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Vaniam Group LLC401(k)

VANIAM GROUP LLC 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Vaniam Group LLC reported $78,853 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,893 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 has held roughly steady near 0.32%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,404th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,449th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 232 to 186 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,411,539
Participants with balances324
Active participants186
Employer contributions$910,037
Employee contributions$2,696,485
Employer contribution per active participant$4,893
Average account balance$84,604
Benefits paid to participants$2,068,158
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRONSWICK BENJAMIN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.4M · 324 accts · $910K emplr
2023$21.8M · 352 accts · $916K emplr
2022$17.1M · 341 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,000
Investment management$73,853
Total administrative$78,853
The Vaniam Group LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,893
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,893 per active participant
2023$3,579 per active participant
2022$4,690 per active participant

Vaniam Group LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20244
MESIROW FINANCIAL INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$53,919
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO, LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$19,933
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$5,000
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO, LLC, MESIROW FINANCIAL INC
2023ADP, MESIROW FINANCIAL INC

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Vaniam Group LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$78,853 · 0.32%
2023$59,301 · 0.31%
2022$51,780 · 0.31%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 452994562 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.