & URBANSKI, INC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$16.1M · 147 accts · $50K emplr
2024$16.7M · 151 accts · $59K emplr
2023$15.2M · 162 accts · $62K emplr
2022$14.6M · 160 accts · $61K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,569
Audit (IQPA)$28,500
Total administrative$89,773
The The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Savings Trust 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$760
Median for plans this size$2,416
2025$641 per active participant
2024$760 per active participant
2023$519 per active participant
2022$478 per active participant

The Toledo Newspaper Unions Blade Savings Trust's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20245
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$35,033
TITUS & URBANSKI INC · Accounting / audit$28,500
NORTHWESTERN OHIO ADMINSTATORS INC · Investment management$15,536
SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK · Legal$8,010
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Transamerica
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history4
2025$94,427 · 0.57%
2024$89,773 · 0.56%
2023$87,176 · 0.58%
2022$86,402 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311571353 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.