Department of Labor filing

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

IFES 401K PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Jan 9, 2026Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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The filing signals stronger employer support and/or lower plan-paid administrative costs than many comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$6,940

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 82% 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

$5 / participant

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

Lower cost than about 95% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 16.8%, 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 · 202486out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions82nd percentileTypical peer $2,620 · based on 595 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense95th percentileTypical peer $101 · based on 590 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, INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS reported $1,145,148 in employer contributions across the plan and 165 active participants. That works out to $6,940 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 proxy48%

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 18.6%

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

Expense trendUp 10.0%

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

Peer context86/100

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: $1,145,148
Participant contributions: $1,568,854
Other contributions: $66,689
Employer share of reported contributions: 42.2%
Beginning assets: $26,310,211
Ending assets: $30,722,153
Ending net assets: $30,722,153
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $6,195,611
Total expenses: $1,783,669
Administrative expenses: $1,760
Participant loans: $278,370

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

$5,852

2023

$6,789

2024

$6,940

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

2023

2024

Active participants

2022

191

2023

169

2024

165

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$6,940	165	30.7M	20260109101012NAL0013483456001
2023	$6,789	169	26.3M	20241105104504NAL0012630544001
2022	$5,852	191	21.5M	20231016124439NAL0050958176001

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: 0.9%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Yes
Public plan identifier: 521527835-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 1997
Industry: Other services
Amended filing: Yes
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2S2T3B3D3F

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
AMERICAN UNITED LIFE INSURANCE CO	2024	Not reported	unknown

Current plan terms

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