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Vision for Hope401(k)

THE HOPE 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.83%

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

Vision for Hope reported $114,854 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.83% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,402 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.94% to 0.83%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,027th of 3,702), and 1,831st of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 561 to 419 since 2020.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,560,228
Participants with balances613
Active participants419
Employer contributions$587,386
Employee contributions$958,470
Employer contribution per active participant$1,402
Average account balance$23,752
Benefits paid to participants$1,892,847
Plan history5
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.6M · 613 accts · $587K emplr
2023$13.3M · 735 accts · $656K emplr
2022$11.5M · 586 accts · $536K emplr
2021$13.1M · 602 accts · $607K emplr
2020$11.6M · 553 accts · $550K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$79,600
Investment management$35,254
Total administrative$114,854
The Vision for Hope 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,402
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,402 per active participant
2023$1,387 per active participant
2022$999 per active participant
2021$1,037 per active participant
2020$980 per active participant

Vision for Hope's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20243
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INC DBA · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$5,254

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

Administrative cost history5
2024$114,854 · 0.83%
2023$101,195 · 0.82%
2022$115,520 · 0.94%
2021$116,607 · 0.94%
2020$103,588 · 0.94%
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Blackburn University IL$17.1M · 0.08%
The Catherine Cook School IL$14.2M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 384026126 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.