Strategies to Empower People 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingThe Step Program, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Plan 001 · EIN 68-0361600Updated Oct 2026

What Strategies to Empower People's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $324K in employer contributions, about $1,840 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$49,007
Average account balance
176
Participants (end of year)
$8.6M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.56%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperEmpower Life Annuity InsuranceSchedule C ↗
Independent auditorCampbell Taylor Washburn (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 7,678 defined-contribution plans in health care and social assistance with 100 to 499 participants.

Strategies to Empower People: employer contribution per participant$1,840
Peer median$1,468
Strategies to Empower People: average balance$49,007
Peer median$37,786
Strategies to Empower People: admin expenses ÷ assets0.56%
Peer median0.39%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $9.8M at the end of plan year 2021 to $8.6M at the end of plan year 2024.

$9.8M2021$8.4M2022$10M2023$8.6M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Strategies to Empower People plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
2024176$8.6M$324K$1,8400.56%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2023455$10M$308K$6770.51%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2022404$8.4M$282K$1,7290.55%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2021421$9.8M$250K$1,6010.53%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Strategies to Empower People plans (1)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Strategies to Empower People Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Plan 003 · EIN 68-0361600 · plan year 2024 filing
-$10,925
Average account balance
471
Participants (end of year)
-$5.1M
Plan assets (end of year)
$1,308
Employer contribution per participant

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Independent auditorCampbell Taylor Washburn (unmodified opinion)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusRetirement · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Strategies to Empower People match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the The Step Program, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $324K in employer contributions, about $1,840 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Strategies to Empower People 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the The Step Program, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Strategies to Empower People 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Empower Life Annuity Insurance. The plan administrator is Pentegra Services, Inc..

I left Strategies to Empower People. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Pentegra Services, Inc., (866) 633-4015) or the recordkeeper, Empower Life Annuity Insurance. The Strategies to Empower People old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Strategies to Empower People 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Strategies to Empower People filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Strategies to Empower People. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology