Department of Labor filing

BRIGHTSTAR CREDIT UNION

BRIGHTSTAR CREDIT UNION 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Aug 1, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing trails many comparable plans on reported employer support and/or plan-paid administrative costs. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$2,049

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 21% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

165

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$195 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 48% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 10.3%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202429out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions21st percentileTypical peer $3,279 · based on 1,427 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense48th percentileTypical peer $184 · based on 1,443 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, BRIGHTSTAR CREDIT UNION reported $338,043 in employer contributions across the plan and 165 active participants. That works out to $2,049 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy73%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 2.0%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 22.0%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context29/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $338,043
Participant contributions: $587,570
Other contributions: $225,245
Employer share of reported contributions: 36.5%
Beginning assets: $11,187,886
Ending assets: $12,345,136
Ending net assets: $12,345,136
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $2,490,092
Total expenses: $1,332,842
Administrative expenses: $44,948
Participant loans: $401,999

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$2,009

2023

$1,890

2024

$2,049

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$160

2023

$161

2024

$195

Active participants

2022

158

2023

166

2024

165

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$2,049	165	12.3M	20250801140430NAL0006309569001
2023	$1,890	166	11.2M	20240802112045NAL0037844336001
2022	$2,009	158	9.6M	20230802082525NAL0038019362001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 3.3%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 590653174-002

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 1984
Industry: Finance and insurance
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2T3D

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	2024	Not reported	unknown

Current plan terms

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