Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind retirement plan: assets, participants and fees

Plan year 2024 filingWinston Salem Industries for the Blind Retirement Plan · Plan 002 · EIN 56-6001467Updated Oct 2026

What Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind's retirement plan plan says about matching contributions

The match terms have not been published from this plan's filing yet.
The plan year 2024 filing reports $467K in employer contributions, about $792 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula. Plan year 2024 Form 5500 ↗
$16,087
Average account balance
621
Participants (end of year)
$9.5M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.86%
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.

RecordkeeperNewport Group, Inc.Schedule C ↗
Independent auditorForvis Mazars, LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusProfit-sharing · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 1,612 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with 500 to 999 participants.

Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind: employer contribution per participant$792
Peer median$2,038
Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind: average balance$16,087
Peer median$72,907
Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind: admin expenses ÷ assets0.86%
Peer median0.20%

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 $14.1M at the end of plan year 2021 to $9.5M at the end of plan year 2024.

$14.1M2021$10.8M2022$9.3M2023$9.5M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
2024621$9.5M$467K$7920.86%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2023649$9.3M$198K$3230.76%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2022682$10.8M$133K$1960.40%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
2021711$14.1M$869K$1,2220.41%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind plans (1)

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

Employee Benefit Plan of Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind

Plan 003 · EIN 56-6001467 · plan year 2024 filing
$6,368
Average account balance
15
Participants (end of year)
$38K
Plan assets (end of year)
0.26%
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.

Plan type and statusProfit-sharing · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind match 401(k) contributions?

The match terms for the Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Retirement Plan have not been published from its filing yet. The plan year 2024 filing reports $467K in employer contributions, about $792 per participant. That total includes any match and profit-sharing; it is not a match formula.

When is the Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Retirement Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Newport Group, Inc.. The plan administrator is Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc..

I left Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, Inc., (336) 759-0551) or the recordkeeper, Newport Group, Inc.. The Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind 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 Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology