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Service provider · Schedule C, plan year 2024
Benda, Grace, Stulz & Company, P.C.
Most often reported for accounting and auditing
Form 5500 information is as filed by the plan administrator with the Department of Labor and may be amended. Figures reflect the plan year shown, not current balances. Schedule C lists only providers a plan paid $5,000 or more, and is filed only by plans with 100 or more participants.
Benda, Grace, Stulz & Company, P.C. is named as a service provider on the Schedule C of 28 retirement plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 78,545 participant records. Most often it is reported for accounting and auditing.
Reported compensation from those plans, direct and indirect, totalled $477K. Per plan, the median was $12.43 per participant, with the middle half of plans between $7.57 and $21.12. These are amounts plans reported paying this organisation, not a price list: they depend on which services each plan buys and on how much is paid through fund expenses instead.
Its client plans are most numerous in Michigan (25), Wisconsin (2) and Minnesota (1).
In 2009 it appeared on 19 such filings; in 2024, 29. Yearly counts include every filing that names it, so they can run slightly above the number of plans with pages here, and name or EIN changes after mergers can break the series.
Reported compensation per plan
| Across this provider's plans | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation per participant | $7.57 | $12.43 | $21.12 |
| Compensation as a share of plan net assets | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
What each plan reported paying this organisation, not the plan's total cost. For reference, the median US defined contribution plan reported $123 per participant to all Schedule C providers combined.
Plans served by year
Matched by employer identification number. A merger or a change of filing entity starts a new series, so a drop to zero is not a loss of clients by itself.
By state
By plan size
Services reported
Largest plans naming this provider
| Plan | Sponsor | State | Participants | Net assets | Reported to this provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Laborers' Annuity Fund | Board of Trustees, Michigan Laborers' Annuity Fund | MI | 18,951 | $129M | $24K |
| Laborers Pension Trust Fund - Detroit and Vicinity | Board of Trustees,laborers Pension Trust Fund-Detroit and Vicinity | MI | 11,153 | $884M | $38K |
| Michigan Carpenters' Pension Fund | Board of Trustees, Michigan Carpenters' Pension Fund | MI | 10,312 | $771M | $32K |
| Michigan Electrical Employees' Pension Plan | Trustees of Michigan Electrical Employees' Pension Fund | MI | 5,375 | $543M | $29K |
| Millwrights' Local 1102 Supplemental Pension Fund | Millwrights' Local 1102 Supplemental Pension Fund | MI | 5,173 | $0 | $22K |
| Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 80 Pension Fund | Trustees of Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 80 Pension Fund | MI | 3,275 | $418M | $26K |
| Michigan Bac Pension Fund | Michigan Bac Pension Fund | MI | 3,161 | $194M | $25K |
| Michiana Area Electrical Workers Pension Fund | Board of Trustees Michiana Area Electrical Workers Pension Fund | MI | 2,251 | $223M | $23K |
| Ohio Bricklayers Pension Plan | Ohio Bricklayers Pension Plan | MI | 1,992 | $111M | $34K |
| Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 80 Annuity Fund | The Trustees of Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No 80 Annuity | MI | 1,839 | $129M | $17K |
| Michiana Area Electrical Workers' Money Purchase Plan | Trustees of Michiana Area Elec Workers' Money Purchase Plan | MI | 1,761 | $123M | $0 |
| Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 292 Pension Fund | Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 292 Pension Fund | MI | 1,621 | $164M | $20K |
| Outstate Michigan Trowel Trades Pension Fund | Trustees of Outstate Michigan Trowel Trades Pension Fund | MI | 1,518 | $86.2M | $24K |
| Plasterers Local 67 Pension Trust Fund | Board of Trustees,plasterers Local 67 Pension Trust Fund | MI | 1,260 | $32.9M | $9,200 |
| IATSE Local 38 Pension Plan | Board of Trustees, IATSE Local 38 Pension Fund | MI | 1,239 | $36.0M | $13K |
| Cement Masons Pension Trust Fund - Detroit and Vicinity | Joint Board of Trustees Cement Masons Pension Trust Fund-Detroit | MI | 1,185 | $108M | $21K |
| Pension Plan for the Local Union No. 131 International Brotherhood of Electrical Wrkrs | Board of Trustees of the Pen. Plan for the Local Union No. 131 IBEW | MN | 1,017 | $112M | $14K |
| Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 292 Annuity Fund | BD of Trustees Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 292 Annuity Fund | MI | 979 | $37.3M | $14K |
| Upper Peninsula Plumbers & Pipefitters Pension Plan | Trustees of the Upper Peninsula Plumbers & Pipefitters Pension | WI | 798 | $72.4M | $0 |
| Michigan Upper Peninsula Intrl Brotherhood of Elec Workers Pension Plan | Michigan Upper Peninsula IBEW | MI | 671 | $103M | $16K |
| Flint Area Sheet Metal Workers Local 7-4 Pension Fund | Board of Trustees, Flint Area Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 Zone 4 | MI | 584 | $61.5M | $18K |
| Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 47 Retirment Trust Fund | Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 47 Retirement | MI | 519 | $54.3M | $17K |
| Pension Plan of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 445 Pension Fund | Board of Trustees, IBEW Local 445 Pension Fund | MI | 515 | $33.5M | $16K |
| Upper Peninsula Plumbers Pipefitters Defined Contribution Plan | Trustees of the Upper Peninsula Plumbers and Pipefitters Defined | WI | 500 | $25.8M | $0 |
| Heat and Frost Insulators Local 47 Retirement Savings Plan | Heat and Frost Insulators Local 47 Retirement Savings Trust Fund | MI | 365 | $1.0M | $12K |
| Sign, Pictorial and Display Union Local No. 591 AFL-CIO Pension Fund | JT BD of Trustees, Sign Pictorial Display Un Local 591 Aflcio Pen FD | MI | 244 | $19.4M | $0 |
| Lansing Local #826 Glaziers' Retirement Trust Fund | Lansing Local #826 Glaziers' Retirement Trust Fund | MI | 186 | $34.0M | $12K |
| Sign, Pictorial and Display Union Local 591 Supplemental Pension Fund | Sign, Pictorial and Display Union Local 591 Supplemental Pension | MI | 101 | $2.6M | $0 |
Questions and answers
How many plans does Benda, Grace, Stulz & Company, P.C. serve?
28 plans with 100 or more participants named it on Schedule C for plan year 2024. Plans that paid it under $5,000, small plans that file Form 5500-SF, and plans whose filings spell its name without an EIN under a different form are not counted.
What do plans pay Benda, Grace, Stulz & Company, P.C.?
The median plan reported $12.43 per participant in direct and indirect compensation (23 plans reporting an amount), or 0.02% of plan net assets. Eligible indirect compensation disclosed to the plan by formula is not reported as a dollar amount, so many filings understate what a provider receives.
What services are reported?
The service codes most often attached to it are Accounting (including auditing) (23 plans).
Where does this come from?
Schedule C of Form 5500, Part I line 2, from the EBSA research files with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Individuals named on Schedule C are excluded from this site.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 research files, Schedule C Part I line 2, public domain, with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Rows are grouped by the provider's EIN as entered by each plan; rows without an EIN join the EIN most often filed under the same name. Providers named on fewer than 25 plans have no page. See the methodology and corrections.